Movement of the Oval Window

question 108

Multiple Choice

Movement of the oval window

• A)moves the endolymph in the inner ear,thereby bending the mechanoreceptors of the organ of Corti.
• B)vibrates the middle ear ossicles and eardrum.
• C)pushes endolymph from the cochlea into the semicircular canals.
• D)pushes perilymph from the semicircular canals into the cochlea.

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