ASLP 3030 STUDY GUIDE 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Condensation effect (area ratio) - ✔✔Difference in area between the tympanic
membraneand the footplate of the stapes, causing an increase inpressure
✔✔increases - ✔✔if pressure is reduced, pressure ________
✔✔Leveler action - ✔✔fulcrum displacement from the relationship between the malleus
and the incus causes movement reduction
✔✔curved, smaller - ✔✔the shape of the tympanic membrane is _________, which
helps to focus the sound energy onto the ________ surface area of the ossicles,
providing further mechanical advantage in transferring the vibrations to the cochlea.
✔✔Conductive hearing loss - ✔✔results from impairment to any portion of the
conductive auditory mechanisms and inhibits sound from reaching inner ear
✔✔inner ear - ✔✔a fluid-filled series ofcanals that lie medial to the middle earcavity in
the petrous portion of thetemporal bone
✔✔Labyrinth - ✔✔interconnecting, fluid-filled canals that form the inner ear
✔✔protection - ✔✔Osseous (bony) portion of the inner ear is for...
✔✔hearing, balance - ✔✔Membranous portion of the inner ear....
✔✔Vestibular portion - ✔✔Section of the inner ear that is involved in balance and
spatialorientation
✔✔Fluid - ✔✔the vestibular portion of the inner ear is filled with __________
✔✔Cochlear portion - ✔✔Section of the inner ear that is involved with hearing
✔✔Oval window - ✔✔connects to the footplate of the stapes
✔✔Oval, round - ✔✔The cochlear portion of the ear has two openings the _________
and _________ windows
✔✔Cochlea - ✔✔fluid-filled cavity divided intothree canals
✔✔boney, perilymph, sodium - ✔✔Scala vestibuli is part of the _______ labyrinth, filled
with _________, and is high in ______
, ✔✔membranous, endolymph, potassium - ✔✔Scala media is part of the _______
labyrinth, filled with _________, and is high in ______
✔✔boney, perilymph, sodium - ✔✔Scala tympani is part of the _______ labyrinth, filled
with _________, and is high in ______
✔✔Helicptrema - ✔✔where scala vestibuli and scala tympani meet
✔✔Reissner's membrane - ✔✔separates the scala vestibuli from the scala media
✔✔Basilar membrane - ✔✔separates the scala media from the scala tympani
✔✔Organ of Corti - ✔✔Scala media houses the _________________
✔✔Organ of corti - ✔✔Sensory end organ of hearing
✔✔hair cells - ✔✔The organ of corti contains _________ that are sensory receptor cells
required for the hearing process
✔✔vertebrobasilar vascular system - ✔✔Cochlear blood supply is provided by the
_________________
✔✔one, pear, U - ✔✔Inner hair cells are arranged in ________ inner row(s), ________
shaped, and the stereocilia. are placed in more of a shallow _____ -shape
✔✔ - ✔✔Hair cells that are used for sensory and transduction
✔✔3-4, cylindrical, W - ✔✔outer hair cells are arranged in ________ inner row(s),
________ shaped, and the stereocilia. are placed in more of a shallow _____ -shape
✔✔outer hair cells - ✔✔Hair cells that are used for movement and amplification
✔✔Sterrocilia - ✔✔On top of each hair cell rests sensory receptor cells called...
✔✔base, apex - ✔✔The height of the stereocilia varies, with the shortest found at the
_________ and longest at the _______
✔✔cochlear nerve - ✔✔hair cells of the organ of corti synapse with the nerve fibers that
form the __________
✔✔F, the stereocilia are not able to regenerate - ✔✔T/F stereocilia are able to
regenerate
✔✔Stria vascularis - ✔✔Group of vessels just beneath the basilarmembrane
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Condensation effect (area ratio) - ✔✔Difference in area between the tympanic
membraneand the footplate of the stapes, causing an increase inpressure
✔✔increases - ✔✔if pressure is reduced, pressure ________
✔✔Leveler action - ✔✔fulcrum displacement from the relationship between the malleus
and the incus causes movement reduction
✔✔curved, smaller - ✔✔the shape of the tympanic membrane is _________, which
helps to focus the sound energy onto the ________ surface area of the ossicles,
providing further mechanical advantage in transferring the vibrations to the cochlea.
✔✔Conductive hearing loss - ✔✔results from impairment to any portion of the
conductive auditory mechanisms and inhibits sound from reaching inner ear
✔✔inner ear - ✔✔a fluid-filled series ofcanals that lie medial to the middle earcavity in
the petrous portion of thetemporal bone
✔✔Labyrinth - ✔✔interconnecting, fluid-filled canals that form the inner ear
✔✔protection - ✔✔Osseous (bony) portion of the inner ear is for...
✔✔hearing, balance - ✔✔Membranous portion of the inner ear....
✔✔Vestibular portion - ✔✔Section of the inner ear that is involved in balance and
spatialorientation
✔✔Fluid - ✔✔the vestibular portion of the inner ear is filled with __________
✔✔Cochlear portion - ✔✔Section of the inner ear that is involved with hearing
✔✔Oval window - ✔✔connects to the footplate of the stapes
✔✔Oval, round - ✔✔The cochlear portion of the ear has two openings the _________
and _________ windows
✔✔Cochlea - ✔✔fluid-filled cavity divided intothree canals
✔✔boney, perilymph, sodium - ✔✔Scala vestibuli is part of the _______ labyrinth, filled
with _________, and is high in ______
, ✔✔membranous, endolymph, potassium - ✔✔Scala media is part of the _______
labyrinth, filled with _________, and is high in ______
✔✔boney, perilymph, sodium - ✔✔Scala tympani is part of the _______ labyrinth, filled
with _________, and is high in ______
✔✔Helicptrema - ✔✔where scala vestibuli and scala tympani meet
✔✔Reissner's membrane - ✔✔separates the scala vestibuli from the scala media
✔✔Basilar membrane - ✔✔separates the scala media from the scala tympani
✔✔Organ of Corti - ✔✔Scala media houses the _________________
✔✔Organ of corti - ✔✔Sensory end organ of hearing
✔✔hair cells - ✔✔The organ of corti contains _________ that are sensory receptor cells
required for the hearing process
✔✔vertebrobasilar vascular system - ✔✔Cochlear blood supply is provided by the
_________________
✔✔one, pear, U - ✔✔Inner hair cells are arranged in ________ inner row(s), ________
shaped, and the stereocilia. are placed in more of a shallow _____ -shape
✔✔ - ✔✔Hair cells that are used for sensory and transduction
✔✔3-4, cylindrical, W - ✔✔outer hair cells are arranged in ________ inner row(s),
________ shaped, and the stereocilia. are placed in more of a shallow _____ -shape
✔✔outer hair cells - ✔✔Hair cells that are used for movement and amplification
✔✔Sterrocilia - ✔✔On top of each hair cell rests sensory receptor cells called...
✔✔base, apex - ✔✔The height of the stereocilia varies, with the shortest found at the
_________ and longest at the _______
✔✔cochlear nerve - ✔✔hair cells of the organ of corti synapse with the nerve fibers that
form the __________
✔✔F, the stereocilia are not able to regenerate - ✔✔T/F stereocilia are able to
regenerate
✔✔Stria vascularis - ✔✔Group of vessels just beneath the basilarmembrane
