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hair cells are located within the organ of Corti on a thin basilar membrane in the cochlea of the inner ear. They derive their name from the tufts of stereocilia that protrude from the apical surface of the cell, a structure known as the hair bundle, into the scala media, a fluid-filled tube within the cochlea. Mammalian cochlear hair cells come in two anatomically and functionally distinct types: the outer and inner hair cells. Damage to these hair cells results in decreased hearing sensitivity, i.e. sensorineural hearing loss.
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What part of the inner ear is spiral shaped?
cochela Cochlea
Is it true or false that The cochlea is a liquid-filled cavity in the inner ear.?
The walls of the hollow cochlea are made of bone, with a thin, delicate lining of epithelial tissue.
In your ear a part that looks like a coiled tube is the?
cochlea
The cochlea is to the as the is to the eye for transduction?
The cochlea is to the EAR as the RETINA is to the eye for transduction?
What is the receptor for sound waves in the middle ear?
The middle ear does not really deal with the sound it just passes it though. The receptors are in the INNER ear. They are cells in the walls of the cochlea attached to minute hairs floating in the cochlear liquid.
What is a cavern-like bone with tiny hairs and fluid?
The inner ear or the cochlea
How do sound vibrations reach the cochlea?
Sound waves cause the thin skin of the eardrum to vibrate. This vibration, in turn, vibrates a chain of three tiny bones which are attached, at one end of the chain, to the eardrum, and at the other end of the chain, to a thin drumlike structure on on the opening to the cochlea. The vibration of this "round window" as it is called, causes the fluid inside the cochlea to flow, which in turn causes tiny hairs inside the cochlea to move. These hairs, when moved, send signals to the brain which are interpreted as sound.
What does the Cochlea do for the ear?
The stirrup hits the cochlea and it sends waves through the liquid inside of it. These waves move the tiny hairs at the start of the auditory nerve. The hairs use the auditory nerve to make a cricket noise in your ear to send the vibrations to the brain.
What is the central part of the inner ear called?
i think it is the cochlea
Why are the 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.
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.
Receptors for hearing are located in the?
the grasshoppers ears are located next to their eyes
Hearing receptors are located in the?
In the inner ear, is a spiral organ called the cochlea, and this liquid filled organ is tapered and along its length are a large number of small sensory hairs. These small hairs cause a signal to be generated in the cell supporting the hair and this we interpret as sound.
Is the cohchlea considered a bone?
The cochlea is not a bone. It is a fluid filled tube in the ear that has tiny hairs. When a vibration, or sound, travels through the cochlea, the hairs move, which triggers nerves connected to the base of each hair to send a signal to the brain, allowing us to perceive sounds. However, there are two tiny bones in the ear which transmit vibrations from the eardrum to the cochlea. These bones are referred to as the hammer, the anvil and the stirrup.
What is the medical term meaning pertaining to the snail-shaped spirally wound tube in the inner ear?
Cochlear means pertaining to the cochlea.the cochlea is found in the inner earCochleaCochleathe answer would be cochlea because it sends waves through the liquid inside of it. These waves move the tiny hairs at the start of the auditory nerve. The hairs use the auditory nerve to send the vibrations to the brain. Cochlea is Greek for snail and its shape.
Where in the human body can you find the cochlea?
The cochlea is located at the end of the ear canal - inside the ear. It contains fluid and microscopic hairs (cilia). Sound waves received by the ear causes movement of the cilia - which is interpreted by the brain.
How are sounds of different frequencies differented in the cochlea?
The way I heard from a podcast about tinnitus, there are nerve hairs that wiggle in response to certain frequencies, and alerts the brain and adjacent nerve hairs, allowing you to "sift" through information.
