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structures of the ear
Question | Answer |
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audio receptors | respond to sound |
sound is? | vibrations |
vibrations | produce sound waves |
crest | top point of the sound wave |
trough | bottom point of the sound wave |
amplitude | middle disecting in half point of the sound wave( height of the wave) |
pitch | is determined by the number of cycles per. second (frequency) |
loudness | is determined by the amplitude(height of wave) |
outer ear | funnels sound inward |
ceruminous gland | produces cerumen which is ear wax = sticky |
ossicles | hammer, anvil, stirrup, transmit + amplify the vibrations. |
hammer | malus |
anvil | incus |
stirrup | stapes |
Eustacian tube | drains to the pharynx and equalizes the pressure on the inside of th ear drum |
oval window | is a flexible membrane |
cochlear | fluid filled endolymph |
organ of corti | nerve cell |
fluid | moving fluid passing through one chamber to another. bouncing off the round window. reverses the flow of fluids, fluid strikes basilae membrane, the membrane pushes the hairs up into the tectoral membrane and depolarizes. |
the movement of fluid | leads to the stimulation of the organs of corti |
inner ear | hearing and equilibrium contains many bony fluid filled chambers(bony labyrinth) |
equalibrium | contains 2 chambers the utricle and semicircular canals |
utricle | fluid capula(thick) suspendid in the fluid are small grains calcium carbonates(stones)otoliths, responds to linear acceleration fluid goes opposite of acceleration, stones strike the hair cells and causes depolarization. |
semicircular canals | respond to angular acceleration, |
ampella (swollen ends) | contain cristae, respond to moving fluid causes cristae to depolarize |
tempanic membrane | ear drum |