Hearing/Other Senses

2. Sense of balance and body position controlled by the semicircular canals.
7. Brain structure that processes sensory information—except for smell.
9. Theory that groups of neurons alternate firing to encode high frequencies.
11. The ability to determine the direction a sound comes from.
12. Hearing loss caused by problems in the mechanical system of the ear.
13. Theory that the spinal cord regulates pain signals by “opening” or “closing” gates.
14. The sense of taste.
16. Sense of body movement and position in relation to other body parts.

1. Chemical signals released by organisms to communicate or affect others’ behavior.
3. Hearing loss due to damage to the cochlea or auditory nerve.
4. Feeling that a missing limb is still present.
5. The physical property of sound that determines pitch.
6. Theory that pitch is related to how fast the auditory nerve fires.
8. The sense of smell.
10. Theory that pitch is determined by where vibrations occur along the basilar membrane.
15. The height of a sound wave that determines loudness.