Central Auditory Pathway

Question 0

Auditory Pathway

Answer 0

Eighth nerve
C- cochlear nucleus
S- superior olivary complex
L- lateral lemniscus
I- inferior colliculus
M- medial geniculate
Primary auditory cortex
Auditory association areas

Question 1

Afferent Auditory Nerve Path

Answer 1

1. Hair cells
2. Habenula Perforata
3. Rosenthal’s canal/modiolus
4. Internal auditory meatus
5. Cerebellopontine angle
6. Cochlear nucleus

Question 2

Afferent Auditory Pathway

Eighth nerve takes impulse started by the hair cells in cochlea to 1 located within the junction between 2 and the 3

Answer 2

1. Cochlear nucleus
2. Pons
3. Medulla

Question 3

Afferent Auditory Pathway

The next structure where sound is processed and the first to receive input from both ears is the 4.

Answer 3

4. Superior olivary complex

Question 4

Afferent Auditory Pathway

The sound travels on a fiber tract called the 5 to a structure within the midbrain of the brainstem called the 6.

Answer 4

5. Lateral lemniscus

6. Inferior colliculus

Question 5

Afferent Auditory Pathway

Sound is next process in the diencephalon in the 7 of the thalamus.

Answer 5

7. Medial geniculate

Question 6

Afferent Auditory Pathway

Then sound is processed in the primary auditory cortex in the cerebrum, also called 8 which is located in the 9 lobe of the brain.

Answer 6

8. Heschl’s gyrus

9. Temporal