hear touch taste smell

Ears can be best described as

• receptors for hearing

• hearing attachment

• mechanoreceptors

• cochlear limbs

Sound is best describes as

• vibrations of particles that can pass through gas and liquids.

• vibrations of particles that can pass through mediums such as solid, liquids, and gas.

• vibrations of atoms that can pass through hearing attachments.

• The distance between wave crests

Small mechanoreceptors, found on our hearing organ are called...

• cochlear canals

• cochlear hair cells

• vestibular apparatus

• none of the above

T/F: Cochlear hair cells can be damaged/lose function due to prolonged exposure to high intensity sound and aging.

• true

• false

To protect your cochlear hair cells/your hearing you should....

• wear ear plugs in loud environments/avoid these environments when possible

• lower the volume when listening to music, especially with headphone/airpods

• Avoid cotton swabs for cleaning ears, use a different method for ear cleaning

• all of the above

Organize the hearing roadmap steps:

Groups:

(a) Steps 1 & 2

,

(b) Steps 3 & 4

,

(c) Steps 5 & 6

• Sound waves are amplified at the oval window.

• Pressure waves are transmitted thru fluid of inner ear canals&across the memb. of middle canal

• Membrane covered in sensory hair cells flexes, & hair cells are then stimulated

• Ear ossicles transmit the soundwaves from the ear drum to sound waves.

• Ea. hair cell has nerve fiber attached. Fibers form an auditory nerve & send impulses to brain.

• Eardrum vibrates in response to soundwaves.

Gustatory is to taste, as olfaction is to ________.

• See

• Smell

• hear

• feel

Which receptors are responsible for both smell and taste?

• mechanoreceptors

• chemosensory receptors

• gustatory receptors

• olfactory receptors

Chemosensory receptors respond to...

• chemicals in the air

• dust particles in the air

• PH levels in skin

• signaling proteins

Describe the structure (composition/make up) gustatory/olfactory receptors: