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External ear
Semicircular canals
• inputs of hearing
• alternating high- and low pressure
regions travelling in the same
direction through some medium
(such as air).
• Originate from a vibrating object
Hearing threshold
Key note
Dynamic equilibrium
• Maintenance of body position
(head) in response to sudden
movement such as rotational
acceleration or deceleration
Physiology of equilibrium
Static equilibrium
Take place in the vestibule
• Bony chamber between SCC
and Cochlea
• Contain utricle and saccule