Bio107-ch15EYE Flashcards
Sensory receptors provide
external and internal environmental information to the CNS
Sensory receptors act as
transducers
Transducers convert
energy into depolarization
through action potential
Receptors produce _____ potentials that may stimulate ______ potentials
graded
action
Sensory receptors are ______ selective
highly
Chemoreceptors
detect changes in chemical environment
taste buds, olfactory epithelium
Photoreceptors
detect light
Thermoreceptors
temperature
Mechanoreceptors
mechanical distortion or pressure
Propioceptors
position of muscles and joints
Nociceptors
pain
Osmoreceptors
solute concentration
Sensory adaption/receptor ______ its response to stimulus over time
decreases
Tonic adaption
receptors do NOT adapt or adapt slowly
pain receptors
Phasic adaption
receptors ADAPT rapidly
odor, touch
The eye:
Light perception
rods and cones in retina
Light regulation
iris
Accommodation
focus
Interpretation
CNS
In the eye, light rays enter through the _____, then pass to the ______
cornea
retina
Fovea centralis (3)
- focal point at the back of the eye
- has the greatest acuity
- cont. only CONES
Sclera
white part of eye