sound-frequency

Updated: August 12, 2026

Nerves lead from them to a complex nerve-cable at the bottom of the comb and into the brain at the base of the skull. I couldn't understand how the system functioned, but now I see it. Each of the larger membranes on the outside responds to a sound-frequency band, and the small ones on the inside break the bands down to individual frequencies." "How many of the little ones are there?"

H. Beam Piper - Naudsonce