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Special Senses Flashcards

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Special Senses

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Olfactory (smell), Gustatory (taste), Hearing and Equilibrium, Sight

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Sense of Smell

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Odor, Receptor Cell, Olfactory Bulb, Olfactory Tract, Limbic System

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Taste Sensations

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Sweet, Sour, Bitter, Salty, Savory (Umami)

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Umami

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A savory taste, is one of the five basic tastes, together with sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. A loanword from the Japanese umami can be translated “pleasant savory taste”

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Outer Ear

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Auricle, Auditory Canal

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Auricle

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Collects sound waves

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Auditory Canal

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Filter air, funnels sound

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Middle Ear

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Eardrum, Auditory Ossicles, Auditory (eustachian) Tube, Tympanic Cavity

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Auditory Ossicles

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Malleus, Incus, Stapes
Transmit vibrations and amplifies sound

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Auditory (eustachian) Tube

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Equalize air pressure (connection of middle and throat)

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Tympanic Cavity

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Transmit sound

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Inner Ear (Labyrinth)

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Semicircular Canals, Cochlea, Organ of Corti, Vestibulocochlear Nerve, Round Window

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Semicircular Canals

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Helps with equilibrium

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Cochlea

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Hearing - Turn vibrations into electrical impulses

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Organ of Corti

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Hairlike receptors that vibrate as sound hits them

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Vestibulocochlear Nerve

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Sends hearing and balance info to brain

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Round Window

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Decompressed vibration energy in the cochlea

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How hearing works

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  1. Sound waves enter the external auditory canal
  2. Eardrum vibrates
  3. Auditory ossicles (malleus, incus, stapes) amplify vibrations
  4. Stapes hit the oval window and transmit vibrations to the cochlea
  5. Organs of Corti contain receptor cells (hair cells) that deform from vibrations
  6. Round window dissipates vibrations within the cochlea
    We lose hearing when fibers of hair cells inside the cochlea are damaged by loud noises
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Associated Structures of Eye

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Conjunctiva, Extrinsic Eye Muscles, Lacrimal Glands

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Conjunctiva

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Covering around the eye and under the eyelids
Pink Eye - also known as conjunctivitis (from bacteria, very contagious)

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Extrinsic Eye Muscles

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Move the eye

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Lacrimal Glands

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Produce tears, which drain into the nasal cavity via the lacrimal duct

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Outer Tunic of the Eye

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Cornea, Sclera, Optic Nerve

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Cornea

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Transport dome that focuses light

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Sclera

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Continuation of cornea, going toward the back of the eye (white of the eye)

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Optic Nerve

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Exits at the optic disk and transmits information from the eye to the occipital lobe of the brain

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MiddleTunic of the Eye

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Choroid, Ciliary Body, Lens, Iris, Pupil, Aqueous Humor

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Choroid

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Contains blood vessels

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Ciliary Body

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Holds the lens in place

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Lens

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Focusing

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Iris

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Colored portion of the eye

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Pupil

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Opening for light to enter

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Aqueous Humor

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Liquid surrounding the lens

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Inner Tuni of the Eye

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Retina, Fovea Centralis, Optic Disc, Vitreous Humor

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Retina

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Has photoreceptors, which are sensors for light

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Fovea Centralis

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Region of the sharpest vision, also called the macula

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Optic Disc

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Where nerve fibers leave the eye, creating the blind spot

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Vitreous Humor

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Supports internal parts, and fluid within the eye

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Photoreceptors

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Rods, Cones

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Rods

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Monochromatic (black and white)
Most sensitive to brightness of light

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Cones

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Color Vision (red, yellow, blue)

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How does the Eye work?

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Accommodation - Lens changes shape to facilitate focusing.
Images are projected to the back of the eye (focal points)
The lens reverses the image - objects are seen upside-down
The lens is connected to ciliary bodies (suspensory ligaments) that contract and relax to change the shape of the lens

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Problems with Focusing

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Myopia
Hyperopia
Astigmatism

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Myopia

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Eye slightly longer, nearsighted

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Hyperopia

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Eye shorter, farsighted

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Astigmatism

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irregularities in cornea or lens

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