Lab Exam 2 (Review) Flashcards
Meissner’s corpuscle sensation
(tactile copuscle); responds to light touch
Pacinian corpuscle sensation
(lamllated corpuscle); responds to vibration and pressure
Free nerve endings include…
- thermoreceptors
- mechanoreceptors
- nociceptors
Free nerve endings sensation
respond to temperature and mechanical stimuli (touch, pressure, stretch)
nociceptors sensation
tissue damage
Ruffini’s corpuscle sensation
respond to skin stretch
olfaction
sense of smell
gustation
sense of taste
receptors that deal with taste and smell
chemoreceptors
types of taste
sweet, sour, bitter, salty, umami
location of taste receptor cells
tongue, mouth, pharynx
Olfactory interpretation centers
temporal and frontal lobe
taste interpretation
insula
nerves that conduct impulses related to the sense of taste
facial, glossopharyngeal, vagus
3 layers of the eye
- outer (fibrous)
- middle (vascular)
- inner
outer (fibrous) layer structures
cornea, sclera
middle (vascular) layer structures
choroid, ciliary body, iris
inner layer component
retina
eyelid (palpebra) function
protection
conjunctiva function
lubrication
lacrimal gland function
secretes tears
sclera function
covers and protects
cornea function
bends light, focuses it on the retina
layers of retina
pigmented layer, neural layer
pigmented layer function
helps absorb light
neural layer components
neurons, photoreceptors
ciliary muscles function
change lens shape
choroid function
nourishes the retina
ciliary body function
controls shape and curvature of lens
iris function
smooth muscle, controls the entry of light
pupil function
lets light into the back of the eye
retina function
converts light into nerve impulses (contains photoreceptors)
fovea centralis function
detailed and colored vision (sharpness & visual acuity)
lens function
performs accommodation (focusing)
aqueous humor function
maintains eye shape
photoreceptors
rods, cones
rods
more numerous, black & white, dim light
cones
fine detail & color
- red, green, blue sensitive types
- bright light
perception of vision
occipital lobe
Order of light entering the eye
- cornea
- pupil
- iris
- lens
- retina