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A. Reception and conduction of sound stimuli
Mechanical Conduction Transduction Electrical Perception
Conduction of Sound, Sound Sensors I
1 conduction in fluid conduction
Vestibular
organ
Air conduction Cochlea
Bone conduction
Cochlea
Helicotrema
Unrolled
2 Migrating wave
Incus Plate 12.28
Perilymph
Malleus Endolymph
Stapes
Scala
vestibuli Stria
Scala vascularis Spiral
media Scala ganglion
Scala 3 media Scala
Auditory tympani vestibuli
canal
Scala
tympani
Oval
window
Tympanic Round Pharyngeal
membrane window connection
External ear Middle ear Internal ear
Perilymph
Tectorial Hair cells Scala vestibuli
membrane outer inner Endolymph
Reissner’s
4 membrane
Scala media
Afferent and
efferent axons
Nuel’s Corti’s Perilymph Basilar membrane
spaces tunnel Scala tympani 365
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