Senses And The Nervous System Flashcards by Alex groves | Brainscape

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Sensitivity

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Detecting and responding to a stimulus

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Stimulus

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Is something that causes a response

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Lens

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Focuses 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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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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Lens

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Focuses 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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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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Brain,spinal,cord all 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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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,pupil,retina,optic nerve and ciliary muscle