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Nervous System and The Senses Flashcards

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The limpid watery fluid that fills the space between the cornea and the crystalline lens in the eye.

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Aqueous humor

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The projecting shell-like structure on the side of the head constituting, with the external acoustic meatus, the external ear. Also called pinna .

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Auricle

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An abnormality of the eye, characterized by opacity of the lens.

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Cataract

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A receptor stimulated by chemical means.

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Chemoreceptor

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The dark-brown vascular coat of the eye between the sclera and the retina.

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Choroid

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A spiral-shaped cavity of the inner ear and the main organ of hearing.

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Cochlea

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The mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids.

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Conjunctiva

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The transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.

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Cornea

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Is the sensory organ of rotation located in the semicircular canal of the inner ear.

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Crista ampullaris

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The fluid contained within the membranous labyrinth of the ear.

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Endolymph

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Any of a group of eye diseases characterized by abnormally high intraocular fluid pressure, damaged optic disk, hardening of the eyeball, and partial to complete loss of vision.

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Glaucoma

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An epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve

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Gustatory cells

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The sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.

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Kinesthesia

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The colored, muscular ring around the pupil of the eye located between the cornea and lens. Regulates the amount of light reaching the retina.

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Iris

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Either of two tear-secreting glands situated in the upper outer angle of the orbit.

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Lacrimal gland

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A transparent, biconvex body of the eye between the iris and the vitreous humor.

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Lens

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Any of the sense organs that respond to vibration, stretching, pressure, or other mechanical stimuli.

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Mechanoreceptor

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A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred, also known as nearsightedness; shortsightedness.

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Myopia

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Either one of the third pair of cranial nerves, consisting chiefly of motor fibers that innervate most of the muscles of the eyeball.

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Oculomotor nerve

20
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The space around the eyes.

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Ophthalmic region

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A structure in the cochlea, consisting of hair cells that serve as receptors for auditory stimuli.

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Organ of Corti

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A small bone, especially one of the three bones of the middle ear

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Ossicles

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Inflammation of the middle ear, characterized by pain, dizziness, and impaired hearing.

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Otitis media

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Any small, nipplelike process or projection.

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Papillae

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The fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.

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Perilymph

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A receptor stimulated by light.

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Photoreceptor

27
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Farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.

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Presbyopia

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A receptor located in subcutaneous tissues, as muscles, tendons, and joints, that responds to stimuli produced within the body.

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Proprioceptors

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The apparently black circular opening in the center of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to the retina

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Pupil

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The delicate multilayered light-sensitive membrane lining the inner posterior chamber of the eyeball

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Retina

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A dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.

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Sclera

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Any of the three curved tubular canals in the labyrinth of the ear, associated with the sense of equilibrium.

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Semicircular canals

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Also called: tympanum , Nontechnical name: eardrum the thin translucent oval membrane separating the external ear from the middle ear.

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Tympanic membrane

34
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The transparent gelatinous substance filling the eyeball behind the crystalline lens.

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Vitreous humor

35
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A combining form meaning auricle.

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aur/o

36
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Combining form. indicating the eye oculomotor

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ocul/o

37
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A combining form meaning “eye,”

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ophthalm/o

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A combining form meaning “ear,”

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ot/o

39
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A combining form meaning “Retina”

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retin/o

40
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A combining form meaning eardrum ( tympanic membrane).

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tympan/o

Terminology 2 - Body Systems (15 decks)

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