Auditory Pathway

Introduction :

Vestibule
Fibers
auditory pathway through cochlear division
°

g pass g
-

cochlear ( vill cranial 9T known

auditory
-
nerve nerve ) .
is also as N .

Major party auditory pathway lies in medulla

midbrain
oblongata .
and thalamic
region
.

temporal lobe
•

Higher center
for hearing is in g
cerebral cortex ..

.
Fibers are both crossed and uncrossed , so that
each cochlea in
represented in cortex on both sides .

Receptors :

°
Hair cells in
organ of
Corti are the receptors
sensation
of auditory .

outer hair lb , Inner hair

°
Two
types :
ca,

hair innervated
.
All cells are
by afferent
and
efferent Nerve
fibers .

First order Neurone :

modiolus
They Bipolar cells g
spiral ganglion ( in g cochlea )
•
are

•
short
processes ( dendrites ) og
the bipolar cells are distributed
hair
around cells og organ g corti as
afferent nerve
fibers .

long processes ( axon ) leave the ear as cochlear N . and enter medulla .

Efferent fibers :

Efferent fibers of hair cells arise

from superior obiang nucleus .

Fibers this nucleus

from reach the hair cells
by passing through
°

the ventral and dorsal cochlear and Nerve

nuclei cochlear
of
the same side .
 o
gt controls motility and
impulse output from the hair cells .

Second Order Neurone :

Neurons dorsal and ventral cochlear nuclei medulla

g in
oblongata
°

second order
from neurons
g
auditory pathway .

Axons 9 second order in 4 :

groups
° neurons men

( as first cross midline and men opposite side to form

group
Fibers trapezoid
trapezoid body .

from body go
to
superior

Obiang nucleus .

do , second terminate
group
at
sup .

olixay Nucleus but via

trapezoid body y same side .

ca Third terminates in Nucleus og

lateral lemniscus g
group samsiede .

d' fourth into reticular

formation the midline
'

group run . cross

intermediate
trapezoid fibers
as
and
finally join the nucleus 9
lateral lemniscus g opposite side .

Third order Neutrons :

in nuclei
superior obiang
°

They are

and nucleus
of lateral lemniscus .

°
Fibers terminate into Medial Geniculate
which
body ,
forms the subcortical
center
auditory
.

. From medial
geniculate body , fibers
to
temporal cortex via
go ,

internal capsule
Auditory Radiations
as

. Some fibers from medial geniculate body go

to inferior colliculus

tectum in midbrain
of .
 Cortical
Auditory Centers :

the lobe g cerebral cortex

•

They are in
temporal .

Auditory areas are :

in
Primary auditory area
[ 41 .
42 & lnlernickle Area )
( a
Secondary Auditory area
[ Area -

zig

Cortical centers
•

auditory am concerned with the perception g

and
auditory impulses .
analysis g pitch and
intensity g
sound

determination sound
of source
g
.

concerned Perception
Area 91 & 42 with
Auditory impulses only
.
are
g .

Analysis and interpretation g

sound are carried out
by Wernicke
area with help g Ana 22 .

Applied :

② MedN (med notes .in )