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the outer ear is composed of what 2 sturcutres |
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external auditory meatus, pinna |
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vibrations are transmitted through the air to what |
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what separates the middle from the outer ear |
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vibrations at the tympanic membrane are transmitted via what to the inner ear |
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what is the ossicle that is attached to the tympanic membrane |
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what transmits the vibrations from the malleus to the stapes |
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the footplate of the stapes is connected to what |
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zone at which bony vibration is converted to pressure waves within the fluid of the inner ear |
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what is the role of the ossicle system |
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sound waves are increased in energy by a factor of nearly what as vibrations pass from teh outer ear to the inner ear |
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ultimate receptor of acoustic stimuli |
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bony center of the cochlea |
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the cochlear canal is divided into how many chambers |
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what are the 3 chambers of the cochlear canal |
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scala vestibuli, cochlear duct, scala tympani |
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which cochlear canal chamber is aligned with the oval window at the base of the cochlea |
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what is the superior 3rd of the cochlear canal |
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the scala vestibuli is separated from teh cochlear duct by what |
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the scala vestibuli is continuous with the scala tympani at this aparture |
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sound vibrates the air, these vibrations enter what first |
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the external auditory meatus carries sound to what strcuture |
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the tympanic membrane transmits vibrations to what next |
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ossicles (malleus to incus to stapes) |
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the ossicles transmit sound vibration to where next |
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the oval window transmits vibrations to where |
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the scala vestibuli transmits the vibrations where next |
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through the basilar membrane |
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vibrations travel through the basilar membrane to where next |
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inferior chamber of the cochlear canal |
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the scala tympani is separated from the cochlear duct by what |
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scala tympani and scala vestibuli are both filled with what |
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the round window is aligned with what structure |
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prevent undue dampening of acoustic waves traveling within the fluid of the cochlea |
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intermediate chamber of the cochlea |
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cochlear duct houses this specialized organ |
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cochlear duct contains what type of fluid |
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what secretes endolymph within the cochlear duct |
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what does the organ of corti consist of |
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basilar membrane upon which sits two rows of hair cells and some non-neural supporting cells |
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what is the role of the hair cells of the organ of corti |
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transduce acoustic energy to neural signals |
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the cilia of the hair cells of the organ or corti are embedded in what |
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the distortion of hair cells results in what |
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generator potentials that may result in action potential formation at the dendrites of cochlear nerve fibers |
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cell bodies of the cochlear nerve are located where |
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cochlear (spiral) ganglion |
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the cochlear (spiral) ganlgion is embedded in what |
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peripheral processes of teh cochlear nerve synapse with what |
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central processes of the cochlear nreve form what |
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cochlear (auditory) nerve (CN VIII, cochlear division) |
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role of the superior olivary nucleus: 1st role |
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processing of auditory information for localization of sound |
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role of the superior olivary nucleus: 2nd role |
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send efferent axons to CN VIII that synapse on outer hair cells of the cochlea and some spiral ganglion dendrites, modulates sound transduction |
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axons from the medial geniculate body synapse on what lobe |
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axons from the medial geniculate body synapse in the temporal lobe on what |
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transverse temporal gyri of Heschl |
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where is the transverse temporal gyri of heschl located |
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superior temporal gyrus within the lateral fissure |
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destruction of auditory cortex on one side will usually result in what |
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impairment of the ability to localize sound |
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