In all sensory systems an important part of the neural code is determined by what location of the sensory organ is stimulated. In the case of the eye, a spot of light falls on a few photoreceptors and ...

A sensory epithelium makes up a small portion of the wall of the membranous chamber. It is made up of the sensory cells together with "supporting" cells that help to support the function of the ...

James O Pickles, An Introduction to the Physiology of Hearing, Academic Press, 3rd edition, 2008. This single authored book provides an excellent overview of hearing mechanisms from the external ear ...

“Sudden temperature shifts create pressure changes in the environment, which the ear works to balance through the Eustachian tube — a tunnel connecting the middle ear to the back of the nose,” ...