Special Senses Flashcards by Rachel De Groot | Brainscape

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esthesia

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senstation

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-algesia

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pain

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-osmia

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sense of smell

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geusia

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sense of taste

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audi/o

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hearing

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acous/o

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sound, hearing

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ot/o

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ear

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myring/o

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tympanic membrane

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tympan/o

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tympanic cavity

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salping/o

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tube, auditory tube

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staped/o

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stapes

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labyrinth

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inner ear

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cochle/o

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cochlea of inner ear

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gustation is the sense of

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taste

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tactile sense refers to

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touching it

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olfactory nerves carries impluses for

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smell

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a person with ageusia lacks

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sensation of taste

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sensitiviy to tempature is

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thermesthesia

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another name for pinna of the ear is

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auricle

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the middle ossicle of the ear is

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incus

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vestibular apparatus contains receptors for

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equilibrium

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the spiral organ is receptor for

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hearing

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the auditory tube connects

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middle ear cavity with the pharynx

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a audiometry is measurment of

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hearing

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hardening of the bones of the ears is

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otosclerosis

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a sensation of the ringing in the ears is called

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tinnitus

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the uvea of the eye consists of the

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iris

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the part of the active in accommodation for near and far vission is the

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lens

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the macula of the retina contains the

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fovea

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when light rays are refracted they

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bend

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conjunctivitis affects the

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membrane that lines the eyelid and covers the eye

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the receptor cells in the retine are the

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rods and cones

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palpebral refers to the

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eyelid

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dextrocular refers to

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right eye

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retinoschisis is

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spltting of the retine

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cycolplegia is

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paralysis of the ciliary muscles

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phacolysis is

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destruction of the lens

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exophthalmos is

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protrusion of the eyeball

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iridodilator

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widens the iris

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achromatopsia

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colour blindess

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diplopia

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double vision