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Lecture 15 Sensory Systems Flashcards

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1
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Types of Sensory Systems

A

General senses

Special senses

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What area does general senses focus on?

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Body (Skin, organs, joints)

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What area does special senses focus on?

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Head (Eyes, Ears, Nose, Mouth)

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What are sensory receptors?

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Specialized cells/structure that collect information from the environment

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Define Sensation

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A feeling when the brain is aware of an impulse

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Define Perception

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Person’s view of the stimulus

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Types of Receptors

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Chemoreceptors
Pain receptors
Thermoreceptors
Mechanoreceptors
Photoreceptors
Osmoreceptors

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What’s Chemoreceptor?

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Respond to changes in chemical concentration

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Role of pain receptors

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Responds to tissue damage

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Role of thermoreceptor

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Respond to changes in temperature

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Mechanoreceptors

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Respond to mechanical forces

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Role of Photoreceptors

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Respond to light

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Role of Osmoreceptor

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Respond to changes in solute concentration

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What does Exteroceptive senses do?

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Senses associated with body surfaces

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What does Visceroceptive senses do?

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Senses associated with changes in the viscera

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What does Proprioceptive senses do?

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Senses associated with changes in muscles and tendons

17
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What does Olfactory receptors respond to?

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Vaporized Chemicals

18
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What’s Rhinitis?

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Inflammation of the lining of the nose caused by allergic reaction, viral
infection, sinusitis, or chemical irritants

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What’s Epistaxis?

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Nosebleed caused by disease, trauma,
hypertension, leukemia, or fever

20
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Whats Anosmia?

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Loss sense of smell

21
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Where are taste buds located?

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Papillae of tongue, roof of mouth, cheeks and walls of pharynx

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What does taste cells function as?

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Receptors

23
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Taste hairs are…

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Sensitive parts of taste cells

24
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What are 4 taste sensations stimmed by?

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Sweet (stimmed by carbs)
Sour (stimmed by acids)
Salty (stimmed by salts)
Bitter (stimmed by organic compounds)

25
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What’s myopia?

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Near sighted

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What’s Hyperopia?

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Far sight

27
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Define Age-related macular degeneration

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Chronic condition that affects central vision

28
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What is a cataract?

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Clouding inside the eye

29
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What’s Glaucoma?

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Slowly losing vision

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