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Which of these contains the most pigmentation?

What is the membrane potential in the DARK of a rod cell?

Which of the following pathways most correctly describes the movement of a sound wave through the ear?

   Refer to the image above.  Name the test.

_________________ cells have a massive increase in action potentials, which rapidly fall off per unit time (they become desensitized).

A person is looking with both eyes to their right. Based on what you know about the cranial nerves and their targets in the eye, which cranial nerves are activated in which eye so this can happen.  It may help to draw yourself a picture. 

[A] ________________ pigment is most concentrated in your cones, while [B]_______________ pigment is most concentrated in your rods.

   Refer to the image.  Consider the person’s right eye.  What cranial nerve is responsible for it’s movement in the image?

Which ion depolarizes hair cells?

Why is the movement at the oval window accompanied by a complementary motion at the round window?