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What is bigger typanic membrane surface or area of stapes?

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Tympanic membrane surface area is about 17 times that of the surface area of the stapes… 55mm to 3.2 mm -This increases the force from the ossicular lever system to the cochlear fluid by 22X -Fluid has greater inertia than air and requires this increase in force in order to cause vibration in the fluid

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What is the conduction pathway sequence?

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tympanic membrane… malleus…. incus…. stapes…. oval window

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What do tympanic membrane and auditory ossicles provide?

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the impedance matching btw the air and the fluid

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How would hearing sensitivity be affected in the absence of the ossicular system and the tympanic membrane?

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What does the tympani muscle do?

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pulls handle of malleus inward

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What does the stapedius muscle do?

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pulls stapes outward

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What effect do the above two opposing forces cause the ossicular system?

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What is the function of this system( the attenuation reflex)?

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What effect do these two muscles have on a person’s sensitivity to his or her own speech?

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What consists of three side by side coiled tubes?

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cochlea

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What are the major components of the cochlea?

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scala vestiviuli scala media scala tympani reissner’s membrane

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What does the Reissner’s membrane do? (vestibular membrane)

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separates scala media from scala vestibuli

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What does the reissner’s membrane maintain?

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a special fluid within the scala media

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Because of the thinness of Reissner’s membrane?

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the scala media and vestibuli are considered to be a single chamber as far as sound conduction is concerned

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What does the basilar membrane separate?

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scala media from scala typani

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What does the basilar membrane consist of?

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contains 20,000 to 30,000 fibers that project from the modiolus of the cochlea to the outer wall

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Can the fibers of the Bailar membrane vibrate?

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Yes

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How are the fibers in the basilar membrane attached?

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Distal ends of the fibers are not fixed but are embedded in the basilar membrane.

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What does the length of the basilar fibers do from the oval window to the apex of the cochlea (helicotrema)?

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the length increases

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What happens to the length of the fibers from the oval window to the apex of the cochlea?

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The fibers decrease.

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What is the result of the short fibers near the oval window?

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The stiff short fibers near the oval window be at a high frequency

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What is the effect of the long fibers near the oval window?

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The long limber fibers near the apex of the vibration at a low frequency.

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Where does the high-frequency residents of the basilar membrane occur?

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Near the base

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Where does the low-frequency residents of the basilar membrane occur?

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Near the apex helicotrema

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What does the organ of corti generate?
It generates the nerve impulses in response to vibration of the basilar membrane
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What are the sensor receptors of the organ of Corti
hair cells
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Single row of internal hair cells:
3500;12 um dia
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3-4 rows of external hair cells
12000; 8 um dia
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What does the hair cells stimulate in the organ of Corti
Hair cells stimulate nerve fibers that lead to the spiral ganglion of corti
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What do stereocilia from the hair cells do?
touch or are embedded in the overlying tectorial membrane
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What does bending of the hair do?
Bending of the hairs in one direction depolarizes them and bending them in the opposite direction hyperpolarizing them
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What creates a rigid unit in the organ of Corti
Outer ends of hair cells are tightly attached to reticular lamina, supported by rads of Corti, which are attached to the basilar fibers
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What do you neurons in the ganglionic of the organ of corti do?
The ganglion send axons via the cochlear nerve (CN VIII) into the upper level of the medulla
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What does movement of the basilar fiber cause movement of?
the reticular lamina
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What does movement of the reticular lamina cause?
shearing forces on the hair cells against the tectorial membrane
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So whenever basilar membrane moves?
hair cells become excited
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What has about 100 sterocilia on the apical border?
each hair cell
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Where are stereocilia longer?
on the side farther from the modiolus
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When cilia are bent in direction of the longer ones??
a tensile force is created on the shorter cilia
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What does the tensile force cause?
A mechanical transduction that opens 200 to 300 potassium channels resulting in a depolarization of the hair cell membrane
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What is the scala media filled with?
endolymph
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What are the scala vestibuli and scala tympani filled with?
perilymph
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What does endolymph contain?
a high concentration of potassium and a low concentration of Na (opposite that of the perilymph)
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+ 80 mv difference btw endolymph and perilymph (scala media is positive) =
endocochlear potential
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Tops of hair cells project through the reticular lamina and are bathed by?
endolymph
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What are lower bodies of the hair cells surrounded by?
perilymph
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What is the intracellular potential of hair cells?
-70 mv with respect to perilymph -150 mv w respect to endolymph
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How does nervous system detect sound frequencies?
by determining positions along the basilar membrane that are most stimulated
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Explain how the auditory system determines loudness
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what is a decibel
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describe the relationships btw frequency and pressure in decbels
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how does the frequency range that can be heard change w age?
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What are components of the auditory nervous system pathway?
spiral organ of corti dorsal and ventral cochlear nuclei superior olivary nucleus lateral lemniscus nucleus medial geniculate nucleus (thalmus) auditory cortex
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Where does decussation occur btw right and left pathways
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what is the relationship btw the auditroy tracts and the RAS
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where is the auditory cortex located?
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Distinguish btw the primary auditory cortex and the auditory association areas
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explain how a person determines the direction from which sound comes
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