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The cochlear nerve (also auditory or acoustic nerve) is a nerve in the head that carries signals from the cochlea of the inner ear to the brain. It is part of the vestibulocochlear nerve, the 8th cranial nerve which is found in higher vertebrates; the other portion of the 8th cranial nerve is the vestibular nerve which carries spatial orientation information from the semicircular canals. The cochlear nerve is a sensory nerve, one which conducts to the brain information about the environment, in this case acoustic energy impinging on the tympanic membrane. The cochlear nerve arises from within the cochlea and extends to the brainstem, where its fibers make contact with the cochlear nucleus, the next stage of neural processing in the auditory system.
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What is the specific nerve that innervates the cochlea?
Auditory Nerve from brain to ear.
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.
What converts pressure waves in the cochlea into nerve impulses?
Oval window creates pressure waves in the cochlea
Which part of the human ear contains the auditory nerve?
The cochlea is the part of the human that contains the auditory nerve
How do pressure waves in the cochlea lead to an action potential in the auditory nerve?
Temporal
What is the function of the cochlea?
houses the spiral organ of corti which is the receptor organ for hearing.it sends electrial impulses to the brain
What is the specific nerve that innervates the cochlea?
Auditory Nerve from brain to ear.
What structure in the ear converts sound waves into nerve impulses?
In general, the cochlea. More specifically, an impulse is carried into the brain along the auditory nerve when the tectorial membrane and the basilar membrane inside the cochlea are pressed together by the force of sound waves.
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.
What converts pressure waves in the cochlea into nerve impulses?
Oval window creates pressure waves in the cochlea
What is the name of the cranial nerve which attaches to cochlea?
medulla
Where in the ear is the auditory nerve?
it is in the cochlea of the inner ear
In the cochlea?
Sound vibrations are converted to nerve impulses :)
What is the Cochlea function?
a cochlea function is something ..... i dont know because i am in grade5
What is the function of cochlea in the body?
the vibrations from the stirrup arrive at the cochlea, where the cilia (tiny hair like structures) take the vibration convert it into information at the nerve endings where the brain can understand and interpret the sound for us
Function of the cochlea?
Hearing
What part of the ear changes vibrations into nerve signals?
The cochlea.
