1.

The ear is a sensory organ which sensitive

to sense stimuli.

2. A human ear has 3 main parts:

a. the outer ear, filled with air
b. the middle ear, filled with air
c. the inner ear, filled with liquid
 Middle
Outer ear ear Inner ear
 Semicircular
canal
Auditory
Pinna
nerve

Eardrum Cochlea

Auditory Ossicles
canal

Eustachian Tube
 Part Structure Function
Outer Ear Shape like funnel Collect sound and send to auditory canal
a. Pinna
b. Auditory canal
Tube like, 2.5cm long connects pinna to Send sound to eardrum
eardrum

Middle Ear Thin membrane i. separate outer ear and

a. Eardrum middle ear
b. Ossicles ii. vibrate sound wave
c. Oval window and hit Ossicles.
d. Eustachian
tube 3 tiny bone - eardrum - oval window Magnifies the vibration – send to eardrum

Thin membrane at end of Ossicles Transfer vibration from Ossicles to inner

separate middle ear from inner ear. ear.

Tube that connect middle ear to throat Balance air pressure.

Inner ear Spiral shape tube filed with liquid Detect vibration and connect to nerve
a. Cochlea linked with sensory receptor. impulse.
b. Auditory nerve
c. semicircular Nerve connect ear to brain Send nerve impulse from cochlea to brain
canals to interpret sound.

3 loop canal, contain fluid and sensory Help body maintain its balance
cells.
Sound waves

Pinna get sound

Auditory canal Auditory nerve

Eardrum vibrate Liquid in cochlea vibrate

Ossicles vibrate Oval window

Exercise:

1. The flow chart below shows how sound vibration

travel through the ear to brain. Name P, Q, R and S.

Auditory canal P Q oval window R S

2. Name 2 parts of ear which are not involved in the

mechanisms of hearing.

3. State 2 function of ear.

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