Special Senses Quiz #3

ganglion, inner synaptic, bipolar cells, outer synaptic, photoreceptors

• how light enters retina

• how sound enters inner ear

• how odorants enter olfactory bulb

• how deep pressure receptors detect touch

ganglion, inner synaptic, bipolar cells, outer synaptic, photoreceptors

• how light enters retina

• how sound enters inner ear

• how odorants enter olfactory bulb

• how deep pressure receptors detect touch

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

What structure vibrates back and forth when sound waves strike?

• tympanic membrane

• spiral organ

• pinna

• cochlea

What is the first step in sound transduction?

• hair cells bend

• gated channels open; K+ enters

• depolarization

• Ca+2 channels open

• neurotransmitter is released

What is the second step in sound transduction?

• hair cells bend

• gated channels open; K+ enters

• depolarization

• Ca+2 channels open

• neurotransmitter is released

What is the third step in sound transduction?

• hair cells bend

• gated channels open; K+ enters

• depolarization

• Ca+2 channels open

• neurotransmitter is released

What is the fourth step in sound transduction?

• hair cells bend

• gated channels open; K+ enters

• depolarization

• Ca+2 channels open

• neurotransmitter is released

What is the fifth step in sound transduction?

• hair cells bend

• gated channels open; K+ enters

• depolarization

• Ca+2 channels open

• neurotransmitter is released

What is the fifth step in sound transduction?

• hair cells bend

• gated channels open; K+ enters

• depolarization

• Ca+2 channels open

• action potential

dynamic equilibrium is maintained by

• spiral organ

• vestibule

• semicircular canals

• cochlea

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3