PSYCH261 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Tectorial Membrane, Basilar Membrane, Eardrum
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Chapter 7- audition, the body senses and the chemical sense. Audition is the second most important sense. Different species hear over different frequency ranges. ; tunnel sound to the ear canal. Middle ear hollow region containing the ossicles, between the tympanic membrane and the cochlea. Ossicles middle ear ; where hammer causes the cochlea to move; Malleus the hammer ; the first of the three ossicles. Incus: the anvil ; the second of the three ossicles. Stapes: the stirrup ; the last of the three ossicles. Cochlea snail- shaped structure of the inner ear that contains the auditory transducing mechanisms. part of the inner ear. Organ of corti- sensory organ for the auditory system. Hair cells: the receptive cell of the auditory apparatus. Deiters"s cell: a supporting cell found in the organ of corti; sustains the auditory hair cells. Auditory hair cells and the transduction of auditory information.