Ch 16 Flashcards
What are general senses?
Taste, touch, sight, smell, hearing
Specialized sensory receptors are not localized to what?
The head
What is gestation and olfacton?
Taste and smell?
What is another name for chemoreceptors?
Receptors
What is the name of two types of gustation papillae (taste buds)?
Fungiform (not taste bud, appreciated food texture)
Circumvallate
What are the five qualities of taste?
Sweet
Sour
Salty
Bitter
Vmami, “deliriousness”
What are the three cell types in all senses?
Supporting cells
Sense cells (gustatory, olfactory, etc.)
Basal cells
Where are the olfactory receptors?
In the olfactory epithelium
What percentage of sensory receptors are in the eyes?
70%
What percentage of the cerebral cortex is involved with processing visual information?
40%
What is the name of the eye transparent muscous membrane?
Conjunctiva
What does lacrimal mean?
Relating to the tear gland
What is the lacrimal sac?
Tear duct
What is a tunic?
Covering or organ
What are the three eyeball tunics?
Fibrous layer (outermost)
Vascular layer
Retina (photoreceptors)
What is the names of the two eyeball fluids?
Aqueous humor
Vitreous humor
What is the sclera?
The white of the eye
What is the cornea?
The transparent anterior
The window of the eye
What allows the aqueous humor to drain?
The sclaera venous sinus
Where in the eyball is the vascular layer located?
In the outer choroid
Where is the choroid located?
Between the retina and scalara
What is the iris?
Blue colored part of the eye
What is the iris made of?
Smooth muscle
What is the pupil?
The hole that lets light in the eye
Dilates/constricts
Sphincter pupillae muscle
What is the retina?
Has photoreceptors