A nurse is caring for a child with an inner ear infection. The child's mother is worried because the child is having recurrent ear infections and wants to know how the function of the inner ear might be affected
What is the best description the nurse can give the mother about the function of the inner ear?
1 . Responsible for protecting internal structures of the ear from foreign substances
2 . Responsible for the transmission of sound
3 . Responsible for transmitting sound waves
4 . Responsible for providing information about body position to the brain
A) 1, 2
B) 1, 3
C) 2, 3
D) 3, 4
D
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The inner ear is responsible for transmitting sound waves and information about body position to the brain. The external ear is responsible for protecting the internal structures of the ear from foreign substances and for catching and carrying sound waves to the middle ear. The middle ear is responsible for the transmission of sound.
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