Week 5 - Audition - Knowledge Quiz

Question 1

Sound can be best thought of as changes in _________ pressure produced by the vibration of an object

Answer 1

Air

Question 2

The pitch of a sound stimulus is related to the physical characteristic of ____________ of vibration

Answer 2

Frequency

Question 3

The cochlea is located in the __________ ear

Answer 3

Inner

Question 4

The formal name of the eardrum is the

Answer 4

Tympanic membrane

Question 5

Adjacent regions of the basilar membrane and of the primary auditory cortex appear to respond best to different sound _________; these diferences can be displayed as a _________ map

Answer 5

Frequencies; Tonotopic

Question 6

The postero-dorsal auditory stream traverses the ___________ ________ cortex, and is involved in sound _________

Answer 6

Posterior Parietal; Localisation

Question 7

Functional imaging studies of the human association cortex indicate that judgements of sound ______ activate the _______ stream

Answer 7

Identity, Ventral

Question 8

Much of the human auditory cortex is invisible to casual inspection because it is in the depths of the ________ fissure

Answer 8

Lateral / Sylvian

Question 9

The correct pathway by which auditory information flows to the brain _ Auditory nerve > Brainstem Nuclei > __________ > Auditory Cortex

Answer 9

MGN (Medial Geniculate Nucleus)

Question 10

The two auditory streams originate in the ________ ________ ________

Answer 10

Primary Auditory Cortex