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Senses Flashcards

1
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The mrans by which the brain receives info about the environment and the body

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Senses

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2
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Process initiated by stimulating sendory receptos

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Sensation

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3
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Conscious awareness of those certain stimuli

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Perception

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4
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Two Basic Groups of Senses

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General Senses and Special Senses

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5
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Receptors distributed over a large part of the body

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General Senses

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6
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Receptors localized and more specialized in structures to specific organs

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Special Senses

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7
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Sensory nerve endings or specialized cells capable of responding to stimuki by developing a.potentials

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Sensory Receptors

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8
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Type of receptor that responds to mechanical stimuki

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Mechanoreceptors

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9
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Type of receptor that responds to chemicals

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Chemoreceptors

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10
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Type of receptor that responds to light

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Photoreceptors

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11
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Type of receptor that responds to temp.change

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Thermoreceptors

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12
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Type of receptor that responds to stimuli that result in the sensation of pain

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Nociceptors

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13
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The sense of movement and position of the body and limbs

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Proprioception

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14
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Type of touch receptor that are involved in detecting light touch and superficial pressure

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Merkel Disks

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15
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Type of touch receptor that are also involved in detecting light touch, but cannot be precisely located

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Hair Follicle Receptors

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16
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Type of touch receptor that are evry specific in localizing tactile sensations

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Meissner Corpucles

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17
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Type of touch receptor that play annimportant role inndetecting continuous pressure in the skin

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Ruffini Corpuscles

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18
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Type of touch receptor that are associated with tendons and joints; relay info cncerning deep pressure, vibration and body position

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Pacinian Corpuscles

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19
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A group of unpleasant perceptual and emotional experiences.

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Pain

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20
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Suppresses a.potentials from pain receptors in local areas of the body through injection near a sensory receptor or nerve

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Local Anesthesia

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21
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Pain sensations can also be suppresed if loss of consciousness is produced

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General Anesthesia

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22
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Perceived to originate in a region of the body that is not the source of pain

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Referred Pain

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23
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Sensory structures that detect taste stimuli

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Taste Buds

24
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Enlargements on the surface of the tongue

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Papillae

25
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Three cranial nerves that carry out taste sensation to the brain

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Glossopharyngeal, facial and vagus

26
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Pritect the eyes from perspiration and help shade it from direct sunlight

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Eyebrows

27
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Protect eyes from foreign objects by rapidly blinking 20x per min

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Eyelids

28
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Its secretions help lubricate the surface of the eye

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Conjuctiva

29
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Produces tears

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Lacrimal Apparatus

30
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Responsible to the eye’s movement

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Extrensic eye movement

31
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Three Tunics of the Eye

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Fibrous tunic, Vascular Tunic, and Nervous Tunic

32
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Outer tunic that consists of the sclera and cornea

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Fibrous Tunic

33
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Firm, white, outer conn.tissue layer; helps maintain the shape of the eye, protect internal structures, & provide attachment sites for extrinsic eye muscle; “white of the eye”

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Sclera

34
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Permits light to enter; bends or refracts the entering light

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Cornea

35
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Middle tunic that consists of the choroid, ciliary body, and iris

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Vascular Tunic

36
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Consists of vascukar network & many melanin-containing pigment cells causing its cokir black that absorbs light

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Choroid

37
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Inner tunic of the eye that consists of tge retina

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Nervous Tunic

38
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The retina is composed of two layers

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outer Pigmented Retina and inner Sensory Retina

39
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Photoreceptor cells, includes___&___, responds to light

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Rods and Cones

40
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20x more common; function in dim light, don’t provide color vision

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Rods

41
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Require more light and provide color vision

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Cones

42
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Three Cambers of the Eye

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Anterior Chamber, Posterior Chamber, and Vitreous Chamber

43
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Photosensitive Pigment

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Rhodopsin

44
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A peron with_____ deficiency may have this condition, which is____

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Vit A, Night Blindness

45
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Three Areas of the Ear

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External Ear, Middle Ear, and Inner Ear

46
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Part extending from the outside of the head to the tympanic eardrum

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External Ear

47
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An air-filled chamber medial to the tympanic membrane

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Middle Ear

48
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Set of fluid-filled chambers medial to the middle ear

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Inner Ear

49
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Fleshy part of external ear on the outside of the head

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Auricle

50
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Function of Auricle

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Collects sound waves and directs them towards the external auditory canal

51
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Cerumen

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Modified sebum commonly called earwax

52
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Two Major Steps in Process of Hearing

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Conduction of Sound waves & Stimulation of Hearing Receptors

53
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The frequency, or wavelength of sound

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Pitch

54
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Related to the amplitude of the sound wave

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Volume

55
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Two Components of Balance

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Static Equilibrium and Dynamic Equilibrium

56
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Ass. with the vestibule and involved in evaluating the position of the head relative to gravity

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Static Equilibrium

57
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Ass. with semicircukar canals and involved in evaluating changes in the direction and rate of head movements

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Dynamic Equilibrium

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