Outer ear - Catches sound waves and funnels them into the auditory canal, Auditory canal - Transmits the sound waves toward the eardrum, Eardrum/tympanic membrane - Vibrates when sound waves hit it, At which step does TRANSDUCTION occur? - When the movement of the hair cells activate the auditory nerve, Hammer, anvil & stirrup (middle ear bones) - Vibrate as a result of the eardrum's vibrations, pass that movement on to oval window, Oval window - Vibrates when the middle ear bones vibrate, causes the fluid inside the cochlea to move, Cochlea - Snail-shaped thing that protects the basilar membrane and hair cells inside , Hair cells - Bend as a result of fluid moving, bending triggers auditory nerve, Auditory nerve - Transmits neural impulse to the brain, Thalamus - Receives neural impulse and transmits it to the appropriate area of the brain, Temporal lobe - area of the cerebral cortex responsible for auditory processing,

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