Chapter 9 test Flashcards
The specific meChanoreceptors for hearing is the
Organ of Corti
The specific mcanoreceptors for balance is the
Crista ampullaris
The gustatory cells are involved with a sense of
Taste
Six primary kinds of taste sensations that result from the stimulation of the taste buds are
Sweet, sour, bitter, salty, umami, metallic
Taste buds can be found on much larger structures on the tongue called
Papillae
The chemo receptors responsible for the sense of smell are
Olefactory receptors
Tears are formed in this gland
Lacrimal gland
Hole in the eye that let’s light in
Pupil
Receptors for night or dim light vision
Rods
Sick jellylike fluid or humor of the Eye
Vitreous fluid
Tough, white outer layer of the eye
Sclera
Receptors for red, blue, and green color vision
Cones
Ciliary muscle’s pool on this to help the eye focus
Lens
Dark pigmented middle layer of the eye that protects or prevents the scattering of incoming light
Choroid coat
Trans parent part of the school, the window of the eye
Cornea
Colored part of the front of the Eye
Iris
Then, watery humor of the Eye
Aqueous humor
To be connecting the middle ear and the throat
Auditory tube
Watery fluid that fills the bony labyrinth
Perilymph
Snail shaped structure in the inner ear
Cochlea
The organ of hearing
Organ of corti
Thick fluid in the membranous labyrinth
Endopymph
Eardrum
Tympanic membrane
Collective name for incus, malleus, and stapes
Ossicles
The I can be classified as a photoreceptor. Taste and smell can be classified as ______, and Golgi tendon organs and muscle spindles can be classified as _____?
Chemo receptors, proprioreceptors
