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Why are the cells responsible for hearing called mechanoreceptors?
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the cells which receive the signal receive "mechanical stimulation". As fluid waves, propagated when sound waves interact with the ear, travel through the cochlea tiny hairs are moved, smaller/stiffer hairs moved = higher pitch, longer/looser hairs moved = lower pitch.
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hair cells
What is cochlea damage?
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Why are cells responsible for hearing called mechanoreceptors?
the cells which receive the signal receive "mechanical stimulation". As fluid waves, propagated when sound waves interact with the ear, travel through the cochlea tiny hairs are moved, smaller/stiffer hairs moved = higher pitch, longer/looser hairs moved = lower pitch.
The sense of hearing depends on which specialized cells?
The mechanoreceptors responsible for the sense of hearing are contained in the Organ of Corti. It has 16,000 hearing receptor cells located on the basilar membrane of each inner ear.A movement of the hair cells against tectorial membrane stimulates dendrites that terminate around the base of hair cells and initiates an impulse conduction by the cochlear nerve to the brainstem.Impulses pass through 'relay stations' in the nuclei in medulla, pons, midbrain, and thalamus before reaching the auditory area of temporal lobe of the brain.
The hearing receptors of the orgen of corti are called?
hair cells
Which termbest describescells that arestimulatedwhen soundwaves vibratehair cells in theinner ear?
Mechanoreceptors
Which term best describes cells that are stimulated when sound waves vibrate hair cells in the inner ear?
Mechanoreceptors
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What is cochlea damage?
The cochlea is the main hearing-related organ of the inner ear. When it is damaged, permanent hearing loss is the result. Tiny "hair cells" on the cochlea are responsible for sensing specific sounds, and cochlea damage is caused by the bending and/or breaking of these "hair cells."
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What is the thin layer of dividing cells called that are responsible for growth?
Meristems.
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