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Special Senses Flashcards

1
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Conducted inward or towards something

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Afferent

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Conducted outward or away from something

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Efferent

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3
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Temperature, pain, touch, pressure, vibration, and proprioception

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General Senses

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4
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Sensitivity to pain, touch, pressure, vibration, and proprioception. Picked up by sensory receptors

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General Senses

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5
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Sensors that tell you where you are in space

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Proprioception

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6
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Pain receptors

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Nociceptors

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7
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Temperature receptors found in the dermis, skeletal muscles, liver, and hypothalamus

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Thermoreceptors

