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  2. Auditory system - Wikipedia

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    Auditory system. Auditory system. Anatomical terminology. [edit on Wikidata] How sounds make their way from the source to the brain. The auditory system is the sensory system for the sense of hearing. It includes both the sensory organs (the ears) and the auditory parts of the sensory system. [1]

  3. Spiral ganglion - Wikipedia

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    Part of the cochlear division of the acoustic nerve, highly magnified. The spiral (cochlear) ganglion is a group of neuron cell bodies in the modiolus, the conical central axis of the cochlea. These bipolar neurons innervate the hair cells of the organ of Corti. They project their axons to the ventral and dorsal cochlear nuclei as the cochlear ...

  4. Topographic map (neuroanatomy) - Wikipedia

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    Topographic map (neuroanatomy) Appearance. In neuroanatomy, topographic map is the ordered projection of a sensory surface (like the retina or the skin) or an effector system (like the musculature) to one or more structures of the central nervous system. Topographic maps can be found in all sensory systems and in many motor systems.

  5. Visual system - Wikipedia

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    The visual system is the physiological basis of visual perception (the ability to detect and process light). The system detects, transduces and interprets information concerning light within the visible range to construct an image and build a mental model of the surrounding environment.

  6. Ear canal - Wikipedia

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    6867. FMA. 61734. Anatomical terminology. [edit on Wikidata] The ear canal (external acoustic meatus, external auditory meatus, EAM) is a pathway running from the outer ear to the middle ear. The adult human ear canal extends from the auricle to the eardrum and is about 2.5 centimetres (1 in) in length and 0.7 centimetres (0.3 in) in diameter.

  7. Optic tract - Wikipedia

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    The left optic nerve and the optic tracts. In neuroanatomy, the optic tract (from Latin tractus opticus) is a part of the visual system in the brain. It is a continuation of the optic nerve that relays information from the optic chiasm to the ipsilateral lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), pretectal nuclei, and superior colliculus. [1] It is ...

  8. Cochlear nerve - Wikipedia

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    Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy. [edit on Wikidata] The cochlear nerve (also auditory nerve or acoustic nerve) is one of two parts of the vestibulocochlear nerve, a cranial nerve present in amniotes, the other part being the vestibular nerve. The cochlear nerve carries auditory sensory information from the cochlea of the inner ear directly to ...

  9. Tympanic nerve - Wikipedia

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    The tympanic nerve (Jacobson 's nerve) is a branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve passing through the petrous part of the temporal bone to reach the middle ear. It provides sensory innervation for the middle ear, the Eustachian tube, the parotid gland, and mastoid cells. It also carries parasympathetic fibers destined for the parotid gland.