9: Senses Flashcards

1
Q

Photoreceptors

A

Rods- black and white, see in dark

Comes- need light, color, blue/green/red

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2
Q

Sensory adaption

A

Getting used to a cold swimming pool

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3
Q

6 general sense

A
Temp
Pain
Touch 
Pressure 
Vibration 
Proprioception
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4
Q

5 special senses

A
Olfaction (smell)
Gustation (taste)
Vision 
Hearing 
Equilibrium (balance)
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5
Q

4 general receptors

A

Nociceptor- pain
Thermo- temp
Mechano
Chemo

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6
Q

3 Mechanoreceptor

A

Tactile receptor (lamellated/ pacinian)
Baroreceptor
Proprioreceptor

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7
Q

6 baroreceptors

A
Carotid 
Aortic 
Lung
Digestive 
Colon 
Urinary
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8
Q

2 chemo receptors

A

Carotid

Aortic

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9
Q

What is part of the inner layer of the eye wall

A

Retina

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10
Q

What cranial nerves are responsible for equilibrium

A

Vestibular

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11
Q

Vestibule

A

Sensation for gravity and linear acceleration

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12
Q

Semicircular canals

A

Rotational acceleration
Aka vestibular complex
Responsible for Balance

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13
Q

Cochlea

A

Spiral shaped

Sensory for hearing

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14
Q

Nociceptor

A

Pain

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15
Q

Thermoreceptor

A

Temp

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16
Q

Chemoreceptor

A

pH and CO2

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17
Q

Fast pain

A

Prickling
Localized
Transmitted through myelinated axons

18
Q

Slow pain

A

Aching
General area
Transmitted through unmyelinated axons

19
Q

Carotid bodies

A

CO2 CO PH

N9

20
Q

Aortic bodies

A

CO2 CO PH

N10

21
Q

Olfactory pathway (5)

A
Olfactory epithelium 
Olfactory nerve fibers (N1)
Olfactory bulb 
Olfactory tract 
CNS
22
Q

Blind spot

A

Optic disc

23
Q

Inferior Rectus

24
Q

Medial Rectus

A

In or cross eyed

25
Q

Superior Rectus

26
Q

Lateral Rectus

A

Look to side

27
Q

Inner layer of eye

A

Retina

Neural part
Pigmented part

28
Q

Myopia

A

Near sighted

29
Q

Hyperopia

A

Far sighted

30
Q

Lens focus far away

A

Muscles relax to flatten the lens

31
Q

Lens focus for close objects

A

Muscles contract to round lens

32
Q

External ear function

A

Collect sound waves

33
Q

Middle ear function

A

Amplify sound

34
Q

Internal ear function

A

Sensory organs for hearing and equilibrium

35
Q

Structures of external ear (3)

A

Auricle (ear)
Elastic cartilage (pockets in fat)
External acoustic meatus (canal)

36
Q

Structures of middle ear (4)

A
Tympanic membrane (ear drum)
Auditory ossicles (little bones) 
Tympanic cavity (drains to nose) 
Oval window
37
Q

Structures of inner ear (7)

A
Round window
Vestibule (head of snail) 
Auditory tube (drains to nose) 
Cochlea (snail swirl) 
Bony labyrinth (covering of all bone)
Nerves 7 and 8
Semi circular canals (vestibule to temporal bone)
38
Q

Another name for auditory tube

A

Eustachian tube

Connects middle ear to pharynx

39
Q

3 auditory ossicles

A

malleus, incus, and stapes

40
Q

Bony labyrinth function

A

Cochlea for hearing

The rest for balance and proprioception