Assertion: middle ear's ossicle | /r/HasProperty | eardrumeustachian tube
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text: Start over A comprehensive list of all the vocabulary terms and word affixes of Santa Fe College's Medical Terminology Chapter 13 A B auricle external structure located on both sides of the head that directs sound waves into the external auditory meatus (pinna) external auditory meatus short tube that ends at the tympanic membrane that contains the glands that secrete ear wax (canal) tympanic membrane semitransparent membrane separating the external auditory meatus and the middle ear cavity that transmits sound vibrations to the ossicles (eardrum) eustachian tube connects the middle ear and the pharynx; equalizes air pressure on both sides of the eardrum ossicles the malleus (hammer), incus (anvil), and stapes (stirrup) that carry sound vibrations labyrinth bony spaces within the temporal bone of the skull that contain the cochlea, semicircular canals, and vestibule cochlea snail-shaped area that contains the organ of hearing & connects to the oval window in the middle ear semicircular canals and vestibule contains receptors and endolymph that help the body maintain its sense of balance, or equilibrium Where are the mastoid bone and cells located?