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How do the hair cells in your ears respond to different wavelengths of vibrations?
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The hairs in the inner ear have a small amount of fluid surrounding them and as sound passes through the ear canal to the tympanic membrane the stapes also vibrates and sends those vibrations to the cochlea where the hair cells are in that fluid. The vibrations are translated to sound through the optic nerve and sent to the brain as high and low sounds. Another thing to note about the hairs is that when we experience a back and forth motion such as in a boat the fluid makes the hairs swish back and forth causing equilibrium problems and nausea and vomiting (sea sickness or motion sickness).
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Which receptor cells help distinguish different wavelengths of light?
Cones
Which receptor Cells most directly enable us to distinguish different wavelengths of light?
There are two types, rods for black and white, and cones for colors.
How do sound vibrations carried from the ear to the nerve cells?
Sound waves enter through the outer ear, then sound waves move through the ear canal. Next sound waves strike the eardrum, causing it to vibrate, then vibrations enter the middle ear. Then the hammer picks up the vibrations, then vibrations are passed to the anvil. Next the vibrations are transmitted to the stirrup, then a vibrating membrane transmits vibrations to the inner ear, and then vibrations are channeled into the cochlea. Then nerve cells detect vibrations and convert them to electrical impulses, then electrical impulses are transmitted to the brain. Then the brain interprets electrical impulses as sound.
The mechanical vibrations triggered by sound waves are transformed into neural impulses by what?
hair cells
What happens when cell do not respond to the signals that normally regulate their growth?
Cancer cells do not respond to the signals that regulate the growth of most cells. such cells called cancer cells divide uncontrollably and form masses of cells called tumors that can damage the surrounding tissues
Which receptor cells help distinguish different wavelengths of light?
Cones
Cone cells are color photoreceptors that use different retinal molecules to absorb different wavelengths of light?
While cone cells are the color photoreceptors in the eye, they use different opsin molecules for the absorption of different wavelengths of light. So the answer would be false.
What accounts for the fact that cells in different tissues and organisims have different functions and respond differently to their environments?
Cells in different tissues and organisms have different functions and respond differently to their environments because they are expressing different genes. Different cells can have very different physical characteristics.
The specific cells in the eye which responds to wavelengths of light are?
rod and cone cells
Cells of different tissues and organs respond to the same hormone if they have the same kind of molecules?
receptor
Taste receptors?
Cells on the tongue that detect and respond to different flavors, allowing for the sense of taste.
Which receptor Cells most directly enable us to distinguish different wavelengths of light?
There are two types, rods for black and white, and cones for colors.
Why can't viruses respond to stimuli?
They have no cells. So they do not respond
How do B cells respond to the initial antigen challenge?
B cells respond to the initial antigen challenge by producing progeny cells. The progeny cells include both memory cells and plasma cells.
Can a cell hear sound?
Sound is nothing but vibrations being traversed in a material medium. These vibrations may be sensed by cells. If you consider this sensation as hearing then we can declare that cells could hear sound.
Do T- Cells respond to antigens by becoming plasma cells?
No. B-Cells do.
What are the cells that respond to the effects of a hormone called?
Target Cells
