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12 years ago
Sound waves and the nerve impulses created by them follow which pathway through the ear?

a) eardrum > cochlea >ossicles>auditory nerve
b) ossicles>eustachian tube>semicircular canals>auditory nerve
c)ossicles>cochlea>tympanic membrane>auditory nerve
d)eardrum>ossicles>organ of corti>auditory nerve
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12 years ago
c)ossicles Rightwards Arrow cochlea Rightwards Arrow tympanic membrane Rightwards Arrow auditory nerve

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7 years ago
Just so no one is led astray, the correct answer is D, not C. This is because soundwaves entering the ear first hit the tympanic membrane before both the ossicles and cochela.

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