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2.07 Tutorial Week 2
2.07 Tutorial Week 2
2.07 Tutorial Week 2
dynamic equilibrium includes angular or -The thalamus and then the inferior
rotational movements, such as turning your parietal lobe, for conscious awareness
head or spinning in a chair. The three of head position and movement.
ducts, which con- tain endolymph, are
oriented to detect rotation in all three The inferior parietal lobe integrates the
planes. The semicircular ducts are signals so you are aware of the direction in
connected to the utricle; near this con- which your head is moving (for example,
nection, each duct has a swelling, the
knowing that your head is turning to the
right and not the left). Several regions of
the parietal lobe receive vestibular signals,
but their locations have not been
determined with the same accuracy as in
the visual and auditory pathways.
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Ceruminous Glands