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Identify the largest bone present in the middle ear.

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Important Questions on Neural Control and Coordination

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A gymnast is able to balance his body upside down even in the total darkness because of:
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Match the following columns and select the correct option.

  Column-I   Column-II
(a) Organ of Corti (i) Connects middle ear and pharynx
(b) Cochlea (ii) Coiled part of the labyrinth
(c) Eustachian tube (iii) Attached to the oval window
(d) Stapes (iv) Located on the basilar membrane
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The eighth cranial nerve (auditory) of vertebrates leads from brain to
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Read the following statements regarding structure marked as 'A' and find out the correct one-
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Arrange the following structures to make the correct pathway for passing sound waves which finally converts into neural impulses in the organ of Corti?
(A) Ear pinna and external auditory meatus
(B) Reissner's and tectorial membrane
(C) Tympanum and ear ossicles
(D) Oval window
(E) Perilymph of scala vestibuli
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Read the following statements (a-d) regarding the vestibular apparatus.

a. It is a part of the internal ear.
b. It is composed of three semicircular canals and the otolith organ consisting of utriculus & cochlea.
c. Crista and macula are the specific receptors of the vestibular apparatus.
d. It is responsible for the maintenance of a balance of the body.

Which of the above statements is/are wrong?
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Given below is a diagrammatic cross-section of a single loop of the human cochlea.

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Which one of the following options correctly represents the name of three different parts?

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What is the right sequence of bones in the ear ossicles of a mammal starting from the tympanum inwards?
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Identify the correct sequence of organs/regions in the organisation of the human ear as an auditory mechanoreceptor organ.