When the stapes moves medially,
A) a wave is initially set up in the endolymph.
B) the perilymph of the scala vestibuli receives a compression pulse.
C) Reissner's membrane undergoes muscular contraction.
D) the organ of Corti vibrates at a resonant frequency equal to the whole-number multiple of the initial impulse.

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When the stapes moves medially, it pushes on the oval window, creating a compression wave in the perilymph of the scala vestibuli.

When the Stapes Moves Medially