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?

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?

25
Smell contributes greatly to the perception of which other sense?
Taste
26
Chemoreceptors are to smell as ____ are to taste.
Chemoreceptors
27
Olfactory nerves control which sense?
Smell
28
The facial and glossopharyngeal nerves control which sense?
Taste
29
The dermis is the site of what sensory system component?
Receptors
30
The receptors for ____ have free nerve endings?
Heat and pain
31
The parietal lobes of the brain feel and interpret what kind of sensations?
Cutaneous sensations
32
What is referred pain?
Visceral pain felt as cutaneous pain