Special Senses Vocab

Pinna

Visible part of ear

Auditory Canal

connects the outside world with the ear drum

Tympanic Membrane

ear drum

Malleus

Hammer

Incus

Anvil

Stapes

Stirrups

Eustachian Tube

connects middle ear with throat, serves to equlize pressure

Cochlea

found in the inner ear, sends message on to the sensory nerve of hearing

Semicircular canals

structures of inner ear responible for balance and equilibrium

Olfactory Epithelium

tissue in the nose that allows us to smell

Papilla

structure on the tongue where taste buds are located