Ears

Question 1

Hair Cells

Answer 1

Hearing, rotation, linear acceleration

Question 2

Osmolarity receptors

Answer 2

Blood osmolarity (hypothalamus, ADH, pituitary, kidneys)

Question 3

ADH

Answer 3

Always Drilling Holes (Water) (High, low water) (Low, lots of water)

Question 4

Threshold

Answer 4

The degree to which an individual PERCEIVES difference

Question 5

Weber’s Law

Answer 5

Minimum threshold of difference (Just noticeable difference)
(Change/Initial)
(%)
(Order makes a difference)

Question 6

Signal Detection Theory

Answer 6

More bound to selectively perceive things based on experiences/feelings

Question 7

auricle (pinna)

Answer 7

Visible outer ear

Question 8

Tympanic membrane

Answer 8

Gateway between outer ear and middle ear (eardrum)

Question 9

Ossicles

Answer 9

3 bones of the middle ear

Stapes, Incus, Malleus (MIS, order)

Question 10

Ossicle Order

Answer 10

Malleus, Incus, Stapes

Question 11

Sound Waves travel fastest at what part of the ear?

Answer 11

Bones (Solids>liquids>gases) (opposite in light)

Question 12

Eustachian Tube

Answer 12

equalizes pressure between middle ear and environment

Question 13

Oval Window

Answer 13

Connects to MIS (Beginning of Inner ear)

Question 14

Semicircular canals

Answer 14

sensitive to rotational acceleration (hair cells)

Question 15

Vestibule

Answer 15

linear acceleration (hair cells)

Question 16

Cochlea

Answer 16

hearing apparatus (vibrations to nerve impulses)

Question 17

Ear Fluids

Answer 17

Perilymph and Endolymph

Question 18

Thalamus

Answer 18

Relay station for all senses (but olfaction, smell)

Question 19

medial geniculate nucleus

Answer 19

Hearing

Question 20

Temporal Cortex

Answer 20

This is where hearing goes in the brain