Physiology and Anatomy vocabulary 7

Question 1

The action or faculty of tasting.

Answer 1

Gustation

Question 2

The action or capacity of smelling; the sense of smell.

Answer 2

Olfaction

Question 3

Enclosed by a ridge of tissue.

Answer 3

Circumvallate

Question 4

Shaped like a leaf.

Answer 4

Foliate

Question 5

Thread-like shape.

Answer 5

Filiform

Question 6

Mushroom-shaped structures located on the tongue.

Answer 6

Fungiform

Question 7

Process of converting sound waves into a neural signal.

Answer 7

Audition

Question 8

Sensory receptor translates a stimulus into an action potential.

Answer 8

Transduction

Question 9

The visible part of the hearing apparatus.

Answer 9

External ear

Question 10

Tube that runs from the outer ear to the eardrum.

Answer 10

Auditory Canal

Question 11

Thick, hard, flat bone that forms part of the skull’s base and side.

Answer 11

Temporal Bone

Question 12

Air-filled cavity in the ear that’s located between the eardrum and the inner ear that transfers sound vibrations from your eardrum to your inner ear.

Answer 12

Middle Ear

Question 13

Small bones or bony structures in the ear.

Answer 13

Ossicles

Question 14

Eardrum; separates the outer ear from the middle ear. When sound waves reach this, they cause it to vibrate.

Answer 14

Tympanic Membrane

Question 15

State of balance and stability.

Answer 15

Equilibrium

Question 16

Sense of body position that is perceived both at the conscious and unconscious levels.

Answer 16

Proprioception

Question 17

Process by which the nervous system senses, interprets, and integrates signals from within the body.

Answer 17

Interoception

Question 18

Physiological process by which neural substrates are activated by physical stimuli resulting in the perception of what we describe as touch, pressure, pain, etc.

Answer 18

Somatosensation