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| external ear, middle ear, internal ear |
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| bony, spiral canal, responsible for hearing |
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| one of the channels of the cochlea |
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| the purpose of the auricle |
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| to direct sound waves into the external ear canal |
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| name the 2 kinds of equilibrium |
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| maintenance of the position of the body, mainily head- relative to gravity |
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| mainten of body positin (head) in response to movt accel decel etc |
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| name the equilibrium apparatus |
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| vestibular apparatus, receptor organs for equil... saccule-an otolith organ, utriclean otolith organ semicircular canal, |
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| contribute to some aspects of dynamic equilibrium |
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saccule and utricle (otolish organs)
posture.. balance |
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| 2 types of cells... hair cells supporting cells....hair cells are snsory receptors |
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| bending causes the cell membrane to depolarize or hyperpolarize |
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| ear stone 9crystals of calcium carbonate that cover the surface of the otolithic membrane |
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| gives info about horizontal movt |
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| hair cells-first order neuron-cerebellum-pons-medulla |
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| the swollen enlargement that ea canal ends in is ____ |
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| the ampulla, contains crista, hair cells |
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| mass of gel covers the cells, head moves the hair move, --- dynamic equilibrium! |
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