CHAP 16 Flashcards
Anterior portion of the tongue sends taste information back to the brain via which cranial nerve?
FACIAL
Posterior portion of the tongue sends taste information back to the brain via which cranial nerve?
GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL
Sense of smell path: Olfactory nerves > Olfactory bulbs > Olfactory tracts > which lobe of the brain?
frontal lobe
Location & function of SOMATIC sense receptors:
SKIN & MUCOUS MEMBRANES, JOINTS, MUSCLE SPINDLES, & GOLGI TENDON ORGANS; HELPS W/DETECTING TEXTURE, PRESSURE, TEMP., PAIN, AND STRETCH
Location & function of VISCERAL sense receptors:
WALLS OF INTERNAL ORGANS & BLOOD VESSELS; HELPS W/DETECTING STRETCH IN SMOOTH MUSCLE, CHEMICAL CHANGES, TEMP., AND PAIN
What fluid is found in the anterior cavity of the eye?
AQUEOUS HUMOR
What fluid is found in the posterior cavity of the eye?
VITREOUS HUMOR
Define fovea centralis.
HAS CONES AND ALMOST NO RODS; SHARPEST VISION USED TO FOCUS
Function of choroid:
SUPPLIES NUTRIENTS TO RETINA; ABSORB SOME LIGHT
Function of pupil:
OPENING; CONTROLS AMOUNT OF LIGHT
External acoustic meatus:
BONY TUBE BETWEEN AURICLE AND TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; EAR CANAL
Tympanic membrane:
EARDRUM; SEPARATES EXTERNAL EAR FROM MIDDLE EAR
Auditory ossicles:
BONES IN TYMPANIC CAVITY; TRANSPORT SOUNDWAVES FROM OVAL WINDOW INTO INNER EAR; STAPES, INCUS, & MALLEUS
Oval window:
MEMBRANE-COVERED OPENING BETWEEN MIDDLE AND INNER EAR
Spiral organ:
SENSORY STRUCTURE FOR HEARING
