Question

Which of the following represents the correct sequence of structures that process auditory info to create the psychological experience of sound after it passes the eardrum and the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?

a) Cochlea, auditory nerve, thalamus, auditory cortex
b) Eardrum, cochlea, auditory cortex, thalamus
c) Auditory cortex, cochlea, thalamus, auditory nerve
d) Eardrum, auditory nerve, cochlea, thalamus

Answer 1

The correct sequence is eardrum, auditory nerve, cochlea, thalamus.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct sequence of structures that process auditory information to create the psychological experience of sound after it passes the eardrum and the hammer, anvil, and stirrup is:

d) Eardrum, auditory nerve, cochlea, thalamus

After passing through the eardrum, the auditory nerve carries the sound information to the cochlea. In the cochlea, sound waves are converted into neural signals by tiny hair cells. The thalamus then processes the neural signals and sends them to the auditory cortex in the brain, where the psychological experience of sound is created.