Auditory pathway

AUDITORY PATHWAY
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  • The vestibulo cochlear nerve endup in the cochlear nucleus of the medulla.
  • The impulses from here are transmitted to superior olivary nuclei, inferior colliculus and median geniculate body of thalamus.
  • From thalamus it endsup in temporal lobe of cerebral cortex (auditory cortex)
  • Temporal lobe sends efferent to limbic system for behavioural modification and to muscles of larynx for reflex vocalization.
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