AUDITORY AND VESTIBULAR SYSTEMS Key points •Relations of external, middle and inner ear •Understanding the relationship between the cochlear and vestibular apparatus in the bony labyrinth •Structure of cochlear duct and organ of Corti •Receptor deformation and transduction •Central auditory pathways •Tonopicity – from basilar membrane to cortex •Basic knowledge of efferent pathways, auditory reflexes •Structure of vestibular apparatus - utricle and saccule (static), semicircular canals (kinetic) •Knowledge of major central vestibular pathways •Lesions and disturbances of the auditory and vestibular systems Reading Nolte (4th Ed), pgs 325-357 Fitzgerald, pgs 130-140
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AUDITORY AND VESTIBULAR SYSTEMS Key points Relations of external, middle and inner ear Understanding the relationship between the cochlear and vestibular.
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AUDITORY AND VESTIBULAR SYSTEMS
Key points•Relations of external, middle and inner ear•Understanding the relationship between the cochlear and vestibular apparatus in the bony labyrinth•Structure of cochlear duct and organ of Corti•Receptor deformation and transduction•Central auditory pathways•Tonopicity – from basilar membrane to cortex•Basic knowledge of efferent pathways, auditory reflexes
•Structure of vestibular apparatus - utricle and saccule (static), semicircular canals (kinetic)•Knowledge of major central vestibular pathways•Lesions and disturbances of the auditory and vestibular systems