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  2. 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.

  3. 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]

  4. 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 ...

  5. Visual system - Wikipedia

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    Visual system. The visual system includes the eyes, the connecting pathways through to the visual cortex and other parts of the brain (human system shown). The eye is the sensory organ of the visual system. The iris, pupil, and sclera are visible. Identifiers.

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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.

  8. Outer ear - Wikipedia

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    Red is middle ear. Purple is inner ear. The auricula. Lateral surface. The outer ear, external ear, or auris externa is the external part of the ear, which consists of the auricle (also pinna) and the ear canal. [1] It gathers sound energy and focuses it on the eardrum (tympanic membrane).

  9. 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 ...