balence

Question 1

where are the balence organs located?

Answer 1

the inner ear

Question 2

where is the vestibule located?

Answer 2

between the semi circle canals and the cochlea

Question 3

how are the semicircle canals curved?

Answer 3

along the x, y, and z axis

Question 4

what are the swellings of the vestibule?

Answer 4

the utricule and the saccule

Question 5

what is the macula ?

Answer 5

the special epithelium of the utricule and the saccule

Question 6

does the macula contain hair cells?

Answer 6

yes

Question 7

what are otoliths?

Answer 7

the tips of the microvilli that are crystalized and stuck in the gelatinous mass

Question 8

what is the purpose of the otolith?

Answer 8

to give the gelatinous structure mass and respond to gravity

Question 9

what perceives the static equilibrium?

Answer 9

the macula

Question 10

what is the base of the semicircles called ?

Answer 10

the ampullae

Question 11

what is the epithelium of the semicircles called ?

Answer 11

the crista ampullaris

Question 12

what is the cupula ?

Answer 12

the tip of the hair cell

Question 13

what does the cupula do ?

Answer 13

bend the microvili of the hair cell

Question 14

what is dynamic equilibrium ?

Answer 14

the change in acceleration of hair cell movement

Question 15

is balence complex?

Answer 15

yes

Question 16

what is benign paryoxomal positional vertigo?

Answer 16

a condition that causes the otoliths to be detached and move through the semicircle canals, causing a loss of balence