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Question 1

Cutaneous Receptors

Answer 1

Sensory receptors that help us detect special senses

Question 2

Proprioceptors

Answer 2

Sensory recpetors that provide information about body movements and position

Question 3

Tactile localization

Answer 3

Brains ability to determine which portion of the skin has been touched.

Question 4

refraction

Answer 4

bending of light rays passing from one medium to another

Question 5

emmetropia

Answer 5

perfect vision, eye can accomodate properly

Question 6

myopia

Answer 6

nearsightedness

Question 7

astigmatism

Answer 7

Irregularities in the lens/cornea that lead to blurred vision

Question 8

hyperopia

hyperopia

Answer 8

farsightedness

Question 9

Presbyopia

Answer 9

Old vision, less elastic lens cause difficulties in close and near vision

Question 10

Weber test

Answer 10

Tests centralization vs lateralizatio of sound

Question 11

Rinnes Test

Answer 11

Compares bone vs air conduction

Question 12

Olfactory

Answer 12

Sense of smell

Question 13

Gustation

Answer 13

Sense of taste

Question 14

Ciliary body

Answer 14

Produces aqueous humor, changes lens shape, ,holds the lens in place

Question 15

Lens

Answer 15

Bends light that enters the eye and focuses it to create clear images

Question 16

Cornea

Answer 16

Focuses light onto retina; protects eye from germs, dust, debris, and UV radition

Question 17

Cones

Answer 17

Allows us to see collor, active at higher light levels

Question 18

Rods

Answer 18

Responsible for vision at low light levels, gray tones.

Question 19

Ear ossicles

Answer 19

Transmit sound vibrations from tympanic membrane to inner ear

Question 20

Malleus

Answer 20

Recieves vibrations from tympanic membrane and passes them to incus

Question 21

Incus

Answer 21

Receives vibrations from malleus and sends them to the stapes

Question 22

Stapes

Answer 22

Attached to oval window.

Question 23

pharyngotympanic tube

Answer 23

Regulate and equalize the pressure of the middle ear with the atmospheric pressure

Question 24

Choroid

Answer 24

Supplies retina with nutrients and maintains the temperature and volume of the eye.

Question 25

Reflex

Answer 25

Autonomic, involuntary response to a stimulus

Question 26

Reflex arc

Answer 26

Neural pathway that reflex takes in the body

Question 27

Palpebral fissure

Answer 27

Space between upper and lower eyelids when eyes are open

Question 28

Contralateral vs ipsilateral

Answer 28

ipsilateral means the side of stimulation and the side of reaction are the same, while contralateral means the side of stimulation and the side of reaction are not the same.