Sensory

Question 1

Sensory reception

Answer 1

Process of receiving data about external or internal environment through the 5 senses

Question 2

Sensory perception

Answer 2

Conscious process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting data from the senses into meaningful information

Question 3

4 conditions to receive data

Answer 3

A stimulus present
A receptor/sense organ receives the stimulus in order to invert it to a nerve impulse
The nerve impulse must be conducted along a nervous pathway from the receptor/sense organ to the brain
A particular area in the brain must receive and translate the impulse into a sensation

Question 4

Reticular activation system (RAS)

Answer 4

Poorly defined network that extends from hypothalamus to medulla, mediating arousal, monitors and regulates incoming stimuli

Question 5

Presbyopia

Answer 5

Loss of elasticity in lens of eye leading to decrease in eye’s ability to change shape of lens to focus

Question 6

Macular degeneration

Answer 6

Most common cause of legal blindness, drusen deposits in retina

Question 7

Presbycusis

Answer 7

Loss of high frequency hearing