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7.2 Systems in the NS, Sensory II - AUDITORY and VESTIBULAR SYSTEMS and Lower Cranial Nerves Flashcards

1
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INNER EAR / LABYRINTH is within what PART of the TEMPORAL BONE

A

PETROUS part of Temporal Bone
(same as Middle Ear)

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the INNER EAR / LABYRINTH is LATERAL to the..

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INTERNAL ACOUSTIC MEATUS

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What ORGANS does the INNER EAR / LABYRINTH HOUSE

A

VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR Organs

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what does the INNER EAR CONVERT

A

MECHANICAL SIGNALS FROM the MIDDLE EAR

into ELECTRICAL SIGNALS TO the BRAIN

(by causing release of Neurotransmitter)

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what is the INNER EAR / LABYRINTH VITAL for

A

BALANCE

by DETECTING POSITION & MOTION

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INNER EAR consists of BONY LABYRINTH and MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH.

What does BONY LABYRINTH Consist of

A

VESTIBULE (ENTRANCE)
3 SEMICIRCULAR CANALS (POSTERIOR, ANTERIOR, LATERAL)
COCHLEA

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BONY CAVITIES of the BONY LABYRINTH are LINED BY..

A

PERIOSTEUM

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BONY LABYRINTH CONTAINS a CLEAR FLUID called

A

PERILYMPH

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VESTIBULE is the ENTRANCE to the INNER EAR with the … at its LATERAL WALL

A

OVAL WINDOW (FENSTRA VESTIBULI)

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VESTIBULE is the ENTRANCE / CENTRE PART of BONY LABYRINTH which ALLOWS…

A

COMMUNICATION
with the SEMICIRCULAR CANALS (SUPERIORLY) and the COCHLEAR (ANTERIORLY)

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MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH is a CONTINUOUS SYSTEM of…

A

DUCTS

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DUCTS in MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH are FILLED WITH…

A

ENDOLYMPH

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MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH is BETWEEN which 2 FLUIDS
(inside:
surrounding:)

A

ENDOLYMPH inside

and outside SURROUNDING it is the PERILYMPH of the BONY LABYRINTH

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MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH is COMPOSED of…

A

SEMICIRCULAR DUCTS (inside semicircular canals - bony)

Otolith organs:
SACCULE
UTRICLE

COCHLEAR DUCT (inside cochlear - bony)

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what is PERILYMPH LINED BY

A

PERIOSTEUM
- BONY LABYRINTH

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SEMICIRCULAR CANALS (Bony) PROJECT in what DIRECTION from the VESTIBULE

A

POSTEROSUPERIOR

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how is VESTIBULE in RELATION to the SEMICIRCULAR CANALS (direction)

A

ANTEROINFERIOR

as the Semicircular Canals Project Posterosuperiorly from the vestibule

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the SEMICIRCULAR DUCTS, UTRICLE, SACCULE are all RESPONSIBLE FOR…

A

BALANCE

  • VESTIBULAR APPARATUS that signal to VESTIBULAR NERVE
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How do SEMICIRCULAR DUCTS know that the HEAD is MOVING (feature)

A

they are each Situated in DIFFERENT PLANES

(so feedback from one duct to the brain will allow brain to recognise which plane is stimulated)

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what is the name of the SWELLING at one END of each SEMICIRCULAR DUCT that allows for CONVERSION of the SIGNAL

A

AMPULLA

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How does the AMPULLA of a SEMICIRCULAR DUCT SEND INFORMTATION to the BRAIN about the PLANE of MOVEMENT (which ampulla is stimulated)

A
  • MOVEMENT OF ENDOLYMPH (WAVE) causes MOVEMENT OF STEREOCILIA on HAIR CELLS

Hair cells are stimulated

and STIMULATES RELEASE of NEUROTRANSMITTER to send chemical signal to the brain

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how are SEMICIRCULAR CANALS/DUCTS SAT in RELATION to each other

