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