Question

the dancer must dance in time with the music. she knows this performance inside and out, but she must be able to hear the orchestra to know her cues.

1. what nerve carries the action potential for sound? name and number

2. where in the brain will this action potential go?

3. where in the brain does she recognize the music?

Answer 1

1. Ear is the sensory organ of hearing that perceives sound. The hair cells present in the inner ear transforms the sound vibrations into electrical impulses. These impulses are taken to the brain by the cochlear part of vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII cranial nerve).
2. The vestibulocochlear nerve take these impulses through the afferent sensory pathway to the auditory cortex in the

3. The auditory cortex can be further divided into primary, secondary amd tertiary.
The primary auditory cortex perceives the pitch and loudness of the music.