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Chapter 8 - Specialized Senses Flashcards

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Receptors

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  • photoreceptors
  • mechanoreceptors
  • chemoreceptors
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Receptor Potentials

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  • sensory receptors have receptor potentials
  • used to signal to CNS
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Sensory Adaptation

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  • sensory receptors become less sensitive in continued presence of stimulus
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Sensory Coding

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  • signals received by receptors are transduced to be understood by brain
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Visible Spectrum

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the wavelengths of light than can be detected by the human eye (400-700 nm)

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Accessory structures of the eye

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  • eyebrow/eyelashes
  • eyelids
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Function of eyebrows/eyelashes

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protect the eye from sunlight and foreign objects

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Function of eyelids

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spread oil, mucus, and saline across the conjunctiva to moisten and avoid friction

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Sclera

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white part of the eye

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Iris

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color

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Pupil

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central opening; allows light to enter

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Lens

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helps focus light on retina; must be transparent to let light pass through, and must be curved to refract light

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Choroid

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part of the vascular layer

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Retina

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contains photoreceptor cells that capture light

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Macula

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central point of the retina

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Fovea

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center of FOV; contains highest density of rods and cones

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Optic Nerve

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carries visual information to visual cortex

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Refraction of light in general

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change of light speed from one medium to another causes it to bend

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Refraction of light in the eye

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Convex lens refracts light so it converges on a focal point (retina)

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What allows proper focusing of light?

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Accommodation

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Photons

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individual energy particles of light

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Wavelength

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the distance between the peaks of two successive waves

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refraction

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light bending

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Convex lenses

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  • thicker in the middle
  • allow light to refract and converge at a focal point
  • cause the actual image to be focused upside down and reversed from left to right
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Concave lenses

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  • thinner in the middle
  • cause light to be dispersed
  • useless for focusing images on the retina
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Fovea

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  • aka fovea centralis
  • has high density of CONES
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Cones

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  • specialized receptor cells responsible for responding to light
  • tapered shape compared to rods
  • responsible for processing images w/ the highest visual acuity (resolution)
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Accommodation for near sight

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adjustment of the shape of the lens to adjust to the distance of the image; controlled by ciliary muscles
- ciliary muscles contract, causing them to loosen the tension of the zonular fibers, causing the lens to relax into a spherical, thicker shape, crating increased REFRACTIVE POWER (see images closer to you CLEARER)

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Accommodation for far sight

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  • ciliary muscles relax
  • zonular fibers remain taut and the lens is pulled into a flatter position decreasing the lens’ refractive power
  • allows you to see objects further in FOV
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What controls the ciliary muscles?

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parasympathetic inputs

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Myopia

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nearsightedness
- refract light too strongly or the eyeball length is too long
- image is focused IN FRONT of the retina
- corrected with concave lens

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Hyperopia

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Farsightedness
- caused by too little cornea or lens light refraction, or by an eyeball that is too short
- image is focused BEHIND the retina
- corrected by convex lens that refracts light before it reaches the eye

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Order of cells from posterior to anterior

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  • retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE)
  • photoreceptor cells (rods/cones)
  • horizontal cells
  • bipolar cells
  • amacrine cells
  • ganglion cells (axons leading to brain)
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Retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE)

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lie at the most posterior region of the eyeball, behind the photoreceptor cells and have melanin (traps light)
- also store and recycle vitamin A to photoreceptor cells

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Photoreceptor Layer

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contains rod and cone cells (photoreceptor cells)
- have specialized regions called OUTER SEGMENTS that capture light and initiate a second messenger cascade into electrical signal.

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