Senses And The Nervous System Flashcards
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Stimulus
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A stimulus is something that causes a response e.g when someone walks by
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Sensitivity
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Detecting and responding to a stimulus
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Ciliary muscle
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Changes the shape of the lens for focusing
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Retina
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Contains the light sensitive cells
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Optic nerve
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Carries messages to the brain
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Nervous system
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Made up of brain, spinal cord, all the nerves
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Sensory nerve
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Sends a message to the brain from the sense organ
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Motor nerve
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Sends a message from the brain to a muscle
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Lens
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Focus the light onto the retina
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Iris
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Controls the amount of light entering the eye
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Cornea
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Allows light through
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Pupil
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The hole that allows light through
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Messages
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Are sent along nerves as pulses of electricity
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The eye contains
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The cornea, iris, lens, pupil, retina, optic nerve and ciliary muscle
