RT Book, Section
A1 Barrett, Kim E.
A1 Barman, Susan M.
A1 Boitano, Scott
A1 Reckelhoff, Jane F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1142554680
T1 Hearing & Equilibrium
T2 Ganong's Medical Physiology Examination & Board Review
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071832328
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1142554680
RD 2024/04/20
AB OBJECTIVESAfter  studying  this  chapter,  you  should  be  able  to:Describe  the  components  and  functions  of  the  external,  middle,  and  inner  ear.Describe  the  way  that  movements  of  molecules  in  the  air  are  converted  into  impulses  generated  in  hair  cells  in  the  cochlea.Explain  the  roles  of  the  tympanic  membrane,  the  auditory  ossicles  (malleus,  incus,  and  stapes),  and  scala  vestibule  in  sound  transmission.Explain  how  auditory  impulses  travel  from  the  cochlear  hair  cells  to  the  auditory  cortex.Explain  how  pitch,  loudness,  and  timbre  are  coded  in  the  auditory  pathways.Describe  the  various  forms  of  deafness  and  the  tests  used  to  distinguish  between  them.Explain  how  the  receptors  in  the  semicircular  canals  detect  rotational  acceleration  and  how  the  receptors  in  the  saccule  and  utricle  detect  linear  acceleration.List  the  major  sensory  inputs  that  provide  the  information  that  is  synthesized  in  the  brain  into  the  sense  of  position  in  space.