Lecture Exam 4: Vision/Endocrine Flashcards
What do sense organs do?
Monitor external and internal environments
What are the special sense organs?
Hearing/Balance
Vision
Olfaction
Gustation
What are the general sense organs?
Pain
Pressure
Temperature
Touch
What do the sense neuromast organs do?
Monitors Mechanical, Electrical, and Chemical Stimuli
Which animals have a lateral line that contain neuromast organs?
Fish and amphibians
What does the ampullae of Lorenzini do?
Detects electricity
What are pit organs?
External opening of neuromast organs
Where is the pit organs in sharks?
Gill region
What are the 2 types of neuromast cells? Where are they found? What do they do?
Hair cells
Supporting cells
Inside the cupula
Move back and forth to allow them to detect what is going on mechanically
What is 1?
Cupula
What is 2?
Sensory hairs
What is 3?
Hair cell
What is 4?
Supporting cell
What is 5?
Nerve fiber
What is the external ear called?
Pinna
What does the pinna do? What animals is it found in?
Directs sound waves
Mammals
What is the ear drum called?
Tympanic Membrane
Where is tympanic membrane on an amphibian/reptile?
Surface of the head
Where is tympanic membrane on a crocodiles, birds, mammals?
In skull at end of EAM
What is the external auditory meatus (EAM)
Tube that extends from the deep part of the concha to the tympanic membrane
Where is the labyrinth with cochlea found?
Inner ear
Which animals have 1 ossicle (columella or stapes)
Amphibian, reptile, bird
Which animals have 3 ossicles (malleus, incus, stapes)
Mammals
Eustachian tube
Between pharynx and middle ear