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Sound consists of vibrations in the medium through which the sound is traveling.
When the sound-producing object vibrates, it sets the neighbouring particles of the medium into vibration. These in turn pass the vibration to their neighbouring particles. After doing this, they come back to rest. This way the disturbance is carried forward and when these vibrations are sensed by our ear, we hear sound.
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What is the pathway through which vibrations and fluid currents are transmitted to finally stimulate the hair cells?
Eardrum - Malleus - Incus - Stapes - Oval Window - Perilymph (in scala vestibuli) - Vestibular membrane - Endolymph (cochlear duct) - Hair cells (Organ of corti)
How does the cochlea work?
The cochlea is responsible for hearing and is filled with fluid. When the oval window vibrates the fluid in the inner ear moves around. The membrane inside the cochlea has different levels of thickness and the vibrations have different frequency and correspond to different pitches of sound that the ear interprets. The oval windows vibration frequency is transmitted through the fluid wave within the inner ear. The fluid crosses over the membrane, depending on the frequency and stimulates nerves that transmit a signal to the brain.
What happens when auditory ossicles vibrate the oval window and set the endolymph in motion?
The now fluid vibrations will stimulate the mecanoreceptors turning the vibrations into electrical energy which will then be sent by the auditory nerve (cranial nerve #8) to the brain for interpretation.
What is the pathway through which vibrations and fluid currents travel to finally stimulate the hair cells in the organ of Corti?
Sound waves/vibrations cause the hair cells to move which create nerve impulses which are converted to sound via the 8th cranial nerve to the brainstem. I'm a medical professional who is a little rusty on her anatomy/physiology but I believe this answer is correct.
What part of the ear receives vibrations directly from the eardrum?
Yes, the eardrum, or tympanic membrane, is where sound waves directly vibrate, transforming the energy of the sound waves into mechanical vibrations on the eardrum. These vibrations are then amplified by the three bones of the inner ear, the malleus (hammer), incus (anvil) and stapes (stirrup). Attached to the head of the stapes is the fluid filled cochlea which transforms the mechanical vibrations of the stapes into liquid, where the vibrations are then sensed by thousands of tiny cilia, or hair cells, which transduce the mechanical signal into a neurochemical one allowing the sound to be processed by the brain.
What is the pathway through which vibrations and fluid currents are transmitted to finally stimulate the hair cells?
Eardrum - Malleus - Incus - Stapes - Oval Window - Perilymph (in scala vestibuli) - Vestibular membrane - Endolymph (cochlear duct) - Hair cells (Organ of corti)
What is description of sound?
vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid liquid or gas or a transmitted vibrations of any frequency
What does virbration pass from the eardrum?
Large amplitude - low power vibrations in air move the ear drums.They are connected to the ossicles( malleus, incus, and stapes),bones of the middle ear which change the vibrations into low amplitude - high power vibrationswhich are transmitted through the skull to the fluid of the inner ear.Those (fluid) vibrations are what you can detect as sound.
Which type of energy is transmitted by vibrations of air?
Sound waves are transmitted in this manner.
How is sound transmitted to water?
Sound is transmitted through water the same way it's transmitted through air -- by vibrations. Whatever is making the noise makes vibrations in the water, which then strike against your eardrum and vibrate it, and then the vibrations travel through some bones in your head to a bundle of nerves, which transmit the signal to your brain, which produces the sensation we call sound.
How do you generate power through sound?
Sound is caused by vibrations, and (at least experimentally) energy could be derived from the variance in transmitted vibrations.
What currents are they when are transferred within the mantle and fluid?
Convection currents.
What happens to covection currents when a fluid reaches a constant temperature?
As the fluid warms:The currents speed upThen as the temperatures of the fluid equalise (the fluid becomes one temp) the currents slow downWhen the fluid is one temperature the currents stop
How sound waves are transmitted through the the middle ear?
by vibrations by:tyler j rodriguez 12yrs
Sound does not travel through a vacuum?
No. Sound is transmitted as vibrations, that pass from one group of atoms to the next, thus, it requires the presence of atoms that transport the sound wave.No. Sound is transmitted as vibrations, that pass from one group of atoms to the next, thus, it requires the presence of atoms that transport the sound wave.No. Sound is transmitted as vibrations, that pass from one group of atoms to the next, thus, it requires the presence of atoms that transport the sound wave.No. Sound is transmitted as vibrations, that pass from one group of atoms to the next, thus, it requires the presence of atoms that transport the sound wave.
How is sounds transmitted?
It is transmitted through vibrations in air or any medium.
What type of material does sound travel through fastest?
Sound travels through a solid fastest. This is true because the particles are tightly packed, and sound is transmitted by vibrations. Therefore, the more tightly packed the material is, the faster the vibrations are transmitted.
