RT Book, Section
SR Print(0)
ID 1101680345
T1 The Inner Ear
T2 Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-139011-8
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101680345
RD 2024/04/23
AB The  Ear  Has  Three  Functional  PartsHearing  Commences  with  the  Capture  of  Sound  Energy  by  the  EarThe  Hydrodynamic  and  Mechanical  Apparatus  of  the  Cochlea  Delivers  Mechanical  Stimuli  to  the  Receptor  CellsThe  Basilar  Membrane  Is  a  Mechanical  Analyzer  of  Sound  FrequencyThe  Organ  of  Corti  Is  the  Site  of  Mechanoelectrical  Transduction  in  the  CochleaHair  Cells  Transform  Mechanical  Energy  into  Neural  SignalsDeflection  of  the  Hair  Bundle  Initiates  Mechanoelectrical  TransductionMechanical  Force  Directly  Opens  Transduction  ChannelsDirect  Mechanoelectrical  Transduction  Is  RapidThe  Temporal  Responsiveness  of  Hair  Cells  Determines  Their  SensitivityHair  Cells  Adapt  to  Sustained  StimulationHair  Cells  Are  Tuned  to  Specific  Stimulus  FrequenciesSound  Energy  Is  Mechanically  Amplified  in  the  CochleaHair  Cells  Use  Specialized  Ribbon  SynapsesAuditory  Information  Flows  Initially  Through  the  Cochlear  NerveBipolar  Neurons  in  the  Spiral  Ganglion  Innervate  Cochlear  Hair  CellsCochlear  Nerve  Fibers  Encode  Stimulus  Frequency  and  IntensitySensorineural  Hearing  Loss  Is  Common  but  TreatableAn  Overall  View