Anatomy Assignment 4
Across
- 3. What is determined by the stapes' speed?
- 5. What uptakes K+ and transports it to the stria vascularis?
- 7. During inhibition, cross-links deflect away from _____.
- 8. What is the opposite of impedance that is the primary mechanism of frequency representation in the cochlea?
- 10. A cochlear fluid produced by the spiral ligament.
- 12. This end of the cochlea is most susceptible to ischemia.
- 14. What is the "battery" that moves ions?
- 15. +80mV charge cochlear fluid.
- 16. Hair cells release this neurotransmitter at their base.
- 18. This can invade the middle ear space and cause pulsing tinnitus.
- 20. The leading cause of unilateral hearing loss.
Down
- 1. This structure rests on top of the Hair Cells.
- 2. This structure contains contractile proteins like actin, myosin, and prestin.
- 4. OHC stereocilia are shorn directly by this structure.
- 6. A cochlear fluid very similar to perilymph.
- 9. The motor protein containing a voltage sensor.
- 11. These structures of hair cells are controlled by myosin.
- 13. This acts as the hinge for the basilar membrane.
- 17. Hair cells become more _________ during hyperpolarization.
- 19. The difference across the reticular lamina for IHC in mV.