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Module 2 iClicker Questions Flashcards

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How does the density of molecules within the medium (e.g., air or water) influence sound?

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Higher density mediums will allow the sound waves to travel faster through them

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Yes or No: Is there sound inside a vaccum (i.e. place with no molecules)?

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No

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You want your head-banging music to be heard as far away from the source as possible. Where should you play your music?

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Underwater
Underwater things travel faster and farther because the distance of molecules (basically touching)
-earth, then moon in distance

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Amplitude/Intensity is associated with the perceptual quality of _, while frequency is associated with the perceptual quality of _.

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Loudness
Pitch

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Speech is an example of a __. (_ sound)

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Complex sound

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How do ear trumpets aid in the ability to hear sounds?

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It funnels more sound to the ear

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What order is the structure of the Outer ear? (3)

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Pinna
Ear Canal
Tympanic membrane

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Name the ossicles in the correct order (3)

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Malleus, Incus, Stapes
(MIS)

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What is the primary role of the ossicles?

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Amplify sound vibrations

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What is the function of the round window?

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Relieves pressure in the cochlea

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What is the name of the structure that will eventually translate sound pressure movement into a neural signal?

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Organ of Corti

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What is the function of the three canals on the top of the cochlea (gray portion)?

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Part of the vestibular system

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Why aren’t sound waves transmitted directly to the oval window? (i.e. why have the tympanic membrane and ossicles)

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Signal needs to be amplified

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If you took a tiny pair of scissors and cut all the tip links in your cochlea, what would happen?

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You would be deaf

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Why does calcium enter the hair cell in response to vibrational movement?

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The rapid depolarization of the hair cell opens voltage gated calcium channels

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Which of the following is directly responsible for deflecting hair cells

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Movement of the tectorial/basilar membrane

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The gelatinous flap on the top of the organ of Corti is called:

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Tectorial Membrane

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The shearing of the hair cells pulls on tip-links allowing which ion to enter the cell?

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Potassium (K+)

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Louder sounds (regardless of frequency) will…

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Cause the basilar/tectorial membrane to move to a greater degree, increasing the shearing force on the hair cells

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True or False: Auditory nerve fibers selectively respond to different frequencies?

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True

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Why is rate saturation a problem for the auditory system?

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A single auditory nerve can’t reliably measure frequency
(b/c connected to a specific part in the cochlea)
-also makes the inner hair cells less sharply tuned

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Rods in the retina are specialized for low intensities of light. Which types of auditory nerve fiber has a similar function?

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High-spontaneous fibers

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Efferent nerve fibers carries information _?

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away from the CNS

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What is the function of the outer hair cells?

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Makes the inner hair cells more sharply tuned

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How do neurons encode higher frequencies?
Multiple nerve fibers are used
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Regardless of the mechanism, where in the brain is sound localization using interaural time differences primarily occurring?
Medial Superior Olive
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What is the latest theory for how the brain localizes sound?
Compares the differences in frequency (ie activation location in the cochlea) to measure time differences
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Humans are better at localizing sound using intensity at high frequencies. Why?
Head blocks higher frequencies
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Which of these frequencies would be the most difficult for you to localize? 100 Hz 500 Hz 1,000 Hz 5,000 Hz
100 Hz
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Where in the brain is intramural level differences (intensity) primarily processed?
Lateral Superior Olive
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Yes or No: Is intramural level difference and intramural time difference sufficient to localize all sounds?
No
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What is the nerve that carries auditory information to the brain?
VIII- Vestibocochlear
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What is the brain stem nucleus at which afferent auditory nerve fibers synapse?
Cochlear Nucleus (the vestibularcochlear nerve)
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Which brain region plays a specialized role in sound localization?
Superior Olive
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Which brain region is part of the thalamus and plays an important role in sensory feedback?
Medial Geniculate Nucleus
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In which of the following brain regions is a neuron that responds to both light and sound most likely to be found?
Parabelt Area
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Which of the following regions is tonotopically organized? Medial Geniculate Nucleus Superior Olive Cochlear nucleus Primary Auditory Cortex
All of them
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Auditory nerve fibers that project to the cochlear nucleus originate in the ...
Cochlea
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Higher frequency sounds will stimulate…
the cochlea near the oval window
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Adding earplugs to your ears reduces your ability to detect sounds. What kind of hearing loss is this?
Conductive hearing loss
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Otosclerosis is a medical conditions characterized by hearing loss due to abnormal growth of the middle ear bones. What kind of hearing loss is this?
Conductive hearing loss -part of the middle ear bones, conduct vibrations -not the sensory cell or anything neural, it is a bone (not part of the nervous system)
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You love loud music. You have suffered hearing loss due to the hair cells being damaged. What kind of hearing loss is this?
Sensorineural hearing loss -hair cells (sensory cells)
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Your professor is always harassing you about labeling your axes. Today you are going to create a figure depicting your own audiogram. On the X axis is frequency and the y axis is the lowest intensity of sound you can hear. What are the units on the y axis?
Decibels (dB)
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What is the function of the round window in your auditory system?
Relieves pressure in the cochlea
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Which of the following principles are helpful in explaining the auditory system encodes frequency information? Rate Saturation Cochlear Place code Phase Locking Volley Principle All of the above
All of the above
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Your friend has a tumor in an auditory brain region. He can hear the sound but is unable to localize it. Which brain region would be a great place to look first?
Superior Olive
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What is the current theory for how the brain localizes sound using interaural TIME differences?
Your brain compares the differences in activation location in the cochlea
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Your friend put a pencil in their ear, bursting their ear drum. Now he/she can't hear anything.What kind of hearing loss is your friend suffering from?
Conductive hearing loss
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All the auditory nerve fibers join the vestibular nerve fibers to form...
Vestibulocochlear nerve
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What are the Ossicles?
Malleus Incus Stapes
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What is the function of the ear canal?
Amplifies certain frequencies
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This brain region is part of the Thalamus and plays a role in auditory attention?
Medial Geniculate Nucleus
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This brain region plays an important role in frequency recognition and pitch discrimination?
Inferior Colliculus
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This ion is responsible for depolarizing hair cells...
K+ (Potassium)
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According to the cochlear place code, high frequency sounds will stimulate the organ of Corti near the ...
Oval window
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Your friend has a tumor on their vestibulocochlear nerve. Now he/she can't hear anything. What kind of hearing loss is your friend suffering from?
Sensorineural hearing loss
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This structure only function is to help localize and funnel sound?
Pinna
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Which of the following structures help protect the tympanic membrane?
Ear canal
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What is the function of the Oval window?
Convert movement of the ossicles to fluid movement within the cochlea
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What does tonotopic mean?
Organized according to sound frequencies
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I want to use optogenetics to stimulate hair cells. Which of the following should I express in these cells?
Light gated potassium channel -because it is optogenetics (need light)

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