Chapter Fifteen: The Special Senses Flashcards
What are the five special senses?
- Olfaction
- Taste
- Visual System
- Hearing
- Balance
Olfaction is the sense of…
smell
Olfactory epithelium is specialized epithelium that is located in the…region of the nasal cavity
olfactory
Olfactory epithelium contains 10 million…
neurons
What kind of neurons are replaced every two months?
Olfactory
Dendrites of olfactory neurons have…ends
enlarged
…(olfactory hairs) of olfactory neuron embedded in mucus
Cilia
Odorants dissolve in…and attach to receptors, initiating action potentials in olfactory neurons
mucus
What are airborne molecules responsible for odors?
Odorant
Seven primary odors now recognized, but average person can recognize…different odors
4000
What is this called?
- one chemoreceptor may respond to more than one type of odor
Low Specificity
What is this called?
- receptors become saturated with odorants
Adaptation
Olfactory Neuronal Pathways and Cortex
1. Axons of olfactory neurons form olfactory… to olfactory…
nerves
bulb
Olfactory Neuronal Pathways and Cortex
2. Olfactory…to Olfactory…projects directly to olfactory areas of the cerebrum
bulb
tract
Olfactory Neuronal Pathways and Cortex
3. Olfactory…areas are involved in complex processing of olfactory stimuli perception
cortex
What are these?
- specialized sensory structures that detect gustatory stimuli
Taste buds
What are these?
- bumps on the surface of the tongue
- taste buds are located here
Papillae
What are the four types of papillae?
- Filiform
- Vallate
- Fungiform
- Foliate
What type of papillae?
- most numerous; no taste buds
Filiform
What type of papillae?
- largest; least abundant; have taste buds
Vallate
What type of papillae?
- have taste buds
Fungiform
What type of papillae?
- contain most sensitive taste buds; decrease in number with age
Foliate
What is this?
- supporting cells (surrounding taste (gustatory) cells
Taste Buds
Taste cells have…(gustatory hairs) extending into taste pores
microvilli
Taste buds are replaces about every…days
10
Tastants dissolve in saliva and ener taste pore - depolarization of taste cells - release…on secondary sensory neurons
neurotransmitters
What are the five taste types?
- Salty
- Sour
- Sweet
- Bitter
- Umami
What taste type?
- results when Na+ diffuses into cell, resulting in depolarization
Salty
What taste type?
- results when hydrogen ions (H+) of acids cause depolarization of taste cells
Sour
What taste type?
- sensation from sugars, some carbohydrates, and some proteins
Sweet
What taste type?
- sensation produced by alkaloids, which are toxic
Bitter
What taste type?
- sensation from amino acids such as glutamate (MSG, parmesan cheese, etc)
Umami
…(part of VII): carry sensations from anterior two-thirds of tongue (except from circumvallate papillae)
Chorda Tympani
What two nerves carry information from posterior one-third tongue, circumvallate papillae, superior pharynx, epiglottis?
CN IX and X
Information goes to medulla oblongata - … - taste area of cortex
thalamus
The eye consists of what two things?
Eyeball and Lens
What accessory structure of the eye shades and inhibits sweat?
eyebrows
What accessory structure of the eye called palpebrae with conjunctiva?
Eyelids
What accessory structure of the eye is the space between eyelids?
Palpebral fissure
What accessory structure of the eye is lateral and medial, eyelids meet?
Canthi
Medial canthus has…with modified sweat and sebaceous glands
Caruncle
What is the thin transparent mucous membrane of the eye called?
Conjuctiva
What is the inner surface of the eyelids called?
Palpebral Conjunctiva
What is the anterior surface of the eye except over pupil?
Bulbar Conjunctiva
What is acute contagious conjunctivitis called?
Pinkeye
Ciliary glands empty into…
hair follicles
Meibomian glands at inner margins produce…
sebum