Chapter 14, Process of hearing.

The stimulation is picked up by the...

_auditory nerve fibers_that lie close to these tiny cells, ...

The process of hearing begins with the outer ear. The sound vibrations are received by the pinna and are funneled through the...

External auditory canal

and the stimulation is transmitted on to the...

_cerebral cortex_ of the brain, where the impulses are interpreted as hearing.

...setting in motion a "ripple effect" in the fluids within the..

_cochlea_

The sound waves strike the area just mentioned and cause it to vibrate. These vibrations move the three small bones of the middle ear: the...

_maleus_, _incus_, and _stapes_ in each of which is attached to the other.

As these fluids fluctuate, they transmit the stimulus on to tiny hair cells of the...

_organ of corti_

As the last of the three small bones in the middle ear vibrates, it causes the...

_oval window_ to vibrate...

To the...

tympanic membrane