Anatomy Final Flashcards
In which of the following areas does sorting and editing of sensory impulses take place?
Thalamic nuclei
Which of the following areas of the brain is most involved in maintaining the body’s homeostasis?
Hypothalamus
What is the autonomic control center?
Hypothalamus
Which type of brain waves are seen when a person is concentrating on solving a problem?
Beta waves
Which part of the brain is involved in thirst sensations?
Hypothalamus
What part of the ear evaluates rotational movement?
Semicicular canals
What part of the ear responds to gravity and the movement of the head?
Vestibule
What part of the ear transmits vibrations into the inner ear?
Oval window
What part of the ear is the opening from the inner ear to the middle ear?
Round window
What is conduction deafness?
When sound conduction to the fluid of the inner ear is impeded
What does the conjunctival mucous membrane cover?
Inner surface of the eyelid and the visible portion of the sclera
The near point of vision is shortest in who?
Children
What happens to a lens when it focuses on a distant object?
It flattens
What percent of sensory receptors are involved with sight?
70 percent
Ciliary glands are modified what?
Sweat glands
What does retinal deattachment lead to?
Blindness
What are the human eyes best adapt for?
Distant vision
What are one of the few types of neurons that can replace themselves in adult life?
Olfactory receptors
What is glutamate?
Neurotransmitter involved with hearing in the inner ear
What is the vascular layer of the eye composed of?
Choroid
Ciliary body
Iris
What muscles dilate the pupil of the eye?
Radial muscles
Where is the olfactory epithelium located?
In the roof of the nasal cavity
What is a myopic eye?
Nearsighted
Eyeball is too long
What is a hyperopic eye?
Farsighted
Eyeball is too short
What are the functions of tears?
Moisturize the eye
Remove unwanted material
What makes tears and where do they go?
Lacrimal gland produces tears
Exit the eye through lacrimal canaliculi, then drain into lacrimal duct
What is a sty?
Sty is an inflammation of a gland in the eye
What is the function of the cornea?
bends light that enters the eye
What is the function of the aqueous humor?
Supplies nutrients and oxygen to lens and cornea
Supports eyeball internally
What is the function of the pupil?
Allows light to enter the eye
What is the function of the iris?
Controls pupil size
Controls amount of light entering the eye
What is the function of the ciliary body?
Controls lens shape
What is the function of the lens?
Helps to focus light on the retina
What is the function of vitreous humor?
Transmits light
Holds neural layer of retina in place
What is the function of the sclera?
Protects and shapes the eyeball
Provides anchoring site for extrinsic eye muscles
What is the functions of the choroid?
Blood vessels nourish all eye layers
How many photons of light does it take to activate a rod?
A cone?
1 photon of light
100 photons of light
Where is the sense of smell processed in the brain?
Frontal lobe
What is the volate papillae?
7-12 large taste buds that form a V in the back of the tongue
What are fungiform papillae?
Small taste buds all over the tongue
What are foliate papillae?
Taste buds on the side of the tongue
What are the five basic senses of taste?
Sweet Salty Sour Bitter Umani
Where is taste perceived in the brain?
Gustatory cortex of the insula
What is the function of auricle?
Funnels sound waves into external acoustic meatus
What is the function of ceruminous glands?
Secrete earwax to repel foreign bodies and insects
What is the function of the tympanic membrane?
Sound causes it to vibrate which sends vibrations to middle ear or bones
What is the function of the auditory tube?
Connects middle ear with nasopharynx
What is the function of the ossicles?
Transmits vibrations from eardrum to oval window
Sets fluids of internal ear into motion
What is the function of the stapedes and tensor tympani?
Muscles that prevent ossicles from over vibrating
What is the function of the perilymph and endolymph?
Conducts sound vibrations and respond to mechanical forces
What part of the brain functions in speech?
Broca’s area