Making an analogy between hearing and vision, the auditory hair cells in the ______ are similar to the ______ in the ______.

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This is the correct choice as the auditory hair cells in the cochlea are similar to the rods and cones in the retina. These cells both play a crucial role in the transduction of sensory information (sound in the case of auditory hair cells and light in the case of rods and cones) into neural signals that can be interpreted by the brain. The cochlea is the region of the inner ear responsible for hearing, while the retina is the layer of cells at the back of the eye that helps you see. Ganglion cells and the eardrum are not directly involved in transducing sensory information into neural signals, so they are not the best choices for this analogy.

Making an Analogy Between Hearing and Vision, the Auditory Hair