These changes influence the response of the basilar membrane to sound.

The basilar membrane is not easily traversed by sound waves.

This causes a vibration wave to travel down the basilar membrane.

Therefore, each position along the basilar membrane is finely tuned to a particular frequency.

The tuning of the basilar membrane is due to its mechanical structure.

The motion of the basilar membrane is generally described as a traveling wave.

The resonance of the basilar membrane in the ear.

The mechanical force that is generated by these mechanisms increases the movement of the basilar membrane.

This tone burst would stimulate the corresponding area on the basilar membrane.

The basilar membrane is made up of some 24,000 parallel fibers stretching across its width.

Resting on the basilar membrane is a line of cells which contain the sound-receptors.

Hair cells at different points among the basilar membrane will be stimulated and each to a different extent.

The auditory nerve responses select certain frequencies, similar to the basilar membrane.

Amplification to these sounds is therefore required, in order for the basilar membrane to respond efficiently.

A very strong movement of the basilar membrane due to very loud noise may cause hair cells to die.

He could measure vibrations along the basilar membrane in response to different excitations frequencies.

The pattern of voltages along the basilar membrane can be viewed on an oscilloscope.

Therefore, when the basilar membrane moves due to vibrations, the stereocilia bend.

The CM is proportional to the displacement of the basilar membrane.

This function as base of the sensory cells gave the basilar membrane its name, and it is again present in all land vertebrates.

Until a wave reaches the fibers with a resonant frequency, it doesn't move the basilar membrane a whole lot.

The basilar membrane is tonotopic, so that each frequency has a characteristic place of resonance along it.

The human ear is able to detect differences in pitch through the movement of auditory hair cells found on the basilar membrane.

When a complex sound is heard, it causes different parts in the basilar membrane to become simultaneously stimulated and flex.

The base of the basilar membrane is narrow and stiff, resulting in it responding best to high frequency sounds.