A

AT RIGHT ANGLES

therefore in different planes

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how do the AMPULLAS of SEMICIRCULAR DUCTS cause RELEASE of NEUROTRANSMITTER to signal to the brain
(Convert mechanical signal into chemical / electrical signal)

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by MOVEMENT of the STEROCILIA on the Hair Cells

due to movement of the ENDOLYMPH

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what are the OTOLITH ORGANS and what do they do

A

UTRICLE & SACCULE

detect FORWARD & BACKWARDS MOVEMENTS
detect GRAVITATIONAL FORCES

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which OTOLITH ORGAN detects VERTICAL MOVEMENT

A

SACCULE

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which OTOLITH ORGAN detects HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT

A

UTRICLE

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what do OTOLITH ORGANS have on top that cause MOVEMENT of STEREOCILIA for RELEASE of NEUROTRANSMITTER

A

OTOCONIA

MOVEMENT of OTOCONIA causes MOVEMENT of STEREOCILIA of hair cells

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COCHLEA DUCT (Membranous Labyrinth) is located within the BONY SCAFFOLD of the COCHLEA (Bone Labyrinth)

what does COCHLEA DUCT Contain (FLUID)

A

ENDOLYMPH

as it is Membranous Layrint

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COCHLEA DUCT (Membranous Labyrinth) is located within the BONY SCAFFOLD of the COCHLEA (Bone Labyrinth)

what does COCHLEA DUCT Contain (FLUID)

A

ENDOLYMPH

as it is Membranous Layrinth

30
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presence of the COCHLEAR DUCT within the COCHLEA scaffold CREATES what (and what are they called)

A

2 CANALS:

  • SCALA VESTIBULI (inner)
  • SCALA TYMPANI (outer)
31
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which CANAL - SCALA - of the COCHLEA do SOUND WAVES travel to FIRST

A

SCALA VESTIBULI

32
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the OVAL WINDOW (FENESTRA VESTIBULI) is MOVED by the MOVEMENT of the OSSICLES (middle ear)
this CREATES WAVES that move through the PERILYMPH, causing MOVEMENT of the….

A

BASILAR MEMBRANE

(in COCHLEAR)

33
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what is the HELICOTREMA

A

the CENTRE part of the COCHLEA

34
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COCHLEAR also has a SCALA…

35
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how does BASILAR MEMBRANE Respond to sound (special characteristic)

A

DIFFERENT PORTIONS RESPOND to DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES of Sound

36
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as WAVES PASS DOWN the BASILAR MEMBRANE they REACH THEIR…

A

PEAK at the part of the membrane that responds to the original stimulus

37
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which PARTS of the BASILAR MEMBRANE in the COCHLEA respond to LOW TONES, MIDDLE TONES, HIGH TONES

A

LOW TONES: more CENTRAL
MIDDLE TONES : middle
HIGH TONES: OUTER / peripheral

38
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MOVEMENT of the BASILAR MEMBRANE (caused by movement of perilymph) is CONVERTED into ELECTRICAL STIMULUS at the….

A

ORGAN OF CORTI

39
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BASILAR MEMBRANE transmits to ORGAN OF CORTI which AMPLIFIES and TRANSMITS SOUND to the..

A

SPIRAL GANGLION

which JOIN to become COCHLEAR NERVE

40
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at the ORGAN OF CORTI how is movement / mechanical signal from Basilar Membrane CONVERTED into ELECTRICAL SIGNAL

A

STEROCILIA (mechanosensing organelles) of HAIR CELLS MOVE

RELEASE NEUROTRANSMITTERS to propagate the auditory signal to the VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE (by COCHLEAR NERVE)

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VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE (8) is PERIPHERAL and EMERGES from where in the BRAIN

A

PONTOMEDULLARY JUNCTION of the BRAINSTEM

42
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COCHLEAR NERVE is for…

43
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VESTIBULAR NERVE is for…

44
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what are the VESTIBULAR APPARATUS that send signals to the VESTIBULAR NERVE for BALANCE

A
  • SEMICIRCULAR CANALS/DUCTS
  • UTRICLE
  • SACCULE
45
Q

COCHLEAR NERVE (receiving from COCHLEA) and VESTIBULAR NERVE MERGE in the …. and become VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE which will go back to the PONTOMEDULLAR JUNCTION

A

INTERNAL ACOUSTIC (AUDITORY) MEATUS

46
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what is at the END of the SCALA TYMPANI that will receive VIBRATIONS and MOVE

A

ROUND WINDOW

47
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as the VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR ENTERS the MEDULLA at the PONTOMEDULLARY JUNCTION what happens

A

FIBRES BIFURCATE

and end in the VENTRAL or DORSAL COCHLEAR NUCLEI

48
Q

there are many locations between the MEDULLA and THALAMUS where … OCCUR

49
Q

in the DORSAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS what happens to the FIBRES

what do most do

A

MOST fibres DECUSSATE (cross over to other side) and ASEND in the CONTRALATERAL (opposite side) LATERAL LEMNISCUS

  • SOME stay IPSILATERAL (on the same side)
50
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in the VENTRAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS what happens to the FIBRES

what do most do

A

MOST DECUSSATE to the CONTRALATERAL (opposite side) SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS

  • SOME ASCEND IPSILATERAL
51
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in which COCHLEAR NUCLEUS do the FIBRES DECUSSATE to the SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS

A

VENTRAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS

52
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FIBRES of the DORSAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS that DECUSSATE and ASCEND are in the

A

LATERAL LEMNISCUS (contralateral)

53
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FIBRES of the VENTRAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS that DECUSSATE and ASCEND are in the

A

SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS (contralateral)

54
Q

how does INFORMATION from BOTH EARS TRAVEL

A

BI-LATERALLY

55
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FIBRES ASCEND THROUGH the LATERAL LEMNISCUS from BOTH COCHLEAR NUCLEUS and SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS

ARRIVE and CONVERGE at the…

A

INFERIOR COLLICULUS

56
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FIBRES that CONVERGE at the INFERIOR COLLICULUS PROJECT to the …

A

MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY of the THALAMUS

57
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MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY in the THALAMUS PROJECTS to the…

A

PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX (TEMPORAL LOBE)

58
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which GENICULATE BODY of the THALAMUS is used for SOUND and which is used for VISION

A

SOUND : MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY
(m = music)

VISION: LATERAL GENICULATE BODY
(l = light)

59
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the PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX (Temporal Lobe) EXTENDS INTO which SULCUS

A

LATERAL SULCUS

60
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what is the HEARING ASSOCIATION AREA / SECONDARY CORTEX for

A
  • INTERPRET auditory information
  • PROCESSING of language

SIMILAR TO WERNICKE’S AREA

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in which SCALA of the COCHLEA would you find ENDOLYMPH

A

SCALA MEDIA

62
Q

which FLUID is in the SCALA VESTIBULI & SCALA TYMPANI

63
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where do FIBRES in the THALAMUS PROJECT to the PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX

A

MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY

64
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which COCHLEAR NUCLEUS FIBRES DECUSSATE to the LATERAL LEMNISCUS

A

DORSAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS

65
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what happens at the INFERIOR COLLICULUS

A

FIBRES from the COCHLEAR NUCLEI CONVERGE and project to the THALAMUS - MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY

66
Q

where do VIBRATIONS go after the BASILAR MEMBRANE

A

ORGAN OF CORTI
- sensory hearing receptors

67
Q

the INNER EAR is found in which BONE

68
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which areas in the internal ear contain STEREOCILIA on HAIR CELLS that will convert the movement into an electrical signal

A

AMPULLA
UTRICLE
SACCULE
(Vestibular apparatus)

ORGAN OF CORTI (Cochlear)

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