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Explain how energy from a sound wave (compression wave in air) is turned into an action...

Explain how energy from a sound wave (compression wave in air) is turned into an action potential in the cochlear nerve.

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The organ of Corti situated in inner ear is responsible for transduction of sound. When an sound wave from external object enters ear then into cochlea then the hair cells in organ of Corti transduce the mechanical sound into nerve impulses with the response of basilar membrane in it.

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