25 questions
Deflecting a hair cell's stereocilia towards the kinocilium causes which change?
Which afferent type predominantly innervates Type I hair cells via a calyx?
How many semicircular canals are there on each side of the head?
Per-rotational nystagmus outlasts the physical stimulus mainly because of:
How many vestibular sensors are there in each inner ear?
From which embryonic structure does the membranous labyrinth develop?
The horizontal semicircular canal is tilted approximately how far from the true horizontal?
Hair-cell directional sensitivity follows which response profile?
Which ion carries the depolarizing transduction current into the hair cell?
What is the function of the cupula within the ampulla?
Which two organs make up the otolith organs?
Otoconia are crystals composed of which material?
Displaced otoconia entering a semicircular canal are the mechanical basis of which disorder?
What is true of vestibular afferent fibres at rest, with no head movement?
Which afferent class is best suited to encoding brief, high-speed head movements?
Roughly what is the spontaneous firing range of primary vestibular afferents?
What is the main purpose of the vestibulo-ocular reflex?
Approximately how long is the latency of the vestibulo-ocular reflex?
A lesion of the medial longitudinal fasciculus characteristically produces:
Which signal drives cerebellar adjustment of VOR gain?
Failure of the central neural integrator characteristically produces:
Climbing fibres carrying cerebellar error signals originate from which structure?
Which bedside test assesses the vestibulo-ocular reflex with rapid head turns?
Cervical VEMP (cVEMP) primarily assesses the function of which organ?
Vestibular rehabilitation therapy relies most directly on which property of the nervous system?