basilar membrane

collocation in English

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basilar
adjective
uk
/ˈbæz.ɪ.lər/us
/ˈbæz.ɪ.lɚ/
related to the base of something, especially the base of ...
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membrane
noun[C or U]
us
//uk
/ˈmem.breɪn/
anatomy
a thin piece of skin that covers or connects parts of a person's or ...
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Thebasilarmembraneof the inner ear is an elastic shell immersed in fluid that vibrates in response to the incident sound.
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Thebasilarmembrane, cochlear nucleus, superior olive, and medial lemniscus are not primed by the amygdala.
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A model of thebasilarmembranemay be implemented as a filter bank.
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The musical understanding of pitch class as octave equivalence is based on uniform spacing of the corresponding resonance frequencies on thebasilarmembrane.
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The place theory suggests that spectral information is decoded via thebasilarmembranelocations of the neurons that fire most.
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Instead, the relevant fibres along thebasilarmembranerespond in part to local changes, especially increases in acoustic energy.
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Our hypothesis might be that particular physical properties of thebasilarmembraneenable differently positioned hair cells to respond to different sound frequencies.
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The timing theory suggests that pitch is perceived in terms of time-synchronous firings of the neurons connected to the hair cells near thebasilarmembraneapex.
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Hair cells are located on thebasilarmembrane.
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Due to varying stiffness of thebasilarmembraneand the stiffness, size and electrical resonance of the hair cell, different places on the basilar membrane are tuned to different frequencies.
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Stave notation, the widely used representation of music, stems from the frequency coding on thebasilarmembrane.
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The endolymphatic duct is wrapped in a simple loop around the lagena, with thebasilarmembranelying along one side.
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Thebasilarmembraneis tonotopic, so that each frequency has a characteristic place of resonance along it.
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A set of membranes called the vestibular membrane and thebasilarmembraneseparate the cochlear duct from the scala vestibule and the scala tympani.
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Therefore, when thebasilarmembranemoves due to vibrations, the stereocilia bend.
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Therefore, each position along thebasilarmembraneis finely tuned to a particular frequency.
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When a vibration is carried through the cochlea, the fluid within the three compartments causes thebasilarmembraneto respond in a wave-like manner.
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This conclusion is due to the finding that when deprived ofbasilarmembraneplace information, these patients still demonstrated normal pitch perception.
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When a complex sound is heard, it causes different parts in thebasilarmembraneto become simultaneously stimulated and flex.
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