User talk:Jonkopp

Come introduce yourself at the new users page. If you have any questions, you can ask there or contact me personally.

User:Provophys was the professor teaching the class that wrote the Human Physiology book. He has told me that he has taken a semester off from the book, which would explain why he appears to be inactive. The Human Physiology book was written by a class of nursing students (two classes, in fact), and this may be a reason why some of the material may be a little inaccurate. I am, however, no expert on physiology, although I do agree with your logic that a larger bone structure would reasonate at a lower frequency. I'm an engineer, so I do know about resonation, but I don't know specifics about the size and composition of inner-ear components. I would suggest that you check out some pages on Wikipedia about the topic, and see if you can find the information to resolve this issue. If you find a reliable source of information about this (wikipedia can, in general, be considered pretty reliable for our purposes) we can change the material on the page.

Welcome to wikibooks, let me know if you need anything. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 15:46, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I saw the note you left on Whiteknight's talk page. I just finished studying this as I have an exam in 2 days on this subject. You can see my answer there, but I also wanted to point out that the reasoning used both in your question and in WK's response above is incorrect. The bone structure has (almost) nothing to do with hearing. The vibrating component that matters is the basilar membrane. It has several interesting properties relevant here. It is wider and more flexible towards the apex, and comparatively narrow and rigid towards the oval window (which I didn't mention on WK's talk page). This is at least partially responsible for why high frequencies are coded for close to the oval window and low frequencies near the apex. I hope this helps you. (It helps me; we actually learn best by teaching, so this counts as studying... or at least that what I tell myself to justify my inability to maintain the wikibreak I am supposedly on :P) – Mike.lifeguard  &#124; talk 17:02, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks Mike.lifeguard for jumping in. I guarantee you know more about this topic than I do, so please don't hesitate to edit the description. Based on your messages I made some changes, but hope that others will feel free to modify what I have written. Sorry Jonkopp for not answering your question--I kind of left the book on its own for a time. I just finished another semester of physiology, but we did wikinotes on wetpaint.com. Feel free to check those out [here]. Provophys (talk) 00:29, 18 December 2007 (UTC)