auditory system Flashcards

1
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sound travels in sine waves and is made up of

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compression and rarefaction

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2
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sound moves through the ear

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outer ear to tympanic membrane to eardrum then to ossicles (malleus, incus, stapes) oval or round window into cochlea to round window

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3
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the directional collector and ampifier

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outer ear

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4
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impedance matching (of sound waves in air vs water) and protection

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middle

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5
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spectral analysis and transduction

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inner ear

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6
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outer ear structures

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auricle and external auditory canal

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7
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middle ear structures

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flanked by eardrum (oval window, round window) , ossciles and eustachian tube

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8
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the ____ ____ links middle ear with nasopharyngeal cavity- adjust to atmosphere pressure

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eustachian tube

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9
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major function of middle ear is to transmit sounds in air to sound in ____; the sound is beining concentrated by stapes on oval window

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liquid

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10
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muscles in middle ear

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tensor tampani and stapedius

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11
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the oval window connects with liwuid in

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scala vestibuli

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12
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the scala tympani connects with the ___ ___ and it bulges outward to relieve pressure

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round window

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13
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within scala media there is the ___ ___

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tectoral membrane

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14
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the hair cells in the tectoral membrane are apart of the __ ___ __ and innervated by spinal ganglion

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orga of corti

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15
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all hair cells have ____ which tectoral membrane sits on top of

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stereocilia

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16
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the vibrations from the stapes on the oval window are conducted through the perilymph, the scala vestibuli ____ perilymph towards helicotrema through scala tympani and displaces ____ ___

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displaces; round window

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17
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movement of perilymph causes upwards and downwards movements of ___ ___

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scala media

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18
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_____ frequencies stimulate the basilar membrane to move better at the base

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higher

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19
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_____ frequencies stimulate the basilar membrane to move better at the apex

20
Q

at the apex the fibers are ____ and its broad and flaccid

21
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movement of basilar membrane drives _____ force on stereocilia embedded in tectorial membrane

22
Q

hair cells do not have ___ ____

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action potentials

23
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if the sound moves the tectorial membrane and therefore hair cells to the tallest ones then there is ____ and release of NT

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depolarization

24
Q

the kinocilia is always with the ____ stereocilia

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kinocilia degenerate in cochlea from hair cells during ____
development
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transduction of sound occurs through _____ gated ion channels
mechanically
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each stereocillium linked to adjacent by ___ ____
tip links
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the tip links open lid of ion channel when stretched; closes when relaxed; what happens when stretched towards tallest
channels are not very selective so Ca2+ and K+ caise depolarizatiom and release of NT onto afferent nerve
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the scala tympani and vestibuli are perilymph which is low in
K+
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scala media has endolymph which has high
K+
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hair cells are innervated by two different types of nerve
afferent spiral ganglion and efferent fibers from superior olivary complex
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each inner hair cell is innervated by many spiral ___ cells
ganglion
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efferent effects on hair cells are typically ____ and ____ target cell
inhibitory and hyperpolarize
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outer hair cells respond to different sound volumes by ___ ___
changing length (electromotile response)
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outer hair cells help us to focus on particular sounds (attention) and ___ ___ sounds
low level
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fibers from specific parts of basilar membrane are active specific frequencies
place code
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synchronzied firing (low freq.): phase locking neurons which fire in synchrony to portion of wave form
temporal code
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different neurons work together, firing at diff. times- together fire at actual freq.
volley principle of temporal code
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areas we receive auditory info in pons
nucleus of lateral leminuscus and superior olivary
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difference in arrival times of sound to ears is called
interaural time difference
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locations of sound can have same ITDA they will lie in
cone of confusion
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difference in sound preference for high freq. sounds; the head will create a barrier that interferes with these sounds reach other ear in front or behind
interaural intensity difference
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__ ___ ___ neurons are coincidence detectors- respond only with excitatory signals which arrive simulatanously
medial superior olive
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the IID works in _ ___ ___ which gets info from both ears and from ipsilateral side it will be excitatory and from contralateral LSO will make that excitatory signal inhibitory.
Lateral superior olive
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sound vibrations can't be conducted to inner ear (ear wax, ruptured ear drum)
conduction deafness
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damaged hair cells or auditory pathway; usually result of age or extremely loud noises
sensorineural deafness
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infection of middle ear; eustachian tubes become swollen and occluded
otitis media