SCIENCE
NERVOUS SYSTEM
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Question
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Light
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Sound
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Touch
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Smell
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Detailed explanation-1: -phonoreception n. The perception of high-frequency variations in air pressure through auditory receptors. [ From Greek phone a sound or voice + English receptor, from Latin recipere, receptum to receive, from re-back + capere, ceptum to take]
Detailed explanation-2: -The internal ear includes phonoreceptors, which are structures associated with detecting sounds or vibrations.
Detailed explanation-3: -a receptor stimulated by sound waves.
Detailed explanation-4: -Definition: A mechanoreceptor cell located in the inner ear that is sensitive to auditory stimuli. The accessory sensory structures are arranged so that appropriate stimuli cause movement of the hair-like projections (stereocilia and kinocilia) which relay the information centrally in the nervous system.
Detailed explanation-5: -The cochlea is filled with two fluids (endolymph and perilymph), inside the cochlea is the sensory receptor-the Organ of Corti-which contains sensory cells with hair-like structures (hair cells) that are the nerve receptors for hearing.