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What are the regions of the inner ear?

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  1. semicircular canals
  2. vestibule
  3. cochlea
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What is the nerve of the inner ear and what are its branches?

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vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII) - vestibule branch & cochlear branch

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What 3 layers make up semicircular canals (outside in)

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  1. bony labyrinth
  2. perilymph
  3. membranous labyrinth with endolymph
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Organ of corti

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hair cells that actually let us hear sound via vibrations of stereocilia

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Scala synonymous duct names

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  1. scala tympani = tympanic duct
  2. scala vestibuli = vestibular duct
  3. scala media = cochlear duct
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Spiral ganglia

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in spiral of cochlea and get stimulated by hair cells in organ of Corti

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How do we detect the pitch of sound?

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  1. kinocilium vs. sterieocilia
  2. variation in basilar membrane
  3. which spiral ganglion was stimulated (close to oval window high pitch vs. far away low pitch)
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Describe pitch variation at basilar membrane

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high freq=high pitch - stiff/thick region near round window

low freq=low pitch - flexible region hear helicotrema

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Helicotrema

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if sound makes it to the helicotrema it is considered infrasound (a sound you can’t hear because its so low) - sound never crosses basilar membrane

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How do we detect the amplitude of sounds?

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action potential firing more rapidly if sound is loud

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How do we sense directionality?

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time delay of sound hitting one ear than the other

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Locations and functions of membranous labyrinth (3)

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  1. cochlear duct - hearing
  2. semicircular canals & ampullae - rotation of the head
  3. utricle & saccule - up & down and linear accel/decel
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Where did the crista ampullaris evolve from?

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neuromast organ of lateral line - instead of detecting water movement it detects endolymph movement

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What direction do each semicircular canal rotate the head?

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  1. lateral = “no”
  2. anterior = “yes”
  3. posterior = “tilt head”
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What do hair cells of the ear respond to?

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CHANGE in endolymph

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What causes dizziness when spinning?

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fluid has inertia - spin then stop causes endolymph to continue spinning and endolymph continuing to stimulate hair cells.

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Otoliths

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crystals that move in response to gravitational forces (CaCO3)

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When an elevator starts to drop you sense this via _____.

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saccule

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When a plane accelerates for take off you sense this with the ______.

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utricle

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Where does CN 8 take its information?

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from vestibular brach into cerebellum - and cochlear branch into thalamus

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Auditory system of fish:

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  1. no pinna/tympanum
  2. no ear bones
  3. lagena = non-coiled cochlea
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What is the order that sound waves pass through a fish?

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water -> fish tissue -> sacculus -> utriculus -> lagena

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What can you use to age fish?

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the amount of concentric rings on otoliths

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Anatomy of avian ear:

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  1. elongation of the lagena (cochlea)
  2. one ossicle - stapes/columella
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Why do owl have great hearing?
1. because they have L&R ears, but also have one higher than the other - vertical & horizontal directions 2. no pinna, but feathers funnel into ear 3. very large external ear canals covered by movable flap
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Function of auditory bullae
bouncing around increases amplitude of sound - resonance chamber amplification (like acoustic guitar)
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What is the pupil?
lack of structure open space
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What happens to the pupil in well-lit areas?
- pupillary constriction (via parasympathetic) - sphincter pupillae - muscle contracts - dilator papillae - muscle relaxes
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What happens to the pupil in dimly-lit areas?
- pupillary dilation (sympathetic) - sphincter pupillae - muscle relaxes - dilator pupillae - muscle contracts
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Lens
focuses light on fovea centralis
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Why would people need corrective lenses?
if light is not focused on fovea centralis
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How does visual accommodation work in bony fish and non-amniote vertebrates?
lens moves forwards and backwards (similar to camera lens)
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How does visual accommodation work in amniotes?
lens changes shape - thick & think - but it stays in the same place (far=thin; close=thick) - does this with the ciliary muscle
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How does the ciliary muscle (body) contract for near vision?
- sphincter muscle - suspensory ligaments relax as ciliary body contracts - lens rounded - near point of accommodation limited by natural shape of lens
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How does the ciliary muscle (body) relaxes for distant vision?
- suspensory ligaments taut - lens flattens out
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What are the 3 limits to visual accommodation?
1. no antagonistic muscles 2. near vision limited by natural shape of lens 3. distant vision limited by shape of relaxed sphincter
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Presbyopia
- lens loses flexibility; doesn't get as thick - common in middle age - near point of accommodation increases - focal point behind retina
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Why is there a blind spot?
There is a spot where there is no rods or cones so light detection doesn't exist - there's nothing there because its where the optic nerve is (also no retina)
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What animal does not have a blind spot?
mollusks
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Rods & cones definition
- absorptive range of visual pigments - 400-750nm wavelength (visible range)
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What are the three types of cones in humans?
1. blue cones 2. green cones 3. red cones - named after the color they are sensitive to
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Define cones.
1. color vision 2. need lots of light 3. high visual acuity 4. more towards center of eye
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Define rods.
1. presence/absence of light 2. function in low light 3. low visual acuity (high convergence) 4. more towards periphery
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Why do humans have good depth perception?
because of the overlap between each eye
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What is the trend by trophic level for depth perception and vision?
- herbivore has broader vision, but less overlap - carnivore has narrower vision, but more overlap
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What kind of photoreceptors did ancestral vertebrates have?
tetrachromatic (red, blue, green, violet)
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What kind of photoreceptors do cats and dogs have?
dichromatic vision (blue, green) - have way better night vision and more rods
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What is the benefit of evolving to be a trichromate?
1. sexual communication (red bottoms) 2. finding fruit
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What are the 2 types of colorblindness?
1. trichromatic - green shifts to red - 5% of males 2. dichromatic - no green cones/only red and blue - 1% of males
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Why is colorblindness in males?
because blue is autosomal and green & red is on x-chromosome
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What animals are tetrachromatic and what is the new color?
fish, reptiles, birds - violet (UV range)
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What cones do insects have?
trichromatic - UV,B,G
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What features do nocturnal animals have?
1. tapetum lucidum 2. rods (increase) 3. vertical pupils (slit shape cats-larger range of open close) 4. large eyes (owls)
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Tapetum lucidum
reflects light - gives good night vision by giving rods a "second chance" at light
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How do owls see well at night?
They have large eyes, but because of this they have little extra-ocular musculature, so they can't move their eyes. To compensate for this they can turn their heads 270* in each direction
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Sclerotic ring
ring of eye bone in birds - protects and keeps sclera in place under high pressure during flying
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Nictitating membrane
3rd eyelid - protects eyes while still giving visibility
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What animals have a nictitating membrane?
sharks, birds, reptiles and some mammals
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How does the nictitating membrane close?
medial-lateral
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What is the vestigial nictitating membrane in humans?
plica semilunaris
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Pit organs
thermoreception - heat coming off of prey in IR spectrum
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What are two examples of pit organ thermoreception?
1. IR sensitive free nerve endings - vampire bats - have them on mouth and go to where heat is given off 2. IR detection in snakes - labial pits
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What's the function of the tensor tympani?
tighten tympanic membrane
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What's the function of the stapedius muscle?
pull stapes away from oval window
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a- scala vestibuli (vestibular duct) b- scala media (cochlear duct) c- scala tympani (tympanic duct) d- cochlear nerve division of the vestibulocohlear nerve

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