Answer the following : (a) Which part of the ear determines the pitch of a sound? (b) Which part of the human brain is the most developed ? (c) Which part of our central neural system acts as a master clock?

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Answer the following : (a) Which part of the ear determines the pitch of a sound? (b) Which part of the human brain is the most developed ? (c) Which part of our central neural system acts as a master clock?,

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(a) Pitch represents the perceived fundamental frequency of a sound. Pitch is a subjective sensation in which a listener assigns perceived tones to relative positions on a musical scale based primarily on the frequency of vibration. As sound is finally perceived by the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex so it can be said that cerebral cortex perceives the pitch of the sound. (b) Cerebral cortex (c) Hindbrain

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