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Sensory Flashcards

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What are the general senses ?

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  1. Visceral sensations 2. Touch 3. Temperature 4. Pain 5. Proprioception
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2
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What is the process of experiencing pain called?

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Nociception

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3
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What is the sense of body position and movement called?

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Proprioception

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4
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What are the 4 processes that contribute to nociception?

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  1. Transduction 2. Transmission 3. Modulation 4. Perception
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5
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Another term for the sense of taste.

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Gustatory Sense

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6
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What are the three ossicles of the ear called?

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  1. Malleus
  2. Incus
  3. Stapes
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7
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What glands produce tears?

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Lacrimal glands and the accessory lacrimal glands

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What four refractive media in the eye help to form a clear image on the retina?

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The cornea, the aqueous humor, the lens and he vitreous humor.

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9
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What function do otoliths have?

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They help the macula determine the position of the head.

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10
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2 categories of temperature receptors

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superficial and central

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11
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Where is the central temperature receptor located?

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hypothalamus

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12
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3 layers of the eyeball

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outer: fibrous layer; the middle: vascular layer; the inner: nervous layer

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13
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what are the four special senses

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taste, smell, hearing, vision

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14
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the sense of smell is called what ?

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olfactory sense

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15
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what are the three ossicles bones

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malleus, incus, stapes

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16
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What are the four types of stimuli for sensory receptors? Give an example of each

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  1. Mechanincal Stimuli example: touch
  2. Thermal stimuli example: hot and cold
  3. Electromagnetic stimuli example: vision
  4. Chemical stimuli example: taste
17
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Touch is also know as what?

A

the tactile sense

18
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what is transduction?

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the first step in nociception.

The conversion of a painful stimulus to a nerve impulse that happens at the sensory nerve ending.

19
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a paper-thin, connective tissue membrane that is tightly stretched across the opening between the external auditory canal and the middle ear cavity

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tympanic membrane

20
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What sense helps an animal maintain balance by keeping track of position and movements of the head?

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equilibrium

21
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a thin, transparent memebrane that covers the front portion of the eyeball and lines the interior surfaces of the eyelid

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conjunctiva

22
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Most of the ear structures are housed within the ____ bones

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Temporal.

23
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Which photoceptors are sensitive to color and detail?

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Cones.

24
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The conjunction of the cornea and sclera is called the…?

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Limbus.

25
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name the 3 parts of the ear

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Pina, Middle ear, Inner ear

26
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what organ of the ear controls equilibrium.

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Semicircular canals

27
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What are the lacrimal glands responsible for.

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Tear production

28
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What is the ring-shaped structure located directly behind the iris?

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Ciliary body

29
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Nervous impulses from rods and cones pass via the______to the brain.

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Optic nerve

30
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What are three types of gustatory papillae?

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  1. Fungiform
  2. Foliate
  3. Vallate
31
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What divides the aqueous compartment?

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Iris

32
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How many extraocular muscles do animals have?

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7

33
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Which extraocular muscle do humans not share with animals and what does it do?

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Retractor Bulbi

Retracts the eye further into the orbit, enhancing the other extraocular muscles

34
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Dendrites are called ______

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Sensory receptors

35
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Pain produces what type of stimulies

A

Mechanical, chemical, or thermal

36
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What ototoxic drugs can cause deafness?

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Gentamycin & neomycin

37
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What is the T-shaped plate of cartilage covered by the conjunctiva?

A

The third eyelid

38
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What is the seventh extraocular muscle?

A

The retractor bulbi muscle

39
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What are the saclike spaces that make up the vestibule?

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The utricle and the saccule

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