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senses Flashcards

1
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mechanical stimuli

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tough, hearing, balance

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chemical stimuli

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taste, smell

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thermal stimuli

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hot, cold

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electromagnetic stimuli

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sight

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5
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allodynia

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painful response to a normally nonpainful stimulus

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heatstroke

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considerable elevation in body temperature

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7
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hyperesthesia

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an increased response to a painful stimulus

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8
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perception

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conscious interpretation of sensory information

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9
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sedative

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drug that depresses an animal and slows its own body functions, no painkilling action

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sensation

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awareness of stimuli from the environment

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tranquilizer

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drug that makes that animal less anxious, no painkilling action

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12
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noci

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injury, pain, harm

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13
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tact

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touch

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14
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-esthesia

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feeling

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15
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-ile

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capable of, pertaining to

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-ity

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capable of, pertaining to

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17
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propri/o

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self, ones own

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18
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esthesi/o

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felling, experience, sensation

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19
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visceral sensation

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sensations from the animal’s interior, hunger, thirst

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20
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touch and pressure sensation

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tactile sense, located in the dermis, tell the animals body when it is in contact with another surface,

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21
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temperature sensation

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monitoring the animal’s body temperature, central temperature receptors are located within the hypothalamus,

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22
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nociception

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the ability to take a painful stimulus and translate it into a nerve impulse that will travel to the brain for interpretation and reaction

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body position and movement sensation

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proprioception, ability of an animal to know where its body is and what muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints are doing,

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24
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eu

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good, well, normal

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aqua

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water, watery solution

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gust/o

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taste

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27
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rhin/o

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nose

28
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olfact/o, odor/o, osm/o

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smell

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ot/o

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ear

30
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tympan/o, myring/o

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eardrum

31
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acous/o

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hearing, listening

32
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audi/o

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sound

33
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ocul/o, ophthalm/o, opt/o

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eye

34
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blephar/o, palpebr/o

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eyelid

35
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lacrim/o, dacry/o

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tears

36
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kerat/o, corne/o

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cornea

37
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irid/o

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iris

38
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cor/o

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pupil of the eye

39
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retin/o

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retina

40
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oss/o

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bone

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aque/o

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water, watery solution

42
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amplify

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increase in size, effect, volume, extent, or amount

43
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amplitude

A

loudness of a sound

44
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cantus

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corner of each eye formed by the junction of the upper and lower eyelids

45
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cochlea

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snail shell, spiral organ in the inner ear that turns sound waves into sensory impulses

46
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conjunctiva

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

47
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eustachian tube

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auditory canal, canal that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx

48
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humor

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any one of the cardinal fluids in the body, blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile

49
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matrix

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surrounding substance in which something else in contained

50
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miosis

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prolonged constriction of the pupil of the eye

51
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mydriasis

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prolonged dilation of the pupil of the eye

52
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modulate

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change, regulate, adjust

53
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neutral transmission

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passage of a nerve impulse across a synapse

54
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nocturnal

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active at night

55
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papilla

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small round or cone shaped projection or peg on the top of the tongue that may contain taste buds

56
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pheromone

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liquid substance released in very small quantities by an animal that causes a specific response if it is detected by another animal of the same species

57
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pinna

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ear flap

58
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sensory receptor

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nerve ending that responds to a stimulus, sends impulses to the brain

59
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sensory transduction

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conversion of a signal from one form to another

60
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vitreous

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resembling glass

61
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taste sweet

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high energy

62
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taste sour

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acidic food

63
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taste salty

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electrolyte-modulation foods

64
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taste bitter

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toxic or bad

65
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umami

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protein rich

Vtec 1020 (16 decks)

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