Integrative NSC- Exam 2 Questions and Answers 100% Correct | latest update

Integrative NSC- Exam 2 Questions and Answers 100% Correct | latest update purpose of vestibular system - stabilization of gaze, head orientation, and posture during movement yaw - rotation around z axis (cuts face into right and left) roll - rotation around x axis (through the nose to back of head) pitch - rotation around y axis (through the ears) labryinth - continuous with cochlea, converts gravity effects into neural impulses utricle - detects horizontal acceleration, hair cells are perpendicular to horizon saccule - detects vertical acceleration, hair cells parallel to horizon ampullae - holds the hair cells of each canal stereocilia bend to kinocilia - K+ influx and depolarization kinocilia bend to stereocilia - less Ca2+ and K+ released, hyperpolarization