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BSc PS414 Cognitive Psychology I (The Auditory Stimulus and the Auditory System) Quiz on Inner Ear Physiology, created by Petite Piplup on 12/10/2013.

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Inner Ear Physiology

Question 1 of 6

1

a) How many canals are there within the cochlea?
b) What are they named?

Select one of the following:

  • a) 2
    b) Vestibular scala and the tympanic canal

  • a) 3
    b) Scala tympanic and the vestibular canal

  • a) 3
    b) Vestibular canal, tympanic canal and the scala media

  • a) 2
    b) Vestibular canal, tympanic canal and the scala media (cochlea duct)

Explanation

Question 2 of 6

1

Who two membranes separate the canals within the cochlea?

Select one of the following:

  • Reissner's membrane and the Basilar membrane

  • Reissner's membrane and the tympanic membrane

  • Wundt's membrane and the tympanic membrane

  • Wundt's membrane and the Basilar membrane

Explanation

Question 3 of 6

1

How is the cochlea organised?

Select one of the following:

  • Tonotopically

  • By localisation

  • By amplitude

  • By timbre

Explanation

Question 4 of 6

1

What is the helicotrema?

Select one of the following:

  • A membrane at the end of the tympanic canal

  • A small opening at the end of the vestibular canal

  • A small opening at the end of the tympanic canal

  • A membrane at the end of the vestibular canal

Explanation

Question 5 of 6

1

How is the mechanical energy transduced into neural energy within the organ of corti?

Select one of the following:

  • Cochleic cells are pushed up, bending the stereocilia against the tectorial membrane, causing an action potential

  • Cochleic cells are pushed up, bending the stereocilia against the basilar membrane, causing an action potential

  • Hair cells are pushed up, bending the stereocilia against the basilar membrane, causing an action potential

  • Hair cells are pushed up, bending the stereocilia against the tectorial membrane, causing an action potential

Explanation

Question 6 of 6

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What is the function of the round window?

Select one of the following:

  • To relieve the pressure in the fluid filling the vestibular and tympanic canals

  • To let osmosis occur between the vestibular and tympanic canals

  • To let osmosis occur between the scala media and tympanic canal

  • To relieve the pressure in the fluid filling the scala media and tympanic canal

Explanation