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While travelling at a higher altitude, a person complains of dizziness and vomiting sensation. Which part of the inner ear is disturbed during the journey ?

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The symptoms of dizziness and vomiting, faced by a person travelling at higher altitude is because of the following resaons .
(i) The function of Eustachian tube is to equalise the pressure on either sides of the ear drum, sudden elevation in height causes disturbance in maintaining pressure by this area of ear.
(ii) The semicircular ducts, the anterior, posterior and lateral semicircular ducts, are enlarged at one end to give rise to ampulla. Each ampulla contains sensory path of hairs, the cristae, which is concerned with the balancing of the body, Change in altitude brings changes in the reorientation and adjustments in these structures of internal ear causing the above said symptoms.
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