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Structure and function of ear - class-XI

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The human ear is equipped to register sounds of frequencies between

  1. 20 to 20,000 cycles per second

  2. 1000 to 2000 cycles per second

  3. 5000 to 7000 cycles per second

  4. 5000 to 10,000 cycles per second

  5. 10,000 to 20,000 cycles per second


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The middle ear is mainly known as a sound amplifier of the ear. It has ear ossicles to amplify the sound. The human ear can respond to minute pressure vibrations in the air if they are in the audible frequency range of 20 Hz - 20,000 Hz or cycles per second.

So, the correct answer is option A.

Our ear can hear the frequency of sound waves

  1. 20 to 20,000 cycles / sec

  2. 1000 to 2000 cycles / sec

  3. 5000 to 7000 cycles / sec

  4. 5000 to 10,000 cycles / sec


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Hearing range describes the range of sound wave frequencies, that can be heard by humans or other animals. Human audible range is commonly 20 to 20,000 Hz. 

Otorhinolaryngology is the study of 

  1. Brain cells

  2. Bird anatomy

  3. Locomotary organs

  4. Ear, nose and throat (ENT)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Otorhinolaryngology is also called as otolaryngology. It is the area of medicine that deals with conditions of the ear, nose, and throat (ENT) region. 

In the human ear, in utriculus and calculus, there are
calcareous particles called catatonia, which respond to

  1. Change of posture

  2. Internal pressure

  3. Hearing

  4. Sense of smell


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Otoconia helps in balancing the body, during the change of posture when the  body is imbalanced and tilted onto one side the otoconia touch the steroidal and bend it causing the generation of nerve impulse.

A person going upto 10,000 feet height in a hot air balloon may develop severe pain in the ear due to

  1. Blocked eustachian tube

  2. Rupture of fenestra rotunda

  3. Endolymph getting into semicircular canals

  4. Fear of great height


Correct Option: B

The middle ear and internal ear of mammals are enclosed in which of the following bones __________________.

  1. Tympanic bulla and periotic bone (Temporal bone)

  2. Ethmoid

  3. Tympanic bulla

  4. Mastoid


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The auditory bulla (pl. bullae) is a hollow bony structure on the ventral, posterior portion of the skull that encloses parts of the middle and inner ear. In most species, it is formed by the tympanic part of the temporal bone.

Otoconium is found in

  1. Perilymph

  2. Haemolymph

  3. Synovial fluid

  4. Otolithic membrane


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

An otolith also called as statoconium or otoconium, is a structure in the saccule or utricle of the inner ear, in the vestibular labyrinth of vertebrates. Statoconia (also called as otoconia) are numerous grains, often spherical in shape, between 1 and 50 m. Statoconia are also sometimes termed a statocyst. 

Rats can perceive sound waves of frequency from ........... KHz.

  1. 20 - 30

  2. 150

  3. 1000

  4. 20 - 90


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The hearing is a mechanism which requires a sound under a particular range of frequency. It is known as the audible range. Ultrasonic sound is the sound of higher frequency and infrasonic are the sound of lower frequency as compared to normal audible range. Rats hearing frequency can be as low as 20 kHz to as high as 90kHz.

So, the correct answer is option D.

Our ears are most sensitive to sound of.

  1. $16$ cycles/sec

  2. $2000$ cycles/sec

  3. $1000$ cycles/sec

  4. $500$ cycles/sec


Correct Option: A

Echolocation is a characteristic of

  1. Insects

  2. Birds

  3. Bats

  4. Monkeys

  5. Rats


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The sound travels through the air as a wave and the energy of this wave bounces off any object it comes across. A bat emits a sound wave and listens carefully to the echoes that return to it. The bat's brain processes the returning information. By determining how long it takes a noise to return, the bat's brain figures out how far away an object is. The bat can also determine where the object is, how big it is and in what direction it is moving.

Bat can travel with

  1. Eyes open

  2. Eyes plugged and ears open

  3. Ears plugged and eyes open

  4. Ears closed and eyes plugged


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Biosonar or sonar system helps bats to detect distant objects by echolocation. These organisms emit high-pitched sounds that bounce off objects in its path and produce an echo back.  They respond rapidly to the echo and skillfully avoid obstacles and captures prey. Since they use only sonar system, not the vision, bats can travel with eyes plugged and ears open. 

Otolith (otoconia) are CaCO$ _3$ particles found in the

  1. Perilymph

  2. Endolymph

  3. Bones

  4. Vitreous humour


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An otolith, also called statoconium or otoconium, is a structure in the saccule or utricle of the inner ear, specifically in the vestibular labyrinth of vertebrates. They are sensitive to gravity and linear acceleration. In mammals, otoliths are small particles, composed of a combination of a gelatinous matrix and calcium carbonate in the endolymph of the saccule and utricle. The inertia of these small particles causes them to stimulate hair cells, when the head moves. 

Eye and ear are the examples of 

  1. Telereceptors

  2. Gustatory receptors

  3. Exteroreceptors

  4. Interoreceptors


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A sensory receptor such as a visual receptor or an auditory receptor, that can be stimulated by distant stimuli and that mediates a far sense is called as telereceptor. 

Ear dust is not situated in endolymph of

  1. Utriculus

  2. Ampulla

  3. Sacculus

  4. Endolymphatic sac


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

While semicircular canals respond to angular acceleration in specific directions, hair cells in the utricle and saccule respond to linear accelerations. The utricle and saccule are sac-like structures, that contain a patch of sensory hair cells called as the macula. The hair cells in the macula, which are similar to those in the cristae, are embedded in the otolith (ear stone) membrane, a gelatinous structure, that contains a large number of hexagonal prisms of calcium carbonate called as otoconia (ear dust). 

Since the density of the otoconia is greater than the surrounding endolymph, the otolith membrane will be displaced by the force of gravity or other linear accelerations. In humans, the enlarged ends of each of three semicircular bony canals in the inner ear are known as osseous ampullae. Tiny hairs in this ampullae help to keep the brain informed of how the head is oriented, helping the person's sense of balance. 
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Which part of the human ear converts pressure variations into electrical signals?

  1. Eustachian tube

  2. Auditory nerve

  3. Ear drum

  4. Cochlea


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

When the pressure variations strike the ear, they find their way through the external auditory canal to the tympanic membrane, setting it into vibration. The signal is thus converted to mechanical vibrations in solid matter. These vibrations of the tympanic membrane are transmitted to the ossicles, which in turn transmit them to the cochlea. Here, the signal undergoes a second change of nature, being converted into pressure variations within the liquid. These are then transformed again by specialised hair cells, which convert the liquid waves into nervous signals. Inside the cochlea, the tectorial membrane moves along with the pressure variations of the cochlear fluid. This membrane is in contact with the cilia on the top of the hair cells. There are two kinds of hair cells. The outer hair cells are the actual receptors. When the tectorial membrane moves, so does the hair on the outer cells. This movement is then encoded into electrical signals and goes to the brain through the cochlear nerve.

How many coils are present in cochlear duct of rabbit?

  1. $\displaystyle 2 \frac{1}{2}$

  2. $\displaystyle 2 \frac{3}{4}$

  3. $\displaystyle 1 \frac{1}{2}$

  4. $\displaystyle 1 \frac{1}{4}$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The cochlea is the auditory portion of the inner ear. It is a spiral-shaped cavity in the bony labyrinth, in rabbit making 2.5 turns around its axis, the modiolus. A core component of the cochlea is the organ of Corti, the sensory organ of hearing.

So, the correct answer is option A.

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