Chapter 8- Special Senses

Question 1

Sclera

Answer 1

Fibrous protective layer of eyeball

Question 2

Choroid

Answer 2

Posterior and blood rich layer of nutritive tunic on the eyeball

Question 3

Ciliary Body

Answer 3

Attached by sensory ligaments that help constrict and comtract the eyeball opening

Question 4

Iris

Answer 4

Pigmented round opening

Question 5

Retina

Answer 5

Absorb light and prevent light from scattering inside the eye.

Question 6

Blind spot

Answer 6

The area where there are no photoreceptors and cannot see through

Question 7

Lens

Answer 7

A flexible bi convex crystal-like structure that focuses the light on the retina

Question 8

Photoreceptors

Answer 8

Neural layer that responds to light

Question 9

Refracted

Answer 9

When light passes through and its speed changes and light rays bend.

Question 10

Accomadation

Answer 10

The ability of the eye to focus specifically for close objects

Question 11

Mechanoreceptors

Answer 11

Receptors that respond to sound and movement

Question 12

Tympanic cavity

Answer 12

Small, air-filled, mucosa-lined cabpcity within the temporal cavity.

Question 13

Ossicles

Answer 13

Transmits the vibratory motion of the eardrum to the fluids of the inner ear

Question 14

Cochlea

Answer 14

A cavity of the inner ear resembling a snail shell.

Question 15

Vestibule

Answer 15

Is between the semicircular canal and the cochlea

Question 16

Semicircular Canal

Answer 16

Canals that resemble rollar coasters and are part of the ear.

Question 17

Macular

Answer 17

Receptors within the membrane sacs of the vestibule

Question 18

Static equilibrium

Answer 18

The common sense of which way is up and down and the ability to balance with the inclusion of gravity.

Question 19

Dynamic Equilibrium

Answer 19

Respond to angular or rotary movements of the head rather than to straight-lined movement

Question 20

Crista ampullaris

Answer 20

Consists of tuft of hair cells covered with gelatinous cap.

Question 21

Organ of corgi

Answer 21

Which contains the hearing receptors (hair cells)

Question 22

Chemoreceptors

Answer 22

Receptors for taste and olfaction

Question 23

Olfactory receptors

Answer 23

Receptors for the sense of smell.

Question 24

Taste Buds

Answer 24

Specific receptors for the sense of taste

Question 25

Cornea

Answer 25

Transparent protective layer of eyeball