The auditory system is essentially the entire pathway sound has to take. The peripheral auditory system takes the sound and translates it into the electrical processes that the brain can interpret. Then these signals get sent through the central auditory system.
-or-
The ear is to receive sound vibrations. there are 3 major regions of the ear the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The outer ear is shaped like a funnel. The "funnel" is the gather the sound waves the sound vibration's (same as sound waves) travel down the ear canal (which is part of outer ear) when the sound vibrations hit the ear drum (they have left the outer ear and now are entering the middle ear) then they goes on to the middle ear which contain the three smallest bones in the body the Hammer, Anvil and Stirrup. They are named for their shapes. Te ear drum makes the Hammer vibrate the Hammer makes the Anvil and the Anvil makes the Stirrup vibrate. the Stirrup is connected to a thin membrane that covers the opening of the inner ear then that membrane channels the vibrations to a snail shaped tube lined with receptor cells this is called Cochlea when this vibrates sensory neurons then send the nerve impulse to the cerebrum though the Auditory Nerve, this is interpreted into sounds!
this answer was given with the help of Science Explorer Prentice Hall Life Science
Nerve impulses are triggered in the cochlea, down the auditory nerve, into the thalamus, and to the temporal lobe.
Nerves in the ear respond to the mechanical stress of soundwaves and transmit the stress/sound accoundingly (super simplified answer)
sound waves enter the ear canal and cause the eardrum to vibrate.VIBRATIONS pass through 3 connected bones in the middle earThis motion SETS FLUID MOVING in the inner ear.Moving fluid bends thousands of delicate hair-like cells which convert the vibrations into NERVE IMPULSES.Nerve impulses are CARRIED to the brain by the auditory nerveIn the brain, these impulses are CONVERTED into what we "hear" as sound.
The Optic Nerve AKA Cranial Nerve II from eye to brain for sight and Craniel Nerves III (Oculomotor) and IV (Trochlear) for Eye movement.
Encoding
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.
the cochlear nerve
temporal
temporal
The Auditory Nerve does this.
The auditory nerve
Nerves in the ear respond to the mechanical stress of soundwaves and transmit the stress/sound accoundingly (super simplified answer)
The auditory nerve is responsible for relaying vibrations from the cochlea, in the inner ear, to the brain as electrical impulses. The auditory centre of the brain then interprets these as sound.
If you pinch it with your nails does it hurt? then yes there is nerve endings in that region of your body.
No. The 'message' is carried by the auditory nerve to the brain.
Auditory
That would be the brain. The ear itself is only designed to transfer the wave frequency through the hair cells in the cocchlea to the auditory nerve. The auditory nerve sends the signal to the brain where it is interpreted.
In the inner ear, "sound" is translated into electrical energy. This electrical energy is transmitted to the brain via the 8th cranial nerve more commonly called the auditory, acoustic or vestibulocochlear nerve. The brain receives the information and translates it into what we "hear", or at least into what is most important for us to hear at that time.