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7 Audition, Body And Chemical Senses Flashcards

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Hertz (Hz)

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Cycles per second.

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Pitch

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Perceptual dimension of sound; corresponds to the fundamental frequency.

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Loudness

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Intensity

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Timbre

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Complexity

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Tympanic membrane

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Eardrum

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Ossicle

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One of three bones in the middle ear.

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Malleus

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Hammer

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Incus

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Anvil

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Stapes

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Stirrup

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Cochlea

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Snail-shaped structure of the inner ear that contains the auditory transducing mechanisms.

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Oval window

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Opening in the bone surrounding the cochlea that reveals a membrane, against which the baseplate of the stapes presses, transmitting sound vibrations into the fluid in the cochlea.

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Organ of Corti

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Sensory organ on the basilar membrane that contains the auditory hair cells.

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Hair cell

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Receptive cell of the auditory apparatus.

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Deiter’s cell

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Supporting cell phone in the organ of Corti, contains the auditory hair cells.

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Basilar membrane

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Membrane in that cochlea of the inner ear; contains the organ of Corti.

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Tectorial membrane

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Membrane located above the basilar membrane; serves as a shelf against which the cilia of the auditory hair cells move.

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Round window

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Opening in the bone surrounding the cochlea of the inner ear that permits vibrations to be transmitted, via the oval window, into the fluid in the cochlea.

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Cilium

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Hairlike appendage of a cell involved in movement or in transducing sensory information; found on the receptors in the auditory and vestibular system.

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Tip link

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Elastic filaments that attaches the tip of one cilium to the side of the adjacent cilium.

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Insertional plaque

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Point of attachment of a tip link to a cilium.

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Cochlear nerve

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Branch of the auditory nerve that transmits auditory information from the cochlea to the brain.

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Olivocochlear bundle

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Bundle of efferent axons that travel from the olivary complex of the medulla to the auditory hair cells of the cochlea.

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Cochlear nucleus

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One of a group of nuclei in the medulla that receives auditory information from the cochlea.

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Superior olivary complex

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Group of new nuclei in the medulla; involved with auditory functions, including localization of the source of sounds.

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Lateral lemniscus

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Band of fibers running rostrally through the medulla and pons; carries fibers of the auditory system.

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Tototopic representation

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Topographically organize mapping of different frequencies of sound that are represented in a particular region of the brain.

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Core region

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Primary auditory cortex, located on a gyrus on the dorsal surface of the temporal lobe.

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Belt region

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First level of auditory association cortex; surrounds the primary auditory cortex.

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Parabelt region

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Second level of auditory association cortex; surrounds the belt region.

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Place code

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System by which information about different frequencies is coded by different locations on the basilar membrane.

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Cochlear implant

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Electronic device surgically implanted in the inner ear that can enable a deaf person to hear.

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Rate code

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System by which information about different frequencies is coded by the rate of firing of neurons in the auditory system.

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Fundamental frequency

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Lowest, and usually most intense, frequency of a complex sound; most often perceived as the sound’s basic pitch.

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Overtone

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Frequency of complex tones that occurs at multiples of the fundamental frequency.

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Phase difference

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The difference in arrival times of soundwaves that each of the eardrums.

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Amusia

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Loss or impairment of musical abilities, produced by hereditary factors or brain damage.

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Vestibular sac

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One of a set of two receptor organs in each inner ear text text changes in the tilt of the head.

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Semicircular canal

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One of the three ringlike structures of the vestibular apparatus that detect changes in head rotation.

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Utricle

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Vestibular sac

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Saccule

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Vestibular sac

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Ampulla

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Enlargement in a semicircular canal; contains the cupula and the crista.

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Cupula

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Gelatinous mass found in the ampulla of the semicircular canals; moves in response to the flow of the fluid in the canals.

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Vestibular ganglion

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Nodule on the vestibular nerve that contains the cell bodies of the bipolar neurons that convey vestibular information to the brain.

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Cutaneous sense

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Sensitivity to stimuli that involve the skin.

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Proprioception

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Perception of the body’s position and posture.

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Kinesthesia

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Perception of the body’s own movements.

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Organic sense

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Sense modality that arises from receptors located with in the inner organs of the body.

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Glabrous skin

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Skin that does not contain hair; found on the palms and the soles of the feet.

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Merkel’s disk

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Touch-sensitive cutaneous receptor, important for detection of form and roughness, especially by fingertips.

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Ruffini corpuscle

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Cutaneous receptor that is importing into detecting stretching or static force against the skin, important in proprioception.

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Meissner’s corpuscle

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Cutaneous receptor that is important in detecting edge contours or Braille-like stimuli, especially by fingertips.

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Pacinian corpuscle

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Vibration-sensitive cutaneous receptor, important in detecting vibration from an object being held.

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Mechanoreceptor

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Sensory neuron that response to mechanical stimuli: for example, those that produce pressure, stretch, or vibration of the skin or stretch of muscles or tendons.

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Phantom limb

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Sensation that appears to originate in a limb that has been amputated.

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Nucleus raphe magnus

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Nucleus of the raphe that contains serotonin-secreting neurons the project to dorsal gray matter of the spinal cord and is involved and analgesia produced by opiates.

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Umami

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Taste sensation produced by glutamate.

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Chorda tympani

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Branch of the facial nerve that passes beneath the eardrum; conveys taste information from the anterior part of the tongue and controls the secretion of some salivary glands.

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Nucleus of the solitary tract

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Nicholas of the medulla that receives information from visceral organs and from gustatory system.

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Olfactory epithelium

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Epithelial tissue of the nasal sinus that covers the cribriform plate; contains the cilia of the olfactory receptors.

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Olfactory bulb

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Protrusion at the end of the olfactory tract; receives input from the olfactory receptors.

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Mitral cell

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Neuron located in the olfactory ball that receives information from olfactory receptors; axons of mitral cells bring information to the rest of the brain.

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Olfactory glomerulus

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Bundle of dendrites of mitral cells and the associated terminal buttons of the exons of olfactory receptors.

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