Sensory Flashcards

1
Q

Stimulus

A

How our body reacts to stimuli

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2
Q

Nociceptors

A

Detect pain

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3
Q

Mechanoreceptors

A

Body fluid

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4
Q

Photoreceptors

A

Light/sight

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5
Q

Thermoreceptors

A

Temperature

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6
Q

Chemoreceptors

A

Taste and smell

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7
Q

4 components of sensation

A

Stimulus (sun)
Receptor(reaction to light)
Sensory nerve(optic nerve)
Special area of brain triggered (occipital)

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8
Q

General senses

A

Pain
Touch
Pressure
Temperature

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9
Q

Special senses

A
Smell
Taste
Sight
Hearing 
Balance
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10
Q

Olfactory

A

Smell

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11
Q

Gustation

A

Taste
Glossopherengial nerve(9th cranial nerve)
Facial (11th cranial nerve)
Vagus(10th cranial nerve)

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12
Q

Taste

A
"Social sense"
Bitter
Salty 
Sweet
Sour
Umami(savory)
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13
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Visual accessory organs

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Eyebrows 
Eyelids
Conjunctiva 
Eyelashes 
Lacrimal apparatus (tears)
Extrinsic eye muscles
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14
Q

Sclera

A

Shapes the eye

Outermost layer of eye

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15
Q

Cornea

A

Colored portion of eye

Contains no blood vessels

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16
Q

Pupil

A

Allows light to enter the eye

17
Q

Retina

A

Innermost layer of eye

Contains rods and cons

18
Q

Rods

A

See in dim light

19
Q

Cons

A

Provides color vision

20
Q

Blind spot

A

Optic disk

21
Q

Aqueous humor

A

Fluid in front of eye

22
Q

Vitreous humor

A

Fluid in back of eye

23
Q

Cross eyed

A

Convergent strabismus

24
Q

Etosis

25
Sty
Horde oleum
26
3 small bones in ear
Malleus Incus Stapes
27
3 parts of ear
External Middle Inner
28
Cerumen
Earwax
29
Pharynx
Throat | Connected to middle ear
30
Auditory tube
Middle ear | Eustachian tubes
31
Cranial nerve for hearing
Nerve 8 | Vestibulocochlear
32
Amblyopia
Decreased eyesight due to abnormal visual development.
33
Ménière's disease
Disorder of inner ear Virgo/dizziness Tinnitus/ringing in ear
34
Keratitis
Information of cornea
35
Retinopathy
Hypertension or diabetes which causes blindness