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Chapter Eight Flashcards

1
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When the optic nerve leaves the eyeball

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Blind Spot

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2
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Receptors sensitive to various chemicals in solution.

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Chemoreceptors

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3
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The pigmented nutritive layer of the eye.

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Choroid

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4
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The choroid is modified to form two smooth structures. This structure is attached to the lens

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Ciliary Body

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5
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A cavity of the inner ear resembling a snail shell; houses the hearing receptor

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Cochlea

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6
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The transparent anterior portion of the eyeball

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Cornea

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7
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Consists of a tuft of hair cells covered with a gelatinous cap

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Crista Ampullaris

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8
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Sense that reports on angular or rotatory movements of the head in space

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Dynamic Equilibrium

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9
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The pigmented involuntary muscle that acts as the diaphragm of the eye

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Iris

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10
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Bony cavities and membranes of the inner ear that house the hearing and equilibrium receptors

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Labyrinth

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

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Lens

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12
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Within the membrane sacs of the vestibule are these receptors

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Maculae

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13
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Receptors sensitive to mechanical pressures such as touch, sound etc

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Mechanroceptors

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14
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Smell

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Olfactory Receptors

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15
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The three bones of the middle ear

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Ossicles

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16
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Specialized receptor cells that respond to light energy

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Photoreceptors

17
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Bending of light

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Refraction

18
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Light sensitive layer of the eye contains cones and rods

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Retina

19
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Firm white fibrous outer layer of the eyeball

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Sclera

20
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Adaption in response to differences or changing needs; adjustment of the eye for seeing objects at close range

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Accommodation

21
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One of the three subdivisions of the bony labyrinth.

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Semicircular Canals

22
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Balance concerned with changes in the position of the head

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Static Equilibrium

23
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Receptors for the taste on the tongue, roof of mouth, pharynx, and larynx.

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Taste Buds

24
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Eardrum

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Tympanic Cavity

25
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Situated between the semicircular canals and the cochlea. Part of the three in the bony labyrinth

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Vestibule

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