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Chapter 35 CW: Special Senses

Teacher: SREvans
Across
This is the outside part of the ear, made of carilage and covered with skin.
______ tube is an opening in the middle of the ear, leading to the back of the throat, that helps equalize air pressure on both sides of the eardrum.
________ of Corti is the organ of hearing, located within the cochlea of the3 inner ear.
These are "bumps" of the tongue in which the taste buds are found.
This is a spiral -shaped cancal in the inner ear that contains the hearing receptors.
_______ canals are structures in the inner ear that help a person maintain balance, each of the three canals is positioned at right angles to the other two.
This conidition occurs when the lens has an abnormal shape or the cornea is unevenly curved.
This is the bending of light by the cornea, lens, and eye fluids to focus light onto the retina.
This is know as the inner ear
The ______ chamber is in front of the lens and is filled with a watery fluid called aqueous humor.
_____ window is the the beginning of the inner ear
_______ membrane is a fibrous partition located at the inner end of the ear canal and ear; also called the eardrum.
The ____ layer of the eye contains most of the eye's blood vessels.
______ adaptation is a process in which the same chemical can stimulate receptors only for a limited amount of time until the receptors eventually no longer respond to the chemical.
Down
_______ neuroma is a benign tumor of the cranial nerve involved in hearing and balance
This is the space enclosed by the labia minora
The _____ layer of the eye is the sclera and it is the tough, outermost layer of the eye.
Is a wax-likesubstance produced by glands in the wat calf, also claled earwax
_______ Chamber of the eyeball is behind the lens and is filled with thick, jelly-like fluid called vitreous humor.
These are small bones, specifically one of the bones of the tympanic cavity or middle ear.
This is the protective membrane that lines the eyelid and covers the anterior of the sclera, or the white of the eye.
_____ apparatus is a stucture that consists of the lacrimal glands and nasolacrimal ducts
This is a transparent area on the front of hte outer layer of the eye that acts as a window to let light into the eye.
_____ ______ syndrome is one of the most common eye problems physicians treat.
The _____ layer of the eye consists of the retina.
This is a condition that is characterized by eversion of the lower eyelid
This is the inner layer of the eye; and contains light-sensing nerve cells.
This is the middle layer of the wyw, which contains, the irism the ciliary body, and most of the eye's blood vessels.