sensory organs

Question 1

protective structures of the eye

Answer 1

-sclera
-cornea
-eyelids
-eyelashes

Question 2

type & location of sensory receptors for vision/hearing & equilibrium

Answer 2

-photoreceptors (rods + cones)
-hair cells within cochlea for hearing and balance

Question 3

route of visual stimulus through the eye to the brain

Answer 3

-light enters through cornea –> passes through pupil –> focused by lens –> hits retina where photorecptor cells convert light into electrical signals –> travels along the optic nerve –> to brain via optic chiasm

Question 4

route of sound waves through the ear

Answer 4

pinna (outer ear) –> ear canal (external auditory meatus) –> tympanic membrane (eardrum) –> ossicles (malleus, incus, stapes) –> oval window –> cochlea –> vistibulocochlear nerve —-> brain

Question 5

sense of taste

Answer 5

taste buds (papille)
hypoglassal nerve

Question 6

reflexes

Answer 6

inborn (intrinsic) involuntary, predictable motor response to stimulus
learned (acquired) reflex results from practice or reputation (driving skills)

Question 7

eye structures

Question 8

ear structures