Anatomy of Auditory + Visual Pathways Flashcards
1
Q
What is the ossicle made up of?
A
incus
stapes
malleus
2
Q
What is the name of the inner and outer hair cells?
A
organ of corti
3
Q
What is stimulated by bipolar neurones stimulated by hair cells carrying APs?
A
spiral ganglion
4
Q
What is the term used to describe the inability to use language?
A
aphasia
5
Q
What is bronca’s damage?
A
patient struggles producing language
6
Q
What is Wernicke’s Areas damage?
A
patients having difficulty in understanding
manifests with words out of order or meaningless words
7
Q
What are association fibres?
A
connects cortical sites lying in the same hemispheres
8
Q
what are commissural fibres?
A
connects one hemisphere to the other
9
Q
What are projection fibres?
A
connects hemispheres to deeper structures e.g. brain step, corpus striatum etc.
