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Ch. 15 Vocab Flashcards

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Eye

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Wall of eye includes fibrous sensory and vascular layers

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Special sensory receptors

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Large complex sensory organs( eyes and ears) or localized clusters of receptors(taste buds and olfactory epithelium)

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Accessory structures of the eye

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Eyebrows, eyelids, conjuctiva, lacrimal apparatus,eccentric eye muscles

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Conjunctiva

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  • mucous membrane
  • lines the internal service of the eyelids and continues over the anterior surface of the eyeball to the outer edge of the cornea where it fuses with the corneal epithelium
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Lacrimal apparatus

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Lacrimal glands-release a dilute salt solution(tears) onto another surface of the eyeball
System of ducts

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Lysozyme

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A substance in tears

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Extrinsic eye muscles

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Lateral rectus;medial rectus; superior rectus;inferior rectus; inferior oblique; superior oblique

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Sclera

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The opaque posterior region of the fibrous layer/the white of the eye

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Cornea

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Transparent anterior 1/6 of fibrous layer

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Choroid

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Posterior portion of the Uvea

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Ciliary body

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Ring of tissue surrounding the lens

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Ciliary zonule

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Suspended ligament that holds lens in position

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Iris

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The colored part of the eye

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Pupil

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central opening that regulates the amount of light entering the eye

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Retina

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Delicate two laye mebrane

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Photoreceptors

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Transducers light energy

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Bipolar cells

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A cell that transmits and processes signals

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Ganglion cells

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Cells that transmit and process signals:

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Optic disc(blind spot)

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Site where the optic nerve leaves the eye

Lacks photoreceptors

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Rods

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Photoreceptors that operate in dim light

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Cones

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Photoreceptors that operate I bright light

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Macula lutea

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Where cones are located

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Fovea centralis

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Where cones are concentrated

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Vitreous humor

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Included in the posterior segment of the internal chambers and fluids

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Scleral venous sinus

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The internal chambers and fluids drains via the scleral venous sinus (canal of Schlemm) at the sclera-cornea junction

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Lens

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Allows precise focusing of light on the retina

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Photons

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Packets of energy

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Visible spectrum

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The light our eyes can see

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Reflection

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The light reflecting

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Refraction

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Bending of a light ray due to change in speed when light passes from one transparent medium to another

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Focal point

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Where light is focused in our eyes

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Emmetropic

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Accommodation

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changing the lens shape by ciliary muscles to increase refractory power

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Presbyopia

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loss of accommodation over age 50

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Rhodopsin

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accumulates in the dark and retinal sensitivity increases within 20–30 minutes

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Light adaptation

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Occurs when moving from darkness into light

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Dark adaptation

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Happen when moving from light to dark

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Optic chiasma

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Medial fibers of the optic nerve decussate at the optic chiasma

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Depth perception

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Both eyes view the same image from slightly different angles

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Chemoreceptors

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Are in taste and smell

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Olfactory epithelium

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Part of the nose

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Taste buds

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Receptor organs

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Papillae

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Taste buds ate on top of these

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Gustatory taste cells

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Epithelial cells in the taste buds

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Umami taste

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Savory;amino acids glutamate and aspartate

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Auricle (pinna)

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Part of the external ear

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External acoustic meatus

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Short, curved tube lined with skin bearing hairs, sebaceous glands, and ceruminous glands

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Tympanic membrane

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Middle ear

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A small, air-filled, mucosa-lined cavity in the temporal bone

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Vestibular(oval) window

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Contained in bony wall of the ear

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Cochlear round ear

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Contained in buy wall f the ear

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Auditory tube

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Connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx

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Malleus

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Incus

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Staples

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Inner ear

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Bony labyrinth,filled with perilymph

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Bony labyrinth

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Torturous channels in the temporal lobe

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Endolymph

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In perilymph

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Vestibule

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Central egg-shaped cavity of the bony labyrinth

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Utricle

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Utricle is continuous with the semicircular canals

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Semicircular canals

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Three canals (anterior, lateral, and posterior) that each define two-thirds of a circle

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Ampulla

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Ampulla of each canal houses equilibrium receptor region called the crista ampullaris

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Cochlear

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A spiral, conical, bony chamber

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Vestibular membrane

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Vestibular apparatus consists of the equilibrium receptors in the semicircular canals and vestibule

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Basilar membrane

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The basilar membrane, which supports the organ of Corti

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Lateral rectus

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Moves eye laterally

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Medial rectus

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Moves eye medially

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Superior rectus

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Elevates eye and turns it medially

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Inferior rectus

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Depresses eye and turns it medially

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Inferior oblique

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Elevates eye and turns it laterally

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Superior oblique

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Depresses eye and turns it laterally

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