PNB Final Exam Questions and Answers
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Neospinothalamatic tract - Responsible for immediate awareness of the
exact location of the painful stimulus
Loss in cones - color blindness
Loss in rods - night blindness
More sensitive to scatter light - Rods
More sensitive to direct light -...
4. The pressure waves distort the basilar membrane on their way to the
round window of the tympatic duct
5. Vibration of the basilar membrane causes vibration of hair cells and
bending of stereocili against the tectorial membrane
6. Signals travel within the auditory nerve
How is a sound wave characterized? - ✔✔Frequency and intensity
Describe the functions of inner and outer hair cells - ✔✔Innner hair cells
are the primary sensory receptors
Outer hair increase the amplitude and clarity of sound (shorten when
depolarized)
What is proportional to the frequency of action potentials in hearing? -
✔✔Loudness of the sound
Describe how pitch and loudness are coded - ✔✔Frequency (pitch)
measured in hertz and intensity (loudness) measured in decimals
Function of the tympanic reflex - ✔✔Protection from loud sounds
The hair cells bend due to the... - ✔✔Sound waves moving the fluid in the
cochlea and the basilar membrane vibrating
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