Final: Week 2 VOCAB

Question 1

What is the spiral-shaped, fluid-filled structure in the inner ear responsible for hearing?

Answer 1

Cochlea

Question 2

What are the three fluid-filled tubes in the inner ear that are responsible for balance and detecting angular acceleration?

Answer 2

Semicircular canals

Question 3

What is the fluid that fills the space between the bony and membranous labyrinth of the inner ear?

Answer 3

Perilymph

Question 4

What is the fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear?

Answer 4

Endolymph

Question 5

What is the membrane in the cochlea that contains the hair cells responsible for detecting sound waves?

Answer 5

Basilar membrane

Question 6

What is the system in the inner ear responsible for detecting changes in head position and movement?

Answer 6

Vestibular labyrinth

Question 7

What are the structures in the inner ear that detect linear acceleration and gravity?

Answer 7

Otolith organs

Question 8

What is the nucleus in the brainstem that receives input from the vestibular system and helps coordinate balance and eye movements?

Answer 8

Medial vestibular nucleus

Question 9

What is the nucleus in the brainstem that receives input from the vestibular system and helps control posture and balance?

Answer 9

Lateral vestibular nucleus

Question 10

What is the process of detecting environmental stimuli or changes in the body?

Answer 10

Sensation

Question 11

What is the process of interpreting sensory information to understand its meaning?

Answer 11

Perception

Question 12

What is the process by which sensory receptors become less responsive to a constant stimulus?

Answer 12

Adaptation

Question 13

What term describes the sense of touch or pressure?

Answer 13

Tactile

Question 14

What term describes the sense of temperature?

Answer 14

Thermal

Question 15

What term describes an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage?

Answer 15

Pain

Question 16

What term refers to the sense of the relative position of neighboring parts of the body and strength of effort being employed in movement?

Answer 16

Proprioception

Question 17

What are sensory receptors that respond to harmful or potentially harmful stimuli by sending signals to the spinal cord and brain?

Answer 17

Nociceptors

Question 18

What is the phenomenon where pain is felt in a part of the body other than its actual source?

Answer 18

Referred pain

Question 19

What is the area of skin that is mainly supplied by a single spinal nerve?

Answer 19

Dermatome