Auditory System: Anatomy Physiology (Ear)

✍ Scribed by H. W. Ades, A. Axelsson, I. L. Baird, G. v. Békésy, R. L. Boord, C. B. G. Campbell, O. Densert, D. H. Eldredge, H. Engström, J. Fex, J. M. Harrison, O. W. Henson, M. E. Howe, S. Iurato, A. Michelsen, A. R. Møller, R. R. Pfeiffer, S. Rauch, I. Rauch, E. A. G. Shaw, J. Wersäll, E. G. Wever (auth.), Wolf D. Keidel, William D. Neff (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1974
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 742
• Series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology 5 / 1 : Auditory System
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In planning The Handbook volumes on Audition, we, the editors, made the decision that there should be many authors, each writing about the work in the field that he knew best through his own research, rather than a few authors who would review areas of research with which they lacked first hand familiarity. For the purposes of the chapters on Audition, sensory physiology has been defined very broadly to include studies from the many disciplines that contribute to our understanding of the structures concerned with hearing and the processes that take place in these structures in man and in lower animals. A number of chapters on special topics have been included in order to present information that might not be covered by the usual chapters dealing with anatomical, physi­ ological and behavioral aspects of hearing. We wish to thank all authors of the volumes on Audition for the contributions that they have made. We feel confident that their efforts will also be appreciated by the many scientists and clinicians who will make use of the Handbook for many years to come. WOLF D. KEIDEL WILLIAM D. NEFF Erlangen Bloomington August 1974 Contents Introduction. By G. v. BEKESY t. With 3 Figures. . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 1 Consideration of the Acoustic Stimulus. By R. R. PFEIFFER. With Chapter 2 19 Figures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Comparative Anatomy of the Middle Ear. By O. W. HENSON Jr. With Chapter 3 23 Figures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . .

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Consideration of the Acoustic Stimulus....Pages 9-38
Comparative Anatomy of the Middle Ear....Pages 39-110
The Morphology of the Middle Ear Muscles in Mammals....Pages 111-124
Anatomy of the Inner Ear....Pages 125-158
Anatomical Features of the Inner Ear in Submammalian Vertebrates....Pages 159-212
The Blood Supply of the Inner Ear of Mammals....Pages 213-260
Efferent Innervation of the Cochlea....Pages 261-282
Anatomy of the Afferent Auditory Nervous System of Mammals....Pages 283-336
Central Auditory Pathways of Nonmammalian Vertebrates....Pages 337-362
Anatomy of the Descending Auditory System (Mammalian)....Pages 363-388
Hearing in Invertebrates....Pages 389-422
The Evolution of Vertebrate Hearing....Pages 423-454
The External Ear....Pages 455-490
Function of the Middle Ear....Pages 491-517
The Acoustic Middle Ear Muscle Reflex....Pages 519-548
Inner Ear — Cochlear Mechanics and Cochlear Potentials....Pages 549-584
Neural Excitatory Processes of the Inner Ear....Pages 585-646
Physico-Chemical Properties of the Inner Ear Especially Ionic Transport....Pages 647-682
Back Matter....Pages 683-737

✦ Subjects

Medicine/Public Health, general