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Concept: hearing system in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/11835
Preferred label hearing system
Definition The system that is concerned with the perception of sound, is mediated through the organ of Corti of the ear in mammals or through corresponding sensory receptors of the lagena in lower vertebrates, is normally sensitive in man to sound vibrations between 16 and 27.000 cycles per second but most receptive to those between 2.000 and 5.000 cycles per second, is conducted centrally by the cochlear branch of the auditory nerve, and is coordinated especially in the medial geniculate body.
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Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-12-05
Accepted Date 2013-12-05
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