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6. In the search bar, search for “inner ear”. Identify the following in the app, and on a model or
specimen if provided:
a. Cochlea
b. Vestibule
c. Superior semicircular canal
d. Posterior semicircular canal
e. Lateral semicircular canal
f. CN 07 (VII) Facial nerve
g. CN 08 (VIII) Vestibulocochlear nerve
7. From the view generated above, click on the vestibule and answer the following questions from its
description:
a. Each of the semicircular canals has an expansion at one end called an ________________________,
which contains extracellular fluid known as ________________________, and a small elevation, the
_______________________, with a cluster of hair cells.
b. As the head rotates or moves, the movement of ______________________ in the
__________________________ causes the _____________________________ to bend, which generates
______________________________.
8. Based on your learning, how do you think damage to this nerve would present clinically?
9. What types of tests would you devise to test the function of this nerve in patients?