Ch 9: Online 1 Flashcards

Sensory System

1
Q

What part of the ear contains the organ Corti?

A

Cochlea

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2
Q

What ear bone pushes in the oval window?

A

Stapes

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3
Q

Calcium carbonate in the utricle is called ____?

A

Otoliths

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4
Q

What cells are receptors for equilibrium?

A

Hair cells

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5
Q

What part of the eye contains photoreceptors?

A

Retina

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6
Q

What part of the eye bulges for near vision?

A

Lens

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7
Q

What part of the eye changes the size of the pupil?

A

Iris

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8
Q

What part of the brain controls vision?

A

Occipital lobes

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9
Q

Much of the sense of taste is actually ____?

A

Smell

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10
Q

Chemoreceptors are to taste as ____ are to smell.

A

Chemoreceptors

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11
Q

What are the nerves for the sense of smell?

A

Olfactory

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12
Q

What are the nerves for the sense of taste?

A

Facial and glossopharyngeal

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13
Q

What is the site of most receptors?

A

Dermis

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14
Q

What kind of nerve endings are the receptors for pain and heat?

A

Free nerve endings

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15
Q

What part of the brain feels and interprets cutaneous sensations?

A

Parietal lobes

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16
Q

Visceral pain felt as cutaneous pain is called ____?

A

Referred pain

17
Q

The cochlea contains which organ?

A

Corti

18
Q

What does the stapes bone do?

A

Pushes in the oval window

19
Q

What are Otoliths?

A

Calcium carbonate in the utricle

20
Q

Hair cells are receptors for what?

A

Equilibrium

21
Q

What is contained in the retina?

A

Photoreceptors

22
Q

The lens in the eye bulges for what type of vision?

A

Near vision

23
Q

What does the iris of the eye do?

A

Changes the size of the pupil

24
Q

The occipital lobes of the brain control what sense?

A

Vision

25
Q

Smell contributes greatly to the perception of which other sense?

A

Taste

26
Q

Chemoreceptors are to smell as ____ are to taste.

A

Chemoreceptors

27
Q

Olfactory nerves control which sense?

A

Smell

28
Q

The facial and glossopharyngeal nerves control which sense?

A

Taste

29
Q

The dermis is the site of what sensory system component?

A

Receptors

30
Q

The receptors for ____ have free nerve endings?

A

Heat and pain

31
Q

The parietal lobes of the brain feel and interpret what kind of sensations?

A

Cutaneous sensations

32
Q

What is referred pain?

A

Visceral pain felt as cutaneous pain