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The cochlea is part of the auditory system of the ear. It is shaped like a tapered spiral shell, hence the name.
It is fluid filled, but most importantly, it contains thousands of hairs which each connected to its hair cell, allow movements in the fluid to be converted into nerve signals, which we interpret as sound.
It is actually divided down the centre of the tube by a membrane, and has two 'windows' one round, one oval, which connect it to the middle ear processes.
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When you hear sound which vibrates first. Your eardrum or the fluid in the cochlea?
Sound begins at the eardrum and ends at the brain.
Sensory receptors of the ear?
The cochlea; sound wave are transferred through the ear canal and vibrated the ear drum which is connected to the cochlea and amplified the sound wave. When the sound wave reached the cochlea, sound wave is converted into nerve impulse and transferred through the nerve to the brain. Receptor is a converter of stimulus to electrical nerve impulse ; cochlea converted sound wave into nerve impulse and so cochlea is the sensory receptor of the ear.
Where in your body can you find the cochlea?
YOUR EARS : Sound comes into the inner ear as vibrations and enters the cochlea
What is a cochlea and what is its role?
The cochlea is the inner ear. It transforms sound into a message the nerves can carry to the brain.
What is the role of cochlea in ear?
The cochlea is the place where sound is actually sensed by nerves to create a signal that can travel to the brain. The rest of the ear serves only to collect sound and transmit it to the cochlea.
When you hear sound which vibrates first. Your eardrum or the fluid in the cochlea?
Sound begins at the eardrum and ends at the brain.
What vibrates in your ear before you hear sound?
Sound waves vibrate against your eardrum, hammer, anvil, stirrup, and cochlea.
How is hearing affected if a person 's cochlea is damaged?
The cochlea is the part of the inner ear that takes vibrations, transferred from sound waves hitting the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and converts them into signals for the auditory nerve. Different parts of the cochlea "encode" different frequencies (pitches) of sound. Therefore, if only part of the cochlea is damaged, a person may lose the ability to hear certain frequencies of sound. If it is damaged enough, the person may lose the ability to hear completely in one ear.
What is the purpose of the cochlea?
it enables us to hear.
What is the function of the cochlea in the human body?
To hear
What part of the ear do you need to hear?
Most of the inner ear is required. The transduction of sound to neural firing requires cochlea and all the nerves to work.
Explain how do you hear?
The tympanic membrane, or eardrum, receives sound in the first step. It sends a ripple, a reverberation of the sound, across the malleus, incus, and stapes (the three smallest bones in the body), and into the cochlea. The cochlea reverberates into the auditory nerve, which carries to the brain and delivers the sound.
Sensory receptors of the ear?
The cochlea; sound wave are transferred through the ear canal and vibrated the ear drum which is connected to the cochlea and amplified the sound wave. When the sound wave reached the cochlea, sound wave is converted into nerve impulse and transferred through the nerve to the brain. Receptor is a converter of stimulus to electrical nerve impulse ; cochlea converted sound wave into nerve impulse and so cochlea is the sensory receptor of the ear.
Is the cochlea an organ?
Yes, the cochlea is the organ in the ear that helps transmit sound signals to the brain.
What is a cochlea and what is its role?
The cochlea is the inner ear. It transforms sound into a message the nerves can carry to the brain.
Where in your body can you find the cochlea?
YOUR EARS : Sound comes into the inner ear as vibrations and enters the cochlea
What is an explanation of how human ear works?
Sound is picked up by the outer ear and is sent to the middle ear. It is amplified and enters the cochlea which allows us to hear.
