Auditory Pathway

Introduction:
vestibulo-
Fibersy auditory pathway through cochlear division
·

pass a
cochlear (VII cranial nerve). It known
also
auditory
-
nerve is as N.

Major party auditory pathway lies in medulla

midbrain
oblongata, and thalamic
region.

temporal lobe
·

Higher center
for hearing is in t
cerebral cortene.

·
Fibers are both crossed and uncrossed, so that
each cochlea in
represented in cortex on both side

Receptors i

·
Hair cells in
organ of
Corti are the receptors
sensation.
of auditory
Outer hair, b, Inner hair
·
Two
types: cas

hair innervated
·
All cells are
by afferent
and
efferent Nerve
fibers.
First order Neurons i

They are
Bipolar celloy spiral ganglion (in modiolay cochlea

·
short
processes (dendrites) of
the bipolar cells are distributed
hair
around cells my organ y couti as
afferent nerve
fibers
·

Long processes (axon)

leave the ear as cochlear N. and enter medulla

EFferent fibers i

Efferent fibers of hair cells arise

from superior olivary nucleus

Fibers this nucleus

from reach the hair cells
by passing through
·

the ventual and dorsal cochlear nuclei and Nerve

cochlear
of
the same side.
 o
gt controls motility and
impulse output from the hair cells .

Second Order Neurone :

Neurons dorsal and ventral cochlear nuclei medulla

g in
oblongata
°

second order
from neurons
g
auditory pathway .

Axons 9 second order in 4 :

groups
° neurons men

( as first cross midline and men opposite side to form

group
Fibers trapezoid
trapezoid body .

from body go
to
superior

Obiang nucleus .

do , second terminate
group
at
sup .

olixay Nucleus but via

trapezoid body y same side .

ca Third terminates in Nucleus og

lateral lemniscus g
group samsiede .

d' fourth into reticular

formation the midline
'

group run . cross

intermediate
trapezoid fibers
as
and
finally join the nucleus 9
lateral lemniscus g opposite side .

Third order Neutrons :

in nuclei
superior obiang
°

They are

and nucleus
of lateral lemniscus .

°
Fibers terminate into Medial Geniculate
which
body ,
forms the subcortical
center
auditory
.

. From medial
geniculate body , fibers
to
temporal cortex via
go ,

internal capsule
Auditory Radiations
as

. Some fibers from medial geniculate body go

to inferior colliculus

tectum in midbrain
of .
 Cortical
Auditory Centers
-
:

the lobe - cembral conten

·

They are in
temporal
·

Auditory areas one.

:Primary auditory area

141.42a Wernickle
Aral
14
Secondary Auditory area
[Ara.2c]

Cortical centers
·

auditory are concerned with the perception y

and
auditory impulses, analysis, pitch and
intensity y
sound

determination sound
of sourcey

·
Ana41842 are concerned with Perception: Auditory impulses only
·

Analysis and interpretation, sound an carried out

by Wernickle
and with help. Ana 22

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