Question

Given below is a group of terms in which the first pair indicates the relationship between the two terms. Rewrite and complete the second pair on a similar basis.

Example

Oxygen: Inspiration: : Carbon Dioxide : Expiration

Eye: Optic nerve: :Ear: ______

Answer 1

Eye:

1. It is a sensory organ that is involved in the perception of vision.

Optic nerves:

1. These are nerve fibers emerging from the retina which join together at the blind spot and form the optic nerve that emerges out of the eyeball and leads towards the optic center of the brain transmitting the visual information as impulses.

Ear:

1. It is the organ that perceives sound vibrations for hearing and also maintains the equilibrium of the body.

Auditory nerves:

1. These are nerves of the inner ear which lead to the brain where it transmits the auditory information as impulses for integration

Hence, the Eye: Optic nerve:: Ear: Auditory nerve