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- 1. The conversion of one form of energy to another
- 5. One of the two types of receptor cells for hearing in the cochlea. Compared with outer hair cells, IHCs are positioned closer to the central axis of the coiled cochlea (Three words)
- 6. Also called vestibular canal. One of three principal canals running along the length of the cochlea (Two words)
- 9. A structure in the inner ear that lies on the basilar membrane of the cochlea and contains the hair cells and terminations of the auditory nerve (Three words)
- 10. Also called intensity. The force that sound exerts per unit area, which we experience as loudness
- 14. Theory that the pitch of a sound is determined by the location of activated hair cells along the length of the basilar membrane (Three words)
- 16. Also called the auditory canal. The tube leading from the pinna to the tympanic membrane (Two words)
- 18. Cranial nerve VIII, which runs from the cochlea to the brainstem auditory nuclei (Two words)
- 19. A membrane in the cochlea that contains the principal structures involved in auditory transduction (Two words)
- 20. A tiny bristle that protrudes from a hair cell in the auditory or vestibular system.
- 21. Three small bones (incus, malleus, and stapes) that transmit vibration across the middle ear, from the tympanic membrane to the oval window.
- 22. Theory that the pitch of a sound is determined by the rate of firing auditory neurons (Three words)
- 24. The cochlea and vestibular apparatus (Two words)
- 25. Brainstem nuclei that receive input from both right and left cochlear nuclei and provide the first binaural analysis of auditory information (Three words)
- 29. The number of cycles per second in a sound wave, measured in hertz
- 30. Also called A1. The cortical region, located on the superior surface of the temporal lobe, that processes complex sounds transmitted from lower auditory pathways (Three words)
- 31. The organization of auditory neurons according to an orderly map of stimulus frequency, from low to high (Two words)
- 32. one of the receptor cells for hearing in the cochlea, named for the stereocilia that protrude from the top of the cell and transduce vibrational energy in the cochlea into neutral activity (Two words)
- 33. The opening from the middle ear to the inner ear (Two words)
- 35. A multiple of a particular frequency called the fundamental
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- 2. One of the two types of receptor cells for hearing in the cochlea. Compared with inner hair cells, OHCs are positioned farther from the central axis of the coiled cochlea (Three words)
- 3. A snail-shaped structure in the inner ear canal that contains the primary cells for hearing.
- 4. Paired gray matter structures of the dorsal midbrain that process auditory information (Two words)
- 7. Brainstem nuclei that receive input from auditory hair cells and send output to the superior olivary nuclei (Two words)
- 8. The predominant frequency of an auditory tone
- 11. The cavity between the tympanic membrane and the cochlea (Two words)
- 12. The characteristic sound quality of a musical instrument, as determined by the relative intensities of its various harmonics
- 13. Also called the eardrum. The partition between the external ear and the inner ear (Two words)
- 15. Also called middle canal. The central of the three spiraling canals inside the cochlea, situated between the vestibular canal and the tympanic canal (Two words)
- 17. Either of two nuclei- left and right- in the thalamus that receive input from the interior colliculi and send output to the auditory cortex (Three words)
- 23. Cycles per second, as an auditory stimulus. Hertz is a measure of frequency
- 26. The external part of the ear
- 27. A tone with a single frequency of vibration (Two words)
- 28. Also called tympanic canal. One of three principal canals running also the length of the cochlea (Two words)
- 34. A measure of sound intensity, perceived as loudness