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An auditory vibration (aka acoustic wave or sound vibration) is when the tympanic membrane (eardrum) is hit by sound waves and vibrates. This vibration is picked up, amplified and transmitted through the middle ear by the ossicles. This vibration ends at the oval window since it changes to fluid vibration and ultiimately electrical energy in the inner ear.

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Where the auditory cortex is located?

The auditory cortex is located in the brain, and is responsible for processing auditory information received from the ears.


What are auditory systems processed in?

Auditory stimuli are processed in the auditory system, which includes structures in the inner ear, auditory nerve, brainstem, and auditory cortex in the temporal lobe of the brain. This system is responsible for the detection, analysis, and interpretation of sound signals.


What controls pupilary and auditory reflexes?

Pupillary reflexes are controlled by the autonomic nervous system, specifically the parasympathetic and sympathetic divisions. Auditory reflexes are controlled by the brainstem, which receives and processes auditory information from the ears via the auditory nerve.


On the way to the temporal lobe's auditory cortex neural impulses from the auditory nerve are first relayed to the?

Auditory nerves are first relayed to the thalamus on the way to the temporal lobes auditory cortex. The thalamus is the gray matter between the cerebral hemispheres.


What is the location of the auditory cortex and auditory association area?

The auditory cortex is primarily located in the temporal lobe of the brain, specifically in the transverse temporal gyrus (also known as Heschl's gyrus). The auditory association area, which processes more complex auditory information, is situated adjacent to the auditory cortex, typically in the superior temporal gyrus. Together, these regions play crucial roles in processing and interpreting sound.

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What receives sound sound vibration and relays it to the auditory nerve fibers?

Organ of corti


What structure passes passes sound vibration to the cochlea?

The idiot who posted Auditory Nerve is an idiot its, Stirrup!


What is the difference between pitch and vibration?

The term vibration can be used to described a repetitive motion of something like, say, the string of a musical instrument. A string could be said to vibrate at a certain rate. The vibration creates sound at a given number of cycles per second (the rate or frequency of vibration), and this gives the vibration a certain pitch or note.


How do auditory pathways carry nerve impulses to auditory cortices?

the auditory nerve pathways carry impulses to the auditory cortices in the ?


What allows us to distinguish one sound from another when your brain receives vibrations?

The brain's auditory system processes different vibrations by analyzing their frequency, amplitude, and complexity. This information is then organized and interpreted in the auditory cortex, allowing us to distinguish between various sounds such as pitch, volume, and timbre. This process enables us to perceive and identify different auditory stimuli in our environment.


How does the brain interpret sound waves?

After sound waves come in through the ear and are funneled through the eardrum to make it vibrate, the malleus (hammer) transmits the vibration to the incus (anvil), which passes the vibration on to the stapes (stirrup). Then hair cells convert the mechanical vibration to electrical signals, which in turn excite the fibers of the auditory nerve. The auditory nerve then carries the signals to the brain stem. From there, nerve fibers send the information to the auditory cortex, the part of the brain involved in perceiving sound. In the auditory cortex, adjacent neurons respond to tones of similar frequency, but they specialize in different combinations. Some respond to pure tones, and some to complex sounds. Some respond to long sounds and some to short, and some to sounds that rise or fall in frequency. Other neurons might combine information from these neurons to recognize a word or an instrument. Sound is processed on both sides of the brain, but often the left side is specialized in language. Damage to the left auditory cortex can leave someone able to hear but unable to understand words.


What is the definition of pitch in music?

the pitch is how high your singing or how high the note is ... i think


Does your ear or the brain do the hearing?

both. Your eardrum receives the vibrations of the sound waves, your cochlea converts that vibration into electrical signals which are then interpreted or "heard" by the auditory cortex of your brain. the brain after it picks up the sound from the ear..


What is the first part of the auditory cortex to receive auditory information?

The primary auditory cortex, located in the temporal lobe, is the first cortical area to receive auditory information from the thalamus. It is responsible for processing and analyzing basic auditory signals.


Where the auditory cortex is located?

The auditory cortex is located in the brain, and is responsible for processing auditory information received from the ears.


What is the prefix for auditory?

auditory is made up of the root "audio" meaning "hearing, sound".


Where is the auditory cortex?

The primary auditory cortex, i.e. where the auditory signal first reach the cortex, is located on the Heshl's gyrus, on the supratemporal plane (the upper part of the temporal lobe). The auditory information then spreads to secondary auditory cortices located around primary the primary auditory cortex. Then the auditory signal diffuses to associative areas located in the parietal and frontal lobes.