Q: What ear structure has three fluid filled ducts, including the organ of corti, where sound waves in air go to vibration?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Sensory systems deformed by gelatinous membrane. Vestibular apparatus, gives us perception of gravity and movement. Due to physical response, not chemical binding. Cochlea: bony, coil shaped part of inner ear, where hearing occurs. Sound enters through auditory canal, vibrates tympanic membrane,moving three bones of middle ear (malleus, incus, and stapes)against oval window opening in front of cochlea. Cochlea has three fluid filled ducts, one of these the organ of Corti. Sound waves in air go to vibration in organ of Corti; fluid tickles hair cells, which register the movement along basilar membrane in cochlea. Different sound frequencies move different portions of basilar membrane. Hearing loss due to loss of hair cells. Humans normally smell more than 300 odors in a day(Facts and Truth). Transduction of sound accomplished throgh physical deformation,not chemical binding.

 Choices:

- semicirciular canal

- saccule

- utricle

- cochlea


A:
cochlea