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| A GELATINOUS CAP THAT COVERS HAIR CELLS IN THE INNER EAR. |
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| A SWOLLEN REGION AT THE BASE OF EACH MEMBRANOUS SEMICIRCULAR CANAL OF THE EAR. |
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| LOCATED IN THE COCHLEAR DUCT; CONTAINS THE HEARING RECEPTORS (HAIR CELLS) |
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| THE COCHLEA IS THE AUDITORY PORTION OF THE INNER EAR. IT IS A SPIRAL-SHAPED CAVITY IN THE BONY LABYRINTH, MAKING 2.5 TURNS AROUND ITS AXIS, THE MODIOLUS. |
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| A DIVISION OF THE CRANIAL NERVE VIII (THE VESTIBULOR COCHLEAR NERVE) THAT HAIR CELLS TRANSMIT IMPULSES ALONG TO THE AUDITORY CORTEX IN THE TEMPORAL LOBE, WHERE INTERPRETATION OF SOUND (HEARING) OCCURS. |
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| HEARING LOSS OF ANY DEGREE |
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| COULD BE CAUSED BY EARWAX BUILDUP OR FUSIONOF THE OSSICLES; RESULTS WHEN SOMETHING INTERFERES WITH THE CONDUCTION OF SOUND VIBRATION TO THE FLUIDS IN THE EAR. |
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| THE BASILAR MEMBRANE WITHIN THE COCHLEA OF THE INNER EAR IS A STIFF STRUCTURAL ELEMENT THAT SEPARATES TWO LIQUID-FILLED TUBES THAT RUN ALONG THE COIL OF THE COCHLEA, THE SCALA MEDIA, AND THE SCALA TYMPANI. |
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A JELLY-LIKE MEMBRANE COVERING THE ORGAN OF CORTI IN THE EAR. A STRONG SHEET OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE RUNNING FROM THE BASILAR PART OF THE OCCIPITAL BONE TO THE DORSAL SURFACE OF THE BODIES OF THE AXIS AND THIRD CERVICAL VERTEBRA.
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| A PROBLEM OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM STRUCTURES THAT OCCUR WHEN THERE IS A DEGENERATION OR DAMAGE TO THE RECEPTOR CELLS IN THE SPINAL ORGAN OF THE CORTI, TO THE COCHLEA NERVE OR TO NEURONS OF THE AUDITORY CORTEX. |
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| AN EAR INFECTION THAT IS MOST OFTEN A BACTERIAL OR VIRAL INFECTION THAT AFFECTS THE MIDDLE EAR, THE AIR-FILLED SPACE BEHIND THE EARDRUM THAT CONTAINS THE TINY VIBRATING BONES OF THE EAR. CHILDREN ARE MORE LIKELY THAN ADULTS TO GET EAR INFECTIONS. |
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| PROGRESSIVE DEAFNESS; SUSPECTED CAUSES ARE ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, DEGENERATION OF CRANIAL NERVE VIII AND INCREASED PRESSURE OF THE INNER EAR FLUIDS. |
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| A SENSATION OF SPINNING; CAN'T STAND UP WITHOUT EXTREME DISCOMFORT. |
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| RECEPTORS FOR TASTE AND OLFACTION |
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