Perception of Sound

Question 1

First stage-

Answer 1

Sound picked up at the pinna

Question 2

Second stage-

Answer 2

Transmitted to the tympanic membrane

Question 3

Third stage-

Answer 3

Over the auditory ossicles

Question 4

Fourth stage-

Answer 4

To the oval window

Question 5

Fifth stage-

Answer 5

Ripples the perilymph and then the endolymph

Question 6

Sixth stage-

Answer 6

Receptor cells (also known as the organ of Corti) in the cochlear receive vibrations

Question 7

Seventh stage-

Answer 7

Sends signal to nerve fibres carried by cochlear branch of vestibulocochlear nerve

Question 8

Eighth stage-

Answer 8

To the auditory cortex of the cerebral hemispheres

Question 9

Ninth stage-

Answer 9

interpreted as sound