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Hearing, Taste And Movement Flashcards

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1
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How are sound waves detected?

A

Pinna (outer ear)

Tympanic membrane (eardrum)

Cochlea (with 3 fluid filled tunnels)

Vibrations displace hair cells in cochlea

Auditory nerve (nerve bundle)

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Where is the sound info processed in the brain?

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Ear

Cochlear nucleus
crossover
Primary auditory cortex

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3
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What’s the place theory?

Distinguishing between frequencies

A

Each area of the basilar membrane refers to a specific pitch

BUT areas too tightly linked to resonate

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What’s the frequency theory?

Distinguishing between frequencies

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Vibrations of basilar membranes in sync with sound waves

BUT Neurons can’t fire quick enough

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5
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What’s the current view of distinguishing between frequencies?

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Combination of both place theory and frequency theory

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If the primary auditory cortex is damaged could it cause deafness?

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Sound processing would be affected but not deafness

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7
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If the middle ear is damaged could it cause deafness?

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Conductive deafness - damage of bones of the Middle ear

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What happens with nerve deafness?

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Damage of cochlea, hair cells

Inherited

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9
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How do the ears receive different information? (3)

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Difference in time of arrival
Difference in intensity
Phase difference in sound waves

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10
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What’s the hearing range?

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20hz to 20khz

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What’s vestibular sensation?

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Sensations of body rotation , gravitation and movement

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What does the vestibular organ do and what’s it crucial for?

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Detects position and movement of the head

Crucial for balance

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What are the 3 semicircular canals of the vestibular organ?

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Next to the inner ear

Filled with jelly like substance, lined with hair cells

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How does vestibular sensation work?

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Head moves

Within the 3 semicircular cans (jelly like substance moves)

Calcium carbonate particles move against hair cells

Brain stem

Cerebellum

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Why are there 3 canals?

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To represent the three dimensions

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16
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What 3 things make up sound? And what are they?

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Sound waves - periodic compressions of air, causing vibrations

Frequency - number of compressions per time, relates to perceived pitch

Amplitude - intensity of the sound waves, relates to the perceived loudness

17
Q

What affects people’s sensitivity?

A

The number of fungiform papillae affect people’s sensitivity to all tastes

Lots of them increase sensitivity “super tasters”

18
Q

What are a group of taste buds called?

A

Papillae

19
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What are taste buds similar to?

A

Behave like Neurons : release neurotransmitters to excite nearly Neurons

But not Neurons: modified skin cells

20
Q

What are the 4 types of primary taste?

A

Sweet
Salty
Sour
Bitter

21
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What recent discovery of taste has even found?

A

Glutamate taste receptors found in fast foods

22
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How does the brain encode taste?

A

Taste

Medulla

Insula and somatosensory cortex

23
Q

What 2 functions does the tongue have?

A

Taste

Touch

24
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What happens when humans taste?

A

To obtain information on the chemical environment with physical contact and with a focus on food

25
Q

What 3 chemical sensory organs do humans have?

A

Taste
Smell
Vomeronasal organs

26
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What is vomeronasal sensation?

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Detects odourless chemicals that affects behaviour

Receptors of olfactory bulb

27
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Name and describe 2 movement disorders?

A

Huntingtons disease - arm jerks, facial twitches, body tremors

Parkinson’s disease - rigidity, muscle tremors, slow movements

Both are neurodegenerative diseases (involves deaths of Neurons in the brain)

28
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How do we move?

A

Skeletal or striated muscles controls movement of body in relation to the environment

29
Q

What are the 3 muscle types?

A

Skeletal or striated muscles

Smooth muscles

Cardiac muscles

30
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What’s the primary motor cortex?

A

It has a map of areas of body’s movements

Stimulation at each spot causes specific movement

Active even when we think about movement

31
Q

MOODLE

which of these brain areas are involved in behavioural actions or in initiating such movements?

A

Cerebral cortex
Primary motor cortex
Basal ganglia

32
Q

MOODLE

Parkinson’s disease is associated with release mechanisms of which neurotransmitter?

A

Dopamine

33
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MOODLE

The cerebellum is most important for processes that require…

A

Precise timing

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