MEDIVEERSETHE PRACTICAL HUBHead & Neck
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Skull, deep spaces, glands, pharynx, ear, nerves and vessels.
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Auricle (pinna)
Collects sound into the external acoustic meatus.
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Transfers acoustic vibration to the ossicular chain.
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Conducts sound through the middle-ear ossicles.
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Receives vibration from the tympanic membrane.
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Links malleus and stapes.
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Transmits vibration into inner-ear fluid.
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Receives mechanical energy transmitted by the ossicles.
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Allows compensatory movement of cochlear fluid.
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Contains the sensory apparatus for hearing.
Identify · Structures · Viva Focused view + full reference · 4 viva promptsVestibule, utricle and saccule
Otolith organs detect linear acceleration and head orientation relative to gravity.
Identify · Structures · Viva Focused view + full reference · 4 viva promptsSemicircular canals
Detect angular acceleration through the membranous semicircular ducts.
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Modulates stapes movement.
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Tenses the tympanic membrane through the malleus.
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