How we hear, taste and smell 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyVisual SystemUniversityNone Created by: spheCreated on: 15-01-19 20:11 Audition The ability to sense sound and to process and interpret the sensations to gain information about the source and nature of the sound. 1 of 14 Cochlea Bony fluid filled part of the inner ear that is concerned with hearing. It is shaped like a snail. 2 of 14 Optic Chiasm Located at the base of the brain and is where the optic nerve from each eye meet. 3 of 14 Ossicles Chain of three tiny bones in the middle ear that transmits sound vibrations from the ear drum to the oral window of the inner ear. 4 of 14 Organ of Cortisones A specialised structure that sits on the basilar membrane within the cochlea. Contains hair cells, nerve endings and supporting cells. 5 of 14 Superior Olive Collection of brain nuclei in the pons that is one of the major structures in the auditory pathway. 6 of 14 Basilar Membrane Fibrous membrane within the cochlea that supports the organ of Corti. In response to sound it vibrates, which leads to stimulation of hairs. 7 of 14 Sensorineural deafness Loss or absence of hearing function due to pathology in the inner ear or along the nerve pathway from the inner ear to brainstem. 8 of 14 Primary Auditory Cortex (Hesch's Gyrus) One of the several transverse ridges on the temporal lobe of the brain that are associated with the sense of hearing. 9 of 14 Tonotopic Spatial arrangement of where sounds of different frequency are processed in the brain. 10 of 14 Chemoreceptor Taste buds is an example. Any nerve endings that will react with chemicals and chemical changes. 11 of 14 Olfaction Sense of smell, involving stimulation of receptors in the olfactory epithelium 12 of 14 Olfactory Epithelium Area of receptors in the lining of the upper part of the nose. 13 of 14 Olfactory Bulb Bulblike ending on the olfactory nerve in the anterior region of each cerebral hemisphere. 14 of 14
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