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Is the basilar membrane receive sound waves via air?
I think basilar membrane is the receptors for sounds stimuli.
What Forms the floor of the cochlea?
Basilar membrane
A basilar membrane would be found in?
Auditory nerve
What causes the cochlea to vibrate?
The inner ear is a snail-shaped structure called the cochlea, which is filled with fluid. When the oval window vibrates, it causes the fluid in the cochlea to vibrate. This fluid surrounds a membrane running through the middle of the cochlea called the basilar membrane. The answer of your question is the Basilar Membrane.
Where is the basilar membrane most sensitive to the vibrations of very high-frequency sound waves?
closest to the cochlea
Gel-like membrane overlying the hair cells of the organ of Corti?
tectorial membrane
Is the basilar membrane receive sound waves via air?
I think basilar membrane is the receptors for sounds stimuli.
Describe how sounds of different frequency pitch are differentiated in the cochlea?
Pitches are differentiated by the length and tension of the basilar membrane fibers.
What Forms the floor of the cochlea?
Basilar membrane
A basilar membrane would be found in?
Auditory nerve
What causes the cochlea to vibrate?
The inner ear is a snail-shaped structure called the cochlea, which is filled with fluid. When the oval window vibrates, it causes the fluid in the cochlea to vibrate. This fluid surrounds a membrane running through the middle of the cochlea called the basilar membrane. The answer of your question is the Basilar Membrane.
What is the bottom structure of the Corti organ?
The bottom structure of the Corti organ is the basilar membrane
Difference between place theory and frequency theory?
Place theory states the perception of pitch is associated with vibration of different portions of the basilar membrane, while the frequency theory states the perception of pitch is associated with the frequency at which the entire basilar membrane vibrates.
The structure within the cochlea containing hair cells that vibrate at different natural frequencies is the?
basilar membrane
Where is the basilar membrane most sensitive to the vibrations of very high-frequency sound waves?
closest to the cochlea
As sound levels increase in the spiral organ of Corti?
outer hair cells stiffen the basilar membrane
What inner ear structure picks up vibrations of fluid in the cochlea and transmits them as sensory impluse to the brain?
Scala tympani is one of the perilymph-filled cavities in the cochlear labyrinth of the human ear. It is separated from the scala media by the basilar membrane, and it extends from the round window to the helicotrema, where it continues as scala vestibuli.The purpose of the perilymph-filled scala tympani and scala vestibuli is to transduce the movement of air that causes the tympanic membrane and the ossicles to vibrate, to movement of liquid and the basilar membrane. This movement is conveyed to the organ of Cortiinside the scala media, composed of hair cells attached to the basilar membrane and their stereo cilia embedded in the tectorial membrane. The movement of the basilar membrane compared to the tectorial membrane causes the sterocilia to bend. They then depolarise and send impulses to the brain via the cochlear nerve. This produces the sensation of sound.
