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Myers Module 12
The Other Senses
Question | Answer |
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Audition | hearing |
Amplitude | vertical height of sound wave (strength) determines loudness |
Frequency | wave length- determines pitch |
Pitch | a tones highness or lowness |
Middle ear | chamber between eardrum and cochlea containing 3 tiny bones (hammer, anvil and stirrup) that concentrate the vibrations of the eardrum on cochleas oval window |
Cochlea | a coiled, bony, fluid filled tube in the inner ear through which sound waves trigger nerve impulses |
Inner ear | innermost part of the ear, containing cochlea, semicircular canals and vestibular sacs. |
Gate control Theory | spinal cord contains neurological gate that blocks pain signals or allows them to pass on to the brain. The gate is open by activity of pain signals traveling up. |
Sensory Interaction | the principle that one sense influences another |
Kinesthesis | the system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts |
Vestibular sense | the sense of body movement and position including the sense of balance |