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Special Senses Flashcards

1
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Smell is also called

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Olfactory

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2
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How many olfactory neurons are located in the olfactory epithelium

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10 million

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3
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The olfactory pathway terminates in the olfactory cortex of the frontal or

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Temporal lobe

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4
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The projections on the surface of the tongue are called

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Papilla

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5
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Name sensory cells that are continuously replaced

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Taste cells
Olfactory cells

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6
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What’s the normal life span of taste cells

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10 days

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7
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What nerves transmit taste sensation

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CN X vagus
CN IX glossopharyneal
CN VII Facial

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8
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The limbic and hypothalamus are considered…..

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Secondary olfactory areas

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9
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Four major types of papillae

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Filiform
Val late
Foliage
Fungiform

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10
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Most numerous papillae on the tongue but has no taste buds
Provides rough surface on the tongue allowing for manipulation of food

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Filiform

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11
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Which cell in a taste bud is a sensory cell

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Gustatory cells

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12
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Non sensory cells

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Basal and supporting cells

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13
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Accessory eye structures

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Conjunctiva
Lacrimal apparatus

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14
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Which nerve carries taste sensation from the epiglottis

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CN X vagus nerve

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15
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Taste sensations are carried by three cranial nerves

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Facial nerve CN VII
Glossopharynegeal nerve CN IX
Vagus nerve CN X

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16
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The central olfactory cortex areas are located in the

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Temporal and frontal lobes

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17
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Conjunctiva

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Mucus membrane protecting inner surface of eyelid and anterior surface of sclera

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18
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Lacrimal apparatus

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Protect and lubricates the eyes through tears

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19
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Middle layer of eyeball wall

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Vascular tunic

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20
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Palpebrae aka

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Eyelids

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21
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Outer layer of the eyeball is

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Fibrous tunic

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22
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White outer layer that protects internal eye structures, maintain eye shape, and provide attachment point for the extrinsic muscles of the eye

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Sclera

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23
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Eyeball tunic layer order inner to outer

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Nervous tunic
Vascular tunic
Fibrous tunic

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24
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Fibrous tunic

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Sclera and cornea

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25
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Vascular tunic

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Choroid and ciliary body

26
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Nervous tunic

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Retina

27
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Which eye structure control pupil size

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Iris

28
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Avascular transparent structure that refracts light as it enters the eye

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Cornea

29
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Retina receptor cells

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Cones and rods

30
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Portion of retina with the greatest visual acuity is called

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Fovea centralis

31
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Optic disc doesn’t contain photoreceptors and doesn’t respond to light

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Blind spot

32
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Increased intraocular pressure

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Glaucoma

33
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Nerve and blood cells enter and exit the retina at the

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Optic disc

34
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Jelly like substance found in the vitreous chamber of the eye

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Vitreous humor

35
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Transparent biconcave eye structure

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Lens

36
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Anterior chamber

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Between cornea and iris

37
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Posterior chamber

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Between iris and lens

38
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Vitreous chamber

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Mostly surrounded by the retina

39
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Bending of light

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Refraction

40
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Lens structure

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Transparent and biconvex

41
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Near vision lens are

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Rounded

42
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Distant vision lens are

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Flattened

43
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At focal point

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No image forms

44
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Ability to focus an image on the retina so that it’s clear

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Visual acuity

45
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What is focal point

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The point where light rays cross after passing through a concave lens

46
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Outermost cells of neural layer of the retina are

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Ganglion cells

47
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In distant vision the lens is

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Flatter than in near vision

48
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Action potential passage towards optic nerve

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Photoreceptor
Bipolar cell
Ganglion cell

49
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Photoreceptor cells responsible for color vision and visual acuity

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Cone cells

50
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Relaxed ciliary muscles lens are

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More flat

51
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Occipital lobe is the location of the

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Visual cortex

52
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Inner ear structures

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Semicircular canals
Vestibule
Cochlea

53
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Separate external ear from middle ear

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Tympanic membrane

54
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External ear structure

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External auditory canal
Auricle

55
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During light conditions, rod function

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Decreases

56
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Neuronal pathways for hearing

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Cochlear ganglion
Medial geniculate nucleus of the thalamus
Cochlear nucleus in medulla oblongata

57
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Cochlear duct

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Between vestibular membranes and basilar membrane

58
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Scala tympani

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Below the spiral lamina and basilar membrane

59
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Scala vestibuli

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Above the spiral lamina and vestibular membrane

60
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Neuronal pathway from cochlear nerve to cerebral cortex

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Cochlear ganglion
Cochlear nucleus in medulla oblongata
Inferior colliculus
Medial geniculate nucleus of the thalamus
Auditory cortex of the temporal lobe

61
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Neuronal pathway for balance

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Vestibular nucleus
Thalamus
Vestibulocochlear nerve

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