Journal of ENT Surgery Research(JESR)
Jan Myjkowski
Retired physician, Specialist in otolaryngology – pensioner,Myjkowski Jan, Poland
Publications
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Mini Review Article
About the physiology of hearing
Author(s): Jan Myjkowski*
The membrana basilaris plays an important role in the theory of traveling wave. It originates from the ectoblast of the connective tissue, and is bereft of both afferent or efferent innervation. Vibrations of the membrana basilaris formed into a transverse wave occur together with the organ of Corti and a band of connective tissue on the inferior membrane surface. Vibrations take place in a fluid which has suppressive properties. The length and the mass of the membrana basilaris in mammals and birds are very different and there is no relationship between the membrane basilaris length and the length of the sound wave, especially in the range of low frequencies. Small sound intensities, supraliminal, have amplitudes within the limits of a few picometers upon the entrance into the auditory meatus. This amplitude disappears in cochlear fluids and cannot reach the receptor through cochlear.. Read More»