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Special Senses (Sight (eye is well protected (eye socket, eyelashes/eyelid…

- - - - sensitive to color, used to see when its light out
    - - used when its dark
- - - - receives vibrations from the tympanic membrane and transmits them to the incus
    - - receives vibrations from the malleus and tranmits these to the stapes
    - - transmits sound vibrations from the incus
    - - helps equalize air pressure on both sides
  - - - transmit the motion of the ear drum to inner ear
    - - entrance to the parts of the inner ear
    - - contains hair like structures
    - - receptor of sound waves and transmits the impulses from the sound waves to the auditory nerve
    - - contains liquid that moves when the head does as well as hair
  - - - Conductive
        
        sound waves cant get to inner ear
      - sensory
        
        damage to the inner ear or auditory nerve cant be corrected
    - - swimmers ear, infection of the external auditory canal
    - - infection of middle ear
    - - inherited bony overgrowth of the stapes causing it to be immobile and cause heaing loss
    - - collection of fluid in the labyrinith of the inner ear