TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - The Inner Ear PY - 2014 T2 - Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition AB - The Ear Has Three Functional PartsHearing Commences with the Capture of Sound Energy by the EarThe Hydrodynamic and Mechanical Apparatus of the Cochlea Delivers Mechanical Stimuli to the Receptor CellsThe Basilar Membrane Is a Mechanical Analyzer of Sound FrequencyThe Organ of Corti Is the Site of Mechanoelectrical Transduction in the CochleaHair Cells Transform Mechanical Energy into Neural SignalsDeflection of the Hair Bundle Initiates Mechanoelectrical TransductionMechanical Force Directly Opens Transduction ChannelsDirect Mechanoelectrical Transduction Is RapidThe Temporal Responsiveness of Hair Cells Determines Their SensitivityHair Cells Adapt to Sustained StimulationHair Cells Are Tuned to Specific Stimulus FrequenciesSound Energy Is Mechanically Amplified in the CochleaHair Cells Use Specialized Ribbon SynapsesAuditory Information Flows Initially Through the Cochlear NerveBipolar Neurons in the Spiral Ganglion Innervate Cochlear Hair CellsCochlear Nerve Fibers Encode Stimulus Frequency and IntensitySensorineural Hearing Loss Is Common but TreatableAn Overall View SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101680345 ER -