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Figure 14-1. The auditory and vestibular systems. A. The right ear, viewed from the front, showing the external ear and auditory canal, the middle ear and its ossicles, and the inner ear. B. The main parts of the right inner ear, viewed from the front. The perilymph is located between the wall of the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth. In the cochlea, the perilymphatic space takes the form of two coiled tubes—the scala vestibuli and scala tympani. The endolymph is located within the membranous labyrinth, which includes the three semicircular ducts, the utricle, and the saccule. C. The organ of Corti. This is the end organ of hearing; it consists of a single row of inner hair cells and three rows of outer hair cells. The stereocilia of the hair cells are embedded in the tectorial membrane. D. Diagram of a crista ampulla, the specialized sensory epithelium of a semicircular canal. The crista senses the displacement of endolymph during head rotation. The direction of head rotation is indicated by the red arrow, and endolymph flow by the black arrow. The macula is the locus of the sensory epithelium in the utricle and saccule. Note that the tips of the hair cells are in contact with the otoliths (calcareous material), which are embedded in a gelatinous mass called the cupula.
CochlearnucleiTrapezoid bodyN. VIIINucleus of lateral lemniscusSuperior olivarynucleiDorsalacousticstriaIntermediateacoustic striaInferior colliculusMedial geniculatenucleus (thalamus)To superiorcolliculusPrimaryauditory cortexMidbrainMidbrainPonsPonsMedulla
Figure 14-2. The ascending auditory pathways. The lower part of the diagram is a horizontal section through the upper medulla. (Reproduced with permission from Noback CR: The Human Nervous System, 3rd ed. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1981.)