Exam 2 - Module 8 - Lesson Answers Flashcards

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1
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name all special senses

A

visition, audition (hearing), equilibrim (balane), gustation (pain), olfaction (smell)

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2
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somatosensation (touch)

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general sense does not have specific organ devoted to it

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3
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sensory receptor that responds to harmful stimuli that causes the sensation of pain

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nociceptor

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4
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sensory receptor tht responds to the amount of stretch in a muscle or tendon, thus sensin body position

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proprioceptor

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5
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type of sensory receptor that interprets chemical stimuli

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chemoreceptor

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6
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sensory receptor sensitive to changes in body temperature

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thermoreceptor

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7
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sensory recepor sensitive to sound and changes in body position equilibrium

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mechanoreceptor

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8
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sensory receptor responds to solute concentrations of body fluids

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osmoreceptor

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9
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sensory receptor responds to light stimuli

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photoreceptor

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10
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five recognized tastes

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sour, salty, sweet, bitter, and umami

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11
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taste associated with the amount of amino acids in meat

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umami (savory taste)

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12
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taste associated with the pH of saliva

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sour

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13
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taste associated with alkaloids

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bitter

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14
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taste associated with sodium

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salty

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15
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taste associated with glucose

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sweet

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16
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smell

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smell is the one sensory modality that does not synpase in the thalamus before connecting to the cerebral cortex of the brain

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part of ear is incus

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middle

18
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part of the ear is the cochlea

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inner

19
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part of the ear is the auricle

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external

20
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ear bones (ossicles) outside to inside

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malleus, incus, stapes

21
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steps involved in the process of hearing

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sound waes amplified by outer ear (auricle)
sound waves strike tympanic membrane
sound waves travel through ossicles 
sound waves reach oval window
waves in the scala vestibuli
fluid in cochlear duct displaced
basilar membrane vibrates
stereocilia of hairs cells bend
action potential on senory neuro to CNS
22
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structure of the inner ear that senses head position

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vestibule (utricle and saccule)

23
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structure of the inner ear that senses head movement

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semicircular canals (ampulla and cupula)

24
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nodding head backward and forward to nod yes

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vestibule

25
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shaking head side to side to say no

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semicircular canals

26
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two eye muscles that rotate the eye

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superior oblique muscle and inferior oblique muscle

27
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part of eye that has color

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iris

28
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part of eye that is white

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sclera

29
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dark hole in the center

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pupil

30
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farsighted

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hyperopic, nearby objects are blurred

31
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nearsighted

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myopic, distant objects blurred

32
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eye muscle is used to look cross eyed

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medial rectus muscle