What is the correct order of the structures that convert pressure waves in the air to the sensation of sound, beginning with the arrival of sound waves in the auditory canal?

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The correct order of structures that convert pressure waves in the air to the sensation of sound is as follows: sound waves arrive in the auditory canal, then the tympanic membrane vibrates, moving the ossicles (malleus, incus, and stapes), which in turn vibrate the oval window, causing the fluid in the cochlea to move. This movement bends the hair cells on the basilar membrane, creating an electrical impulse that is sent to the brain by the auditory nerve. Therefore, the correct order of structures is tympanic membrane, ossicles, oval window, basilar membrane, organ of Corti. Option E outlines this order.

What Is the Correct Order of the Structures That Convert