Crossword clues for basilar
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Basilar \Bas"i*lar\, Basilary \Bas"i*la*ry\, a. [F. basilaire, fr. L. basis. See Base, n.]
Relating to, or situated at, the base.
Lower; inferior; applied to impulses or springs of action. [R.] ``Basilar instincts.''
--H. W. Beecher.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or a lung. 2 Lower; inferior; base.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to or located at the base; "the basilar membrane of the cochlea" [syn: basilary]
Wikipedia
Basilar may refer to:
- Basilar artery
- Basilar artery migraines
- Basilar crackles
- Basilar crest
- Basilar membrane
- Basilar part of occipital bone
- Basilar part of pons
- Basilar plexus
- Basilar sinus
- Basilar sulcus of the pons
Usage examples of "basilar".
From here the vibrations pass through the channels of the cochlea and set into vibration the contents of the scala media and different portions of the basilar membrane.
The sound waves entering the cochlea by way of the oval window travel through the fluid above the basilar membrane.
The Hungarian physicist Georg von Bekesy has conducted careful experiments with an artificial system designed to possess all the essentials of the cochlea and has found that sound waves passing through the fluid in the cochlea set up wavelike displacements in the basilar membrane itself.
The basilar membrane of the cochlea can undergo displacements in response to any sound, musical or not.
The shape of the basilar membrane and its position in the ear are such that there is a direct correspondence between the frequency of each sine wave component of a sound and the positions of the hair cells activated by that component.
The rods of Corti are thought to act as dampers on the basilar membrane, to prevent the continuance of vibrations when once they are started.
One theory of pitch perception suggests that the crux lies in the point at which the sound waves are transmitted from the upper portion of the fluid across the basilar membrane into the lower portion.
The basilar membrane is made up of some 24,000 parallel fibers stretching across its width.
The ear is as sensitive, and even a microscopic shift of the eardrum will be recorded consciously: when the basilar membrane shifts through a distance of less than one hydrogen molecule a tonal sensation results.
It was tempting to think that each type of sound wave crossed the basilar membrane at the point where the resonance frequency corresponded to its own.