Vestibular system - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What are the semicircular canals filled with? - ️️endolymph what is the advantage of having high spontaneous firing rate even in the absence of tilt in the hair cells of the vestibular system? - ️️tilting in the direction opposite to the direction which causes maximal firing rate causes hyperpolarizing the cell in which direction in regards to the striola do the longest stereocilia of the hair cells point to? - ️️in utricle: all cells point towards the striola in saccule: all c...

Vestibular system, proprioception (or somatosensory), and visual system - ANSWER-What does the balance system rely on sensory information from? - When functioning properly, it sends symmetrical signals to the brain - If you turn your head, one side gets excited while the other side gets inhibited - The organs sense when the body is in motion and that information is sent from both ears to the brain - ANSWER-Explain the vestibular system. Skeletal and eye muscles - ANSWER-What does the brain...

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purpose of the vestibular system - answer-maintaining the position of the body and head in space (maintaining equilibrium) - coordination of the motor responses, eye movements, and posture - controlled by the structures in the inner ear inner ear components - answer-1. bony labyrinth 2. membranous labyrinth 3. organ of corti in cochlea bony labyrinth - answer-cavities in the temporal bone contains: vestibule (saccule, semicircular canals) cochlea (sound and hearing) membranous labyrinth...