Taste, hearing and touch Flashcards
what do you call movements of air?
sound waves
what do you call the hair cells of the cochlea?
Transducers
what do you call something that has to do with the amplitude of a sound wave or air pressure?
Loudness
what do you call a frequency of a wave?
Pitch
what happens to pitch when frequency increases?
the pitch increases
what happens to frequency of pitch decreases
frequency decreases
what is located in the outer ear that is visible?
Pinna
What is part of the outer ear that is a tube that helps to amplify in a region?
Canal
what is the ear drum that separates the outer ear from the middle ear?
Tympanic membrane
what is part of the middle ear that is the primary function to transmit vibrations from the tympanic membrane the 3 smallest bones?
Malleus, Incus, stapes
what is part of the inner ear that is in the shape of a snail shell that transduces mechanical vibrations into neural signals
Cochlea
In the cochlea what vibrates to push on the hair cells?
Tectorial membrane
in the cochlea from the vibrations of the membrane that creates an action poetical?
Hair cells
in the auditory brain what recognizes different tones?
The Primary Auitory cortex (A1)
in the auditory brain what understands languages?
Wernicke area
