What Part of the Ear Determines Pitch

question 71

Multiple Choice

What part of the ear determines pitch?

• A) tympanic membrane
• B) oval window
• C) incus, malleus, and stapes
• D) auditory canal
• E) organ of Corti

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Definitions:

Larynx

An organ located in the neck of mammals that is involved in breathing, sound production, and protecting the trachea against food aspiration.

Voice Box

Also known as the larynx, it is the organ in the throat involved in breathing, sound production, and protecting the trachea against food aspiration.

Bronchioles

Small airways in the lungs through which air passes before reaching the alveoli, involved in the process of gas exchange.

Capillaries

The smallest blood vessels in the body's circulatory system, responsible for the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and many other nutrients and waste substances between blood and tissues.