Human Physiology
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Author: Fox, Stuart Ira
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Chapter 10, Problem 36RA
People with conduction deafness often speak quietly. By contrast, people with sensorineural deafness tend to speak louder than normal. Explain these differences.
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More than 1.1 billion young adults are at risk for hearing loss according to World Health
Organization (WHO, 2015). The primary reason is increasing use of personal audio devices with
headphones or earphones. Hearing loss is of two main types: conduction deafness and
perception deafness. Young adults are more likely to experience perception or nerve deafness.
Which of the following parts of the ear is not involved in nerve deafness?
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higher frequencies.
Which of the following statements correctly describes an individual suffering from presbycusis?
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a. Individuals with presbycusis have damaged hair cells at the base of the cochlea, which is
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presbycusis to hear better.
O c. Individuals with presbycusis have damaged hair cells at the apex of the cochlea, which is
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Od. Decreasing the amplitude of lower frequency sound allows individuals affected with
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Chapter 10 Solutions
Human Physiology
Ch. 10 - Prob. 1aCPCh. 10 - Prob. 1bCPCh. 10 - Prob. 1cCPCh. 10 - Prob. 2CPCh. 10 - Prob. 3CPCh. 10 - Define the term sensory acuity and explain how...Ch. 10 - Prob. 4bCPCh. 10 - Prob. 5CPCh. 10 - Prob. 6CPCh. 10 - Prob. 7aCP
Ch. 10 - Describe the structure of the semicircular canals...Ch. 10 - Prob. 8CPCh. 10 - Prob. 9CPCh. 10 - Prob. 10CPCh. 10 - Prob. 11CPCh. 10 - Using a line diagram, show how parallel rays of...Ch. 10 - Prob. 13CPCh. 10 - Describe the layers of the retina and trace the...Ch. 10 - Prob. 14bCPCh. 10 - Describe the electrical state of photoreceptors in...Ch. 10 - Prob. 16aCPCh. 10 - Prob. 16bCPCh. 10 - Prob. 17CPCh. 10 - Describe the way in which ganglion cells typically...Ch. 10 - How can the arrangement of the receptive fields of...Ch. 10 - Describe the stimulus requirements of simple...Ch. 10 - Prob. 1RACh. 10 - Match the vestibular organ on the left with its...Ch. 10 - Prob. 3RACh. 10 - Prob. 4RACh. 10 - Prob. 5RACh. 10 - Cutaneous receptive fields are smallest in a. the...Ch. 10 - Prob. 7RACh. 10 - The receptors for taste are
a. naked sensory...Ch. 10 - Prob. 9RACh. 10 - Prob. 10RACh. 10 - Prob. 11RACh. 10 - Glasses with concave lenses help correct a....Ch. 10 - Prob. 13RACh. 10 - A bar of light in a specific part of the retina,...Ch. 10 - Prob. 15RACh. 10 - Prob. 16RACh. 10 - Prob. 17RACh. 10 - Epithelial cells release transmitter chemicals...Ch. 10 - Explain what is meant by lateral inhibition and...Ch. 10 - Prob. 20RACh. 10 - Prob. 21RACh. 10 - Explain the relationship between smell and taste....Ch. 10 - Prob. 23RACh. 10 - Prob. 24RACh. 10 - Prob. 25RACh. 10 - Describe the sequence of changes that occur during...Ch. 10 - Prob. 27RACh. 10 - Prob. 28RACh. 10 - Prob. 29RACh. 10 - Prob. 30RACh. 10 - Describe the receptive fields of retinal ganglion...Ch. 10 - Prob. 32RACh. 10 - Discuss the different functions of the pigment...Ch. 10 - Prob. 34RACh. 10 - Prob. 35RACh. 10 - People with conduction deafness often speak...Ch. 10 - Prob. 37RACh. 10 - Prob. 38RACh. 10 - Discuss the role that inertia plays in the...Ch. 10 - Prob. 40RACh. 10 - Prob. 41RACh. 10 - Prob. 42RACh. 10 - Prob. 43RACh. 10 - Prob. 44RACh. 10 - Prob. 45RACh. 10 - Prob. 46RA
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