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Chapter 8 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Blind Shot

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Point of entry of the optic nerve on the retina insensitive to light

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Accommodation

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Adaptation in response to differences or changing needs

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Chemoreceptors

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Receptor sensitive to various chemicals in solution

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Choroid

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The pigmented nutritive layer of the eye

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Ciliary Body

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Part of the eye that connects the iris to the choroid

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Cochela

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A cavity of the inner ear

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Cornea

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The transparent anterior portion of the eyeball

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Crista Ampuraris

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Sensory organ of rotation

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Dynamic Equilibrium

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Sense that reports an angular or rotatory movements of the head in space

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Iris

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The pigmented involuntary muscle that acts as the diaphragm of the eye

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Labyrinth

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Bony cavities and membranes of the inner ear that house the hearing and equilibrium receptors

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Lens

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The elastic, cloudy convex structure in the eye that focuses the light entering the eye on the retina

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Mechanorecptors

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Receptors sensitive to mechanical pressures such as touch, sound, contractions

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Ossicles

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The 3 bones of the middle ear: hammer( malleus, aniuil cincus, and stirrup staples

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Photoreceptors

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Specialized receptors cells that respond to light energy

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Refraction

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Bend light

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Retina

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Light sensitive area of the eye

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Sclera

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The firm white fibrous out layer of the eyeball

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Semicircular canals

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3 fluid - filled bony channels in the inner ear

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Static equilibrium

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Balance concerned with changes in the position of the head

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Taste buds

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Receptors for taste on the tongue , roof if mouth, and pharynx

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Tympanic cavity

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Ear drum

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Vestibule

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A chamber of channel

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