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SOUNDS WAVES CAN EITHER BE _____ OR ______
FREQUENCY OR INTENSITY
THE HIGHER THE FREQUENCY, THE HIGHER THE ____
PITCH
INTENSITY IS RELATED TO ___
WAVE AMPLITUDE (dBs)
INTENSITY IS MEASURE IN ?
DECIBAL
THE HIGHER THE DECIBAL , THE HIGHER THE _____?
SOUND
THE HEARING RANGE FOR YOUNG INDIVIDUALS CAN BEANYWHERE FROM
20-20,000 HZ
THE OUTER EAR CAPTURES SOUNDS, AND SENDS IT TO (2)
EXTERNAL AUDITORY MEATUS
TYMPANIC MEMBRANE (EAR DRUM)
THE MIDDLE EAR IS BETWEEN
THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE AND COCHLEA
THE MIDDLE EAR CONTAINS (3)
1. MALLEUS
2. INCUS
3. STAPES
THE MALLEUS IS ATTACHED TO THE...
TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
(LOOKS LIKE A HAMMER)
THE STAPES IS ATTACHED TO THE
OVAL WINDOW OF THE COCHLEA
THE STAPEDIUS MUSCLE IS USED FOR?
PROTECTION OF THE EAR
(MUSCLE WILL CONTRACT IF IT HEARS A LOUD NOISE TO PROTECT COCHLEA)
THE COCHLEA HAS 3 CHAMBERS, THEY ARE...
1. UPPER CHAMBER
2. LOWER CHAMBER
3. MIDDLE CHAMBER
THE UPPER CHAMBER OF THE COCHLEA IS CALLED
SCALA VESTIBULI
THE LOWER CHAMBER OF THE COCHLEA IS CALLED
SCALA TYMPANI
THE MIDDLE CHAMBER OF THE COCHLEA IS CALLED
SCALA MEDIA
(AKA COCHLEAR DUCTS)
THE SCALA MEDIA CONTAINS _____ WHICH IS HIGH IN CATIONS
ENDOLYMPH
THE UPPER AND LOWER CHAMBER OF THE COCHLEA, BOTH HAVE
PERILYMPH
THE SCALA MEDIA (COCHLEAR DUCTS) ENDS BLINDLY IN THE
HELICOTREMIA
WHEN THERE IS A DEPOLARIZATION OF THE HAIR CELLS, IT RELEASES
GLUTAMATE
WHEN SOUNDS WAVES HIT THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE IT CAUSES IT TO VIBRATE, WHICH WILL......
CAUSE THE MALLEUS, INCUS AND STAPES TO VIBRATE
WHEN THE MALLEUS, INCUS, AND STAPES VIBRATE, IT CAUSES
THE STAPES TO VIBRATE
WHEN THE STAPES VIBRATES, IT CAUSES
PRESSURE ON THE OVAL WINDOW
WHEN THERE IS PRESSURE ON THE OVAL WINDOW, IT WILL CAUSE
FLUID IN THE COCHLEA (PERILYMPH) TO MOVE BETWEEN SCALA VESTIBULE AND TYMPANI
WHEN THE SCALA VESTIBULE AND SCALA TYMPANI MOVE IT WILL DISPLACE THE
ROUND WINDOW - WHICH WILL CAUSE THE BASILAR MEMBRANETO MOVE
ON THE BASILAR MEMBRANE THERE ARE LITTLE HAIR CELLS, SO IF THAT MEMBRANE MOVES, IT WILL CAUSE
ACTION POTENTIALS
THE BASILAR MEMBRANE HAS A BASE AND APEX
THE BASE IS ___
THE APEX IS ____
BASE IS STIFF
APEX IS MORE FLEXIBLE
LOW PITCH SOUNDS CANNOT MOVE THE BASILAR MEMBRANE NEAR THE _____ BUT CAN AT THE ____
CANNOT AT THE BASE
BUT COULD AT APEX
HIGH PITCH SOUNDS ON THE BASILAR MEMBRANE, CAN MOVE THE
BASE
PITCH OF A SOUND IS CODED BY THE
BASILAR MEMBRANE
IF YOU LOSE HAIR CELLS BY THE STAPES....YOU WOULDNT BE ABLE TO HEAR
HIGH PITCH SOUNDS
HIGH PITCH WILL VIBRATE THE BASILAR MEMBRANE CLOSEST TO THE?
STAPES
THE ORGAN OF CORTI REFERS TO
BASILAR MEMBRANE
HAIR CELLS AND
TECTORILE MEMBRANE TOGETHER
HAIR CELLS ARE COLLECTIVELY STEROCILIA, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE A
LARGE BUNDLE OF MICROVILI
WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF HAIR CELLS
1. INNER HAIR CELLS
2. OUTER HAIR CELLS
INNER HAIR CELLS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
SENDING INFORMATION TO AUDITORY CORTEX
OUTER HAIR CELLS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
MODULATING AMPLIFYING SOUNDS
INNER HAIR CELLS FORM
A SINGLE ROW
OUTER HAIR CELLS FORM
MULTIPLE ROWS
WHEN OUTER HAIR CELLS LENGTHEN THEY...
HYPERPOLARIZE
WHEN OUTER HAIR CELLS SHORT THEY...
DEPOLARIZE
STEREOCILIA IS EMBEDDED IN THE
TECTORIAL MEMBRANE
THE TECTORIAL MEMBRANE IS MADE UP OF A
GELATINOUS SUBSTANCE
WHEN HAIR CELLS BEND, IT CAUSES
ION CHANNELS TO OPEN
WHEN HAIR CELLS RELEASE GLUTAMATE, IT WILL STIMULATE
ASSOCIATED SENSORY NEURONS, GOES UP TO AUDITORY CORTEX - TO PERCEIVE SOUND
MOVEMENT OF THE BASILAR MEMBRANE WILL DO WHAT 2 THINGS FROM THE INNER HAIR CELLS
RELEASE GLUTAMATE
OPEN CATION CHANNELS
THE GREATER THE DISPLACEMENT, THE GREATER THE GLUTAMATE RELEASE, THEN.....
GREATER THE GENERATOR POTENTIAL
FREQUENCIES ARE DETERMINED BY
THE REGION OF BASILAR MEMBRANE THAT WAS STIMULATED
WHAT ARE THE 2 TYPES OF HEARING IMPAIRMENTS
1. CONDUCTIVE DEAFNESS
2. SENSORINEURAL DEAFNESS
IN CONDUCTIVE DEAFNESS THE _____ ARE IMPAIRED
IMPULSE
HEARING AIDS ARE USED FOR WHICH TYPE OF DEAFNESS
CONDUCTIVE DEAFNESS
IN SENSORINEURAL DEAFNESS, THE ____ IS DAMAGED
NERVE
AGE RELATED HEARING LOSS IS CALLED
PRESBYCUSIS
THE VESTIBULAR APPARATUS GIVES US A SENSE OF
EQUILIBRIUM AND BALANCE
WHAT ARE THE 2 PORTION OF THE VESTIBULAR APPARATUS
1. OTOLITH ORGANS
2. SEMICIRCULAR CANALS
THE OTOLITH ORGANS CONTAIN (2)
1. UTRICLE
2. SACCULE
THE SEMICIRCULAR CANALS ALLOWS US TO DETECT?
ANGULAR MOVEMENT
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR VESTIBULAR APPARATUS YOU..
FEEL DIZZY ALL THE TIME
(VERTIGO)
THE VESTIBULAR APPARATUS IS IN THE_____
MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH
(WHICH IS INT HE SKULL CAVITY)
THE VESTIBULAR APPARATUS CONTAINS ENDOLYMPH AND IS SIMILAR TO THE INTRA CELLULAR FLUID, SO IT IS....
HIGH IN POTASSIUM
ALL RECEPTORS ON THE VESTIBULAR APPARATUS CONTAIN
HAIR CELLS
THE LARGEST HAIR CELL ON THE VESTIBULAR APPARATUS IS CALLED
KINOCILIUM
ALL OTHER HAIR CELLS ON THE VESTIBULAR APPARATUS IS CALLED
STEROCILIA
WHEN HAIR CELLS BEND TOWARD THE KINOCILIUM IT CAUSES
DEPOLARIZATION
WHEN HAIR CELLS BEND AWAY FROM THE KINOCILIUM IT CAUSES
HYPERPOLARIZATION
THE UTRICLE IS SENSITIVE TO _____ ACCELERATION
HORIZONTAL
THE SACCULE IS SENSITIVE TO _____ ACCELERATION
VERTICAL
WITHIN THE UTRICLE AND THE SACCULE, THERE IS THE
MACULA
THE MACULA IS STRUCTURE THAT REFERS TO
HAIR CELLS AND ALL SUPPORTING CELLS THAT ARE USED WITHIN THE HAIR CELLS
WHAT IS THE REASON YOU HAVE OTOLITHS (CRYSTAL ROCKS)
THEY INCREASE MEMBRANE MASS
BOTH THE UTRICLE AND SACCULE SENDS INFORMATION TO THE....
POSTURAL MUSCLES
THE AMPULLA CONTAINS _______WHICH IS AN ELEVATED AREA WHICH CONTAINS HAIR CELLS
CRISTA AMPULLARIS
THE GELATINOUS MEMBRANE THAT PROCESSES HAIR CELLS, WHICH THEY ARE EMBEDDED IN ...IS THE
CUPULA
WHEN HAIR STIMULATES THE VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE, IT GOES TO THE CEREBELLUM, WHERE IT SENDS INFO TO THE ____-
VESTIBULAR NUCLEI
THE VESTIBULAR NUCLEI WILL SEND IMPULSES TO (2)
OCULOMOTOR CENTER
SPINAL CORD
SPINNING CAUSES WHAT TO MOVE
CUPULA