Question

“Popping” of the ears is often experienced when taking off on a plane flight because pressure changes in the ear cause slight displacement of the tympanic membrane. This displacement would cause which of the following?

The middle bone of the ear cannot move, temporarily.
The calcareous structures in the inner ear cannot move, temporarily.
The hollow tube in the inner ear that contains the sensory organs of hearing changes position.
The thin membrane that closes the cavity of the middle ear from the outside changes position.

Answer 1

@ninafilipyeva j

Answer 2

@pink33

Answer 3

What do you think?

Answer 4

I was thinking A.

Answer 5

I figured that the tympanic membrane is in the middle ear, so A would be plausible.

Answer 6

@Anaise What do you think?

Answer 7

@Anaise Are you still helping me?

Answer 8

@alivejeremy:

Answer 9

hold on a second actually

Answer 10

its c or d but im thinking more towards d

Answer 11

Thanks.

Answer 12

There is a fine tube that keeps running from the center ear to the back of the throat called the 'eustachian tube' and this gets to be hindered by this sticky liquid, or bodily fluid. This thus prompts pressure to develop in the ear which is then discharged when you talk, swallow, clean out your nose or eat. This is the reason your ears pop.