Mod7-Obj3: Pathways of signals from the ear to the brain Flashcards
1
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Auditory pathway to the brain
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The sensory neurons form the cochlear branch of the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)
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Pathway
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Impulses originating in the cochlea are carried along sensory fibres into the brain to the auditory cortex in the temporal lobe where they interpret sound