The Ear Word Search
Play a The Ear word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the parts and systems of the human body, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: COCHLEA, EARDRUM, STAPES, INCUS, MALLEUS, OSSICLES, SACCULE, UTRICLE, AUDITORY, PINNA, TECTORIAL, BASILAR.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
The Ear word list, defined
- COCHLEA /ˈkɒk.li.ə/ — British; US /ˈkoʊ.kli.ə/ · noun
- The spiral-shaped, fluid-filled part of the inner ear that converts sound vibrations into nerve impulses sent to the brain. Related: inner ear, organ of hearing, auditory organ, spiral organ.
- EARDRUM /ˈɪərdrʌm/ (British), /ˈɪrdrʌm/ (US) · noun
- The thin, oval membrane separating the outer ear from the middle ear, which vibrates in response to sound waves and transmits these vibrations to the tiny bones of the middle ear. Related: tympanic membrane, tympanum.
- STAPES /ˈsteɪpiːz/ · noun
- The stapes is the smallest bone in the human middle ear, a stirrup-shaped structure that transfers sound vibrations from the incus to the fluid of the inner ear. Related: stirrup, stirrup bone.
- INCUS /ˈɪŋkəs/ · noun
- A heavy block of iron or steel on which metal is hammered or shaped. The term also names the anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear that transmits vibrations between the malleus and the stapes. Related: anvil, stithy.
- MALLEUS /ˈmæliəs/ · noun
- The malleus is the hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear that transfers sound vibrations from the eardrum to the incus. It is one of the three auditory ossicles, together with the incus and stapes.
- SACCULE /ˈsæk.kjəl/ · noun
- A small sac or sac-like structure, especially one occurring in plant or animal anatomy. Related: pouch, sac, vesicle, sacculus.
- UTRICLE /ˈjuːtrɪkəl/ · noun
- A small sac or pouch-like structure, especially the membranous sac in the vestibular part of the inner ear that helps detect linear acceleration and head orientation relative to gravity. Related: sac, vesicle, pouch, bladder.
- AUDITORY /ˈɔː.dɪ.tər.i/ (US also /ˈɔː.də.tɔːr.i/) · adjective
- Relating to the sense of hearing or to the organs and processes involved in perceiving sound. Related: aural, hearing, acoustic, otic.
- PINNA /ˈpɪnə/ · noun
- In anatomy, the pinna is the visible outer ear, the cartilaginous auricle that helps collect sound and direct it into the ear canal. In botany, it is a leaflet or segment of a pinnately divided leaf; it can also denote a winglike or finlike projection in zoology. Related: auricle, external ear, ear flap.
- BASILAR /ˈbæzɪlər/ · adjective
- Relating to, situated at, or forming the base of an organ or structure, especially the base of the skull. In linguistics, it describes consonant sounds produced with the back of the tongue against the base of the mouth. Related: basal, foundational, basement, bottom.
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