OLFACTION AND SOMESTHIC SENSES Flashcards
ABILITY TO SMELL ODORS
OLFACTION OR OLFACTORY SENSE
PART OF THE NOSE THAT SERVES THE SAME PURPOSE FOR ODORS THAT THE PINNA AND EAR ANL SERVE FOR SOUNS
OUTER PART OF THE NOSE
OLFACTORY RECEPTOR CELLS HAVE HALF A DOZEN TO A DOZEN LITTLE HAIRS CALLED? THAT PROJECT INTO THE CAVITY
CILIA
_ SEND SIGNALS TO THE BRAIN WHEN STIMULATED BY THE MOLECULES OF SUBSTANCES THAT ARE IN THE AIR MOVING PAST THEM
CILIA
LOCATED ON TOP OF THE SINUS CAVITY ON EACH SIDE OF THE BRAIN DIRECTLY BENEATH THE FRONTAL LOBES
OLFACTORY BULBS
WHAT THE BODY KNOWS
SOMESTHETIC SENSES
_ MEANS “BODY” AND _ MEANS “FEELING”
SOMA , ESTHETIC
1.SKIN SENSES 2.KINESTHETIC SENSE 3.VESTIBULAR SENSES
3 SOMESTHETIC SENSE SYSTEMS
_ SENSES HAVING TO DO WITH TOUCH, PRESSURE TEMPERATURE AND PAIN
SKIN SENSES
_ SENSE HAVING TO DO WITH THE LOCATION OF BODY PARTS IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER
KINESTHETIC SENSE
_SENSES HAVING TO DO MUCH WITH MOVEMENTS AND BODY POSITION
VESTIBULAR SENSES
AN ORGAN, THAT KEEPS THE BODILY FLUIDS AND GERMS OUT, ALSO RECEIVES AND TRANSMITS INFORMATION FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD TO THE CNS
SKIN
WHERE THE INFORMATION FROM THE OUTSIDE GO IN THE CNS
SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX
THERE ARE ABOUT _ A DOZEN OF DIFFERENT RECEPTORS IN THE LAYERS OF THE SKIN. SOME RESPOND ONLY TO ONE KIND OF SENSATION
HALF A DOZEN RECEPTORS
A SENSORY RECEPTOR BENEATH THE SKIN AND RESPOND TO CHANGES IN PRESSURE (TWEEZING THE EYEBROWS OR PULLS THE HAIR )
PACINIAN CORPUSCLES