Lecture 16 Flashcards
ossicles are __
3 bones in the middle ear - malleus, incus and stapes
conduction of sound waves is based on the __ movement of __
alternating movement; the basilar and tectorial membranes
the movement of the basilar and tectorial membranes __ the bundles of hair cells
stretches and relaxes
between the basilar and tectorial membranes is __ and __ that __ the sound
hair cells and stereocilia; transduce
the __lymph is between the basilar and tectoral membranes and contains the hair cells
perilymph
the __lymph is in between the tectorial and vestibular membranes
endolymph
movement of the fluid in the ear has __ and __; waves __ through this aqueous environment
frequency and amplitude; propagate
hair cells are __receptors, meaning __ activates the receptor channels
mechano; a physical force
hair cells are what underly the __
transduction of auditory stimuli
the bottom of hair cells are attached to the __
basilar membrane
fluid wave movement causes the __ membrane to move, causing the __ to move
basilar; stereocilia
stereocilia can only move __. when they stretch (move in the direction of __) it causes __ channels to open and it is the influx of this __ that __ the membranes/hair cells
in one plane; the longest hair; K; K; depolarizes
when stereocilia move in the direction of __ (slackening/no tension), the hair cell __ because/and __ channels are closed
the shortest hair; hyperpolarizes; K
after depolarization, __ is released and picked up by the __ and action potentials are sent on to the brain
glutamate; afferent nerve
dynamic effects of K? it’s functioning to both __
depolarize AND hyperpolarize the hair cells
different fluid regions contain different __
ion concentrations
perilymph (or __) and endolymph are __
scala tympani; fluid-filled regions
endolymph is super __ in K concentration (so when hair cells are stretched and K channels open, K goes into the cell __)
high; along its concentration gradient
perilymph is super __ in K concentration (so when hair cells are slack, K leaves the cell __)
low; along its concentration gradient
at rest about __ percent of K channels are open, so there is __ at rest
10; a tonic signal
when stereocilia are stretched the membrane potential is __ than at rest and we see more __
higher; action potentials