Anelec finals part 3 Flashcards
Stimulation of semicircular canals in motion
Motion sickness
The number of cycles per second measured in hertz
Pitch
normal range of human hearing hertz is?
20-20,000 hertz
Largest, least numerous, circular, about 12, very large, form and inverted V-shaped, 100-200 taste buds
Vallate papillae
Small red dots, musgroom shaped, taste buds (middle portion)
Fungiform
Most numerous, entire surface of the tongue, pointed, threadlike structures
Filiform
Most sensitive, at lateral margins of the tongue
Foliate
Taste
taste buds, and papillae
hearing and balance 3 parts
External, middle, inner
(Vestibule) evaluate position of the head relative to gravity
Static labyrinth
(Semicircular canals) evaluate changes in the direction and rate of head movements
Kinetic labyrinth
Physiology: volume
Loudness, measured in decibels
(?%) of all sensory receptors are in the eyes
70%
The wall of the eye is composed of three tissue layers, or tunics
Fibrous, vascular and nervous
Nervous: Innermost
Retina