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PHYSIOLOGY OF EQUILIBRIUM
STRUCTURES INVOLVED IN
MAINTENANCE OF BALANCE IN THE EAR
• Utricle and Saccule
• Semicircular Canals
PHYSIOLOGY OF VESTIBULAR SYSTEM
• Peripheral – membranous labyrinth and
vestibular nerve
• Central – made up of nuclei and fiber tracts
in CNS
UTRICLE
• Stimulated by linear acceleration and
deceleration or gravitational pull during head
tilts.
• Macula of utricle lies in horizontal plane on the
inferior surface of utricle.
• Hair cells stimulated by displacement of otolithic
membrane.
• Hair cells oriented in different directions.
• Determines orientation of the head when the
head is upright.
SACCULE
• Function similar to utricle.
• Macula of saccule located in a vertical
plane and signals head orientation when
person is lying down.
• Also responds to sound vibrations.
SEMICIRCULAR CANALS
• Responds to angular acceleration and deceleration.
• 3 canals lie at right angles to each other.
• Canal which lies at right angle to axis of rotation
stimulated most.
• Stimulus – flow of endolymph displacing the cupula.
• Stimulation of semicircular canals produce
nystagmus.
MAINTENANCE OF EQUILIBRIUM
• Function of Utricle and Saccule :
• Hair cells in maculae oriented in different
directions.
• With different position of head, stimulation of
different hair cells apprise the brain of the
position of the head.
• In turn Vestibular, cerebellar and reticular motor
systems excite appropriate postural muscles.
• Detection of linear acceleration and
deceleration by the utricle and saccule:
• Otoliths fall back on hair cells during
acceleration and deceleration.
• Information of disequilibrium causes
person to shift.
• Detection of head rotation by semicircular
ducts
• Predictive function of semi circular canals:
• Predicts disequilibrium is going to occur
and thereby causes equilibrium centers to
make appropriate anticipatory preventive
adjustments.
OTHER FACTORS CONCERNED WITH
EQUILIBRIUM
• Visual Input
• Neck Proprioceptors
• Proprioceptive and exteroceptive
information from other parts of the body.
• Neuronal connections of vestibular
apparatus with CNS.
PATHWAY FOR EQUILIBRIUM REFLEX
• Initiates in vestibular verves.
• Then passes to vestibular nuclei and cerebellum.
• Next signals are sent to reticular nuclei of brain
stem as well as down the spinal chord by way of
vestibulospinal and reticulospinal tracts.
• Antigravity muscles may be stimulated or
inhibited.
Physiology of equilibrium - Vestibular System

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Physiology of equilibrium - Vestibular System

  • 2. STRUCTURES INVOLVED IN MAINTENANCE OF BALANCE IN THE EAR • Utricle and Saccule • Semicircular Canals
  • 3. PHYSIOLOGY OF VESTIBULAR SYSTEM • Peripheral – membranous labyrinth and vestibular nerve • Central – made up of nuclei and fiber tracts in CNS
  • 4.
  • 5. UTRICLE • Stimulated by linear acceleration and deceleration or gravitational pull during head tilts. • Macula of utricle lies in horizontal plane on the inferior surface of utricle. • Hair cells stimulated by displacement of otolithic membrane. • Hair cells oriented in different directions. • Determines orientation of the head when the head is upright.
  • 6.
  • 7.
  • 8. SACCULE • Function similar to utricle. • Macula of saccule located in a vertical plane and signals head orientation when person is lying down. • Also responds to sound vibrations.
  • 9. SEMICIRCULAR CANALS • Responds to angular acceleration and deceleration. • 3 canals lie at right angles to each other. • Canal which lies at right angle to axis of rotation stimulated most. • Stimulus – flow of endolymph displacing the cupula. • Stimulation of semicircular canals produce nystagmus.
  • 10.
  • 11. MAINTENANCE OF EQUILIBRIUM • Function of Utricle and Saccule : • Hair cells in maculae oriented in different directions. • With different position of head, stimulation of different hair cells apprise the brain of the position of the head. • In turn Vestibular, cerebellar and reticular motor systems excite appropriate postural muscles.
  • 12. • Detection of linear acceleration and deceleration by the utricle and saccule: • Otoliths fall back on hair cells during acceleration and deceleration. • Information of disequilibrium causes person to shift.
  • 13.
  • 14. • Detection of head rotation by semicircular ducts • Predictive function of semi circular canals: • Predicts disequilibrium is going to occur and thereby causes equilibrium centers to make appropriate anticipatory preventive adjustments.
  • 15. OTHER FACTORS CONCERNED WITH EQUILIBRIUM • Visual Input • Neck Proprioceptors • Proprioceptive and exteroceptive information from other parts of the body. • Neuronal connections of vestibular apparatus with CNS.
  • 16. PATHWAY FOR EQUILIBRIUM REFLEX • Initiates in vestibular verves. • Then passes to vestibular nuclei and cerebellum. • Next signals are sent to reticular nuclei of brain stem as well as down the spinal chord by way of vestibulospinal and reticulospinal tracts. • Antigravity muscles may be stimulated or inhibited.