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Senses Flashcards

1
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Specialized cells or multicellular structures that collect information from the environment

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Sensory Receptors

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2
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Sensory receptors stimulate neurons to send impulses along:

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sensory fibers to the brain

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3
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A feeling that occurs when brain become aware of a sensory impulse

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Sensation

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4
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A persons view of the stimulus; the way the brian interprets the info

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Perception

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5
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Respond to changes in chemical concentrations

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Chemoreceptors

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6
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Respond to tissue damage

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Pain Receptors (Nociceptors)

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7
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Respond to changes in temperatures

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Thermoreceptors

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8
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Respond to mechanical forces

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Mechanoreceptors

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9
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Respond to light

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Photoreceptors

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10
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Process in which the brain projects the sensation back to the apparent sources

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Projection

*Allows a person to pinpoint the region of stimulation

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11
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Senses associated with skin, muscles, joints, and viscera

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General Senses

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12
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Three groups of General Senses:

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  1. Exteroceptive
  2. Visceroceptive
  3. Proprioreceptive
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13
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  • Common in epithelial tissues
  • simplest receptors
  • sense itching
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Free Nerve Ending

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14
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  • Abundant in hairless portions of skin; lips

- Detect fine touch; distinguish between two points on the skin

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Meissner’s Corpulses

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15
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  • Common in deeper subcutaneous tissues, tendons, and ligaments
  • Detect heavy pressure and vibrations
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Pacinian Corpulses

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16
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Send information to spinal cord and CNS about body position and length and tension of muscles

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Proprioreceptors

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17
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Main kind of proprioreceptors:

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  1. Pacinian Corpulses
  2. Muscle Spindles
  3. Golgi Tendon Organs

*Stretch Receptors

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18
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in joints

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Pacinian Corpulses

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19
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In skeletal muscle

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Muscle Spindles

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20
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in tendons

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Golgi Tendon Organs

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21
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  • Chemoreceptors

- Respond to chemicals dissolved in liquids

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Olfactory Receptors

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22
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  • Contain olfactory receptors and supporting epithelial cells
  • Cover parts of nasal cavity, superior nasal conchae, and a portion of nasal septum
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Olfactory Organs

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23
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Stimulated by carbohydrates

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sweet

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24
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stimulated by acids

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sour

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25
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stimulated by salts

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salty

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26
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stimulated by organic compounds

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bitter

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27
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stimulated by glutomate

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umani

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28
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Spicy foods activate:

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pain receptors

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29
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modified epithelial cells that function as receptors (chemo-receptors)

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Taste cells

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30
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Microvilli that protrude from taste cells; sensitive parts of taste cells

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Taste hairs

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31
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Located on the papillae of tongue, roof of mouth, linings of cheeks, and walls of pharynx

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organs of taste

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32
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Once olfactory receptors are stimulated, nerve impulses travel through:

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olfactory nerves–> olfactory bulbs–> olfactory tracts–> limbic system (for emotions)–> olfactory cortex (for interpretation)

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33
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Organ of hearing

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Ear

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34
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Collects sound waves

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Auricle

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35
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  • lined with ceruminous glands
  • carries sound to tympanic membrane
  • terminates with tympanic membrane
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External Acoustic Meatus

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36
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Virbrates in response to sound waves

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Tympanic Membrane

37
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Air filled space in temporal bone

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Tympanic Cavity

38
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  • Vibrate in response to tympanic membrane

- Malleus, incus, and stapes

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Auditory Ossicles

39
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  • Opening in wall of tympanic cavity

- stapes vibrate against it to move fluids in inner ear

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Oval Window

40
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  • Connects middle ear to the throat
  • helps maintain equal pressure on both sides of tympanic membrane
  • usually closed by valve-like flaps in the throat
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Eustacian Tube

41
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Complex system of labyrinths

42
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  • Bony canal in temporal bone

- Filled with perilymph

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Osseous Labyrinth

43
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  • Tube within osseous labyrinth

- filled with endolymph

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Membranous Labyrinth

44
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Three parts of Labyrinths:

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  1. Cochlea
  2. Semicircular Canals
  3. Vestibule
45
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  • Group of hearing receptor cells
  • on upper surface of basilar membrane
  • particular sound frequencies cause hairs of receptor cells to bend
  • nerve impulses generated
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Organ of Corti

46
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  • Vestible

- Sense position of head when body is not moving

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Static Equillibrium

47
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  • Semicircular Canals

- Sense rotation and movement of head and body

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Dynamic Equillibrium

48
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Communicates with saccule and membraneous portion of semicircular canals

49
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communicates with cochlear duct

50
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Hair cells of utricle and saccule

51
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Three canals at right angles

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Semicircle Canals

52
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Swelling of membraneous labyrinth that communicates with the vestibule

53
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  • Sensory organ of ampulla
  • hair cells and supporting cells
  • rapid turns of head or body stimulate hair cells
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Crista Ampullaris

54
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The most dominant sense is the ___

55
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___ of all sensory receptors are in the eye

56
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responsible for producing tears

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Lacrimal Apparatus

57
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Prevents perspiration from getting into the eye

58
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Coarse hairs that overlie the supraorbital margins

Functions include:

  • shading the eye
  • Preventing perspiration from reaching the eye
59
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  • Protect the eye anteriorly
  • Palpebral Fissure
  • Lacrimal Caruncle
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Papebrae (Eyelids)

60
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  • Project from the free margin of each eyelid

- Initiate reflex blinking

61
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  • Transparent membrane that lines the eyelids and covers the whites of the eyes
  • Lubricates and protects the eye
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Conjunctiva

62
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Consists of the lacrimal gland and associated ducts

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Lacrimal Apparatus

63
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secrete tears

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Lacrimal Apparatus

64
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The structure of the eyeball

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Slightly irregular hollow sphere

65
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The wall is composed of three tunics:

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  • fibrous
  • vascular
  • sensory
66
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The internal cavity of the eyeball is filled with fluids called:

67
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The ____ separates the intern; cavity

68
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Forms the outermost coat of the eye and is composed of opaque sclera and clear cornea

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Fibrous Tunic

  • -Protects the eye and anchors extrinsic muscles
  • the cornea lets light enter the eye
69
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Three regions of the Vascular Tunic

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  • Choroid
  • Ciliary Body
  • Iris
70
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  • A dark brown membrane

- supplies blood to all eye tunics

71
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  • A thickened ring of tissue surrounding the lens
  • Composed of smooth muscle bundles (ciliary muscles)
  • Anchors the suspensory ligament that holds the lens in place
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Ciliary Body

72
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Central opening of the iris

73
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The outer layer of the retina that absorbs light and prevents its scattering

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Pigmented Layer

74
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Contains photoreceptors that transduce light energy, bipolar cells and ganglion cells, and amacrine and horizontal cells

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Neural Layer of Retina

75
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  • Respond to dim light

- Are used for peripheral vision

76
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  • Respons to bright light
  • Have high-acuity color vision
  • Are concentrated in fovea capitis
77
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Where are cones concentrated?

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Fovea Capitis

78
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____ separates the internal eye

79
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  • Transmits light
  • Supports the posterior surface of the lens
  • Holds the neural retina against the pigmented layer
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Vitreous Humor

80
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A plasma-like fluid that fills the anterior segment of the eye

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Aqueous Humor

*Supports, nourishes, and removes wastes

81
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Between the cornea and iris

82
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Between the iris and the lens

83
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A biconvex, transparent, flexible, avascular structure that:

  • Allows precise focusing of light onto your retina
  • Is composed of epithelium and lens fibers
84
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With age, the lens becomes more compact and dense and loses its _____

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elasticity

85
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When a convex lens forms an image it is:

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upside down and reversed right to left

86
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Light is reflected three times:

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  • At the cornea
  • Entering the lens
  • Leaving the lens
87
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The lens curvature and shape allow for:

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Fine focusing of an image

88
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Process by which the eye detects light energy

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Photoreception

89
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  • Modify neurons
  • Resemble tall epithelial cells
  • Exist as: cones and rods
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Photoreceptors

BIO 141 Lab (10 decks)

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