I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE MIDDLE EAR?
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LIKE I SAID PREVIOUSLY........THE EUSTACHIAN TUBE EQUALIIZES PRESSURE.
IT LIES BETWEEN THE MIDDLE EAR AND NASOPHARYNX. IT'S ABOUT 1.5" IN LENGTH. IT ALSO SERVES AS A PASSAGEWAY FOR DISEASE.
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YES! EXACTLY!
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WELL WHAT IS THIS "BONY LABYRINTH"? WHAT IS THAT AND HOW DOES IT RELATE TO THE MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH?
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THE BONY LABYRINTH IS PART OF THE INNER EAR DIVIDED INTO 3 PARTS: THE COCHLEA. VESTIBULE, AND THE SEMICIRCULAR CANALS. HERE, THE COCHLEA RELATES TO HEARING, AND THE SEMICIRCULAR CANALS RELATE TO DIRECTION AND EQUILIBRIUM.
AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE
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SO THE MEMBRANOUS LABYIRNTH JUST SITS INSIDE OF THE BONY LABYRINTH TO HOUSE THE INTERCOMMUNICATING DUCTS AND SACS!
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YES! SEE- YOU'LL BE FINE!I'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK!
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Lamignano, J. P., Kendrick, L. E. (2021). Bontrager’s Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related Anatomy (10th ed.). Elsevier.
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PAIGE, DULCE, ANGELINA, ALLIE
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WHAT PASSAGE EQUALIZES AIR PRESSURE IN THE MIDDLE EAR?
SO WHEN YOU'RE FLYING ON AN AIRPLANE, IS THIS PASSAGEWAY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT TERRIBLE POPPING SENSATION?