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Anatomy 🤸🏼‍♀️👩🏼‍⚕️💪🏻🖐🏻 > Chapter 19 - Senses > Flashcards

Chapter 19 - Senses Flashcards

1
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Modified sweat glands of the eye between the eyelashes

A

Ciliary glands

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This covers the inner surface of the eyelids and anterior surface of the eye

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Conjunctiva

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3
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This is a membrane that produces mucous to lubricate the eye

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Conjunctiva

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4
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The fibrous tunic consists of:

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Sclera, cornea

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5
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This part of the eye is a transparent window for light entry

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Cornea

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6
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This part f the eye shapes, protects, and anchors the eye muscles

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Sclera

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7
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The vascular tunic consists of:

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Choroid, ciliary body, iris

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8
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Part of the eye that provides nutrients and absorbs light that prevents reflection and
scattering

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Choroid

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9
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Part of the eye that adjusts the amount of light entering the eye

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Iris

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10
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Part of the eye that secretes aqueous humor, holds lens in place, and can change the thickness of the lens

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Ciliary body

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11
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Sympathetic stimulation causes radial muscles to contract, and the pupil

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Dilates

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12
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Parasympathetic stimulation causes circular muscles to contract, and the pupil

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Constricts

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13
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Part of the eye that produces pressure inside the eye for support, supplies nutrients and oxygen, and carries wastes away from the cornea, lens, and retina

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Aqueous humor

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14
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Part of the eye that supports the lens, holds retina in place, an creates intraocular pressure

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Vitreous humor

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15
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The two layers of the retina are:

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Pigmented, neural

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16
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Retinal layer that contains photoreceptors for visual perception

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Neural

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17
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Retinal layer that absorbs light, and stores vitamin A

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Pigmented

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18
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Part of retina that provides acute color vision in bright light

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Fovea centralis

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19
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Part of retina that contains no receptors (blind spot)

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Optic disc

20
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Part of retina that provides night, dim light, and peripheral vision

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Outside maculae

21
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Part of retina that contains widely spaced cones

A

Macula lutea

22
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The visual pigment made from protein

A

Opsin

23
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The visual pigment made from vitamin A

A

Retinal

24
Q

Part of the eye that bends light to focus precise images on the retina through accommodation

A

Lens

25
Q

Nearsightedness is called ____ and the eyeball is too _____ causing distant objects to be focused in front of the ____ causing blurring.

A

Myopia
Long
Retina

26
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Farsightedness is called _____ and the eyeball is too ____ causing nearby objects to be focused behind the _____ causing blurring.

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Hyperopia
Short
Retina

27
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Irregular curvature in parts of the cornea or lens causes

A

Astigmatism

28
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Clouding of the lens is called

A

Cataract

29
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Increased intraocular pressure compressing retina, optic nerve, and blood vessels is called

A

Glaucoma

30
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Glands that produce wax in the ear

A

ceruminous

31
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The covering of the opening of the auditory canal is

A

Tempanic membrane

32
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This ear tube allows for equalizing pressure

A

Auditory tube

33
Q

The eardrum sends vibrations to this ear bone

A

Malleus

34
Q

The inner ear is also called the: _____ which includes the _____ organs for hearing and ______.

A

Baby labyrinth
Sense
Balance

35
Q

Contained in the organ of corti (organ of hearing) are ______ which are hair cells, and a gel-like tectorial membrane bends the _____ cells, and the cochlear nerve attached to _____ cells transmits nerve impulses to the______ on the temporal lobe.

A

Receptors
Hair
Hair
Auditory cortex

36
Q

The spiral organ of corti interprets frequencies of vibrations from the cochlea as differences in

A

Pitch

37
Q

The organs of equilibrium have receptor cells with two structures:

A

Vestibule, semicircular canals

38
Q

The reports the position of the head

A

Maculae

39
Q

In the maculae, hair cells are embedded in the _____ membrane, and otoliths float in a gel around the _____ cells, and movements cause otoliths to bend the _____ cells.

A

Otolithic
Hair
Hair

40
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This responds to rotational movements of the head

A

Semicircular canals

41
Q

Receptors in the semicircular canals are

A

Christa ampularis

42
Q

Olfactory receptors are in the roof of the

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Nasal cavity

43
Q

Interpretation of smells is made in the

A

Cortex

44
Q

Taste buds are located on the

A

Tongue, soft palate, cheeks

45
Q

These cells are the taste receptors

A

gustatory

46
Q

The four types of taste sensation receptors are:

A

Sweet, sour, bitter, salty

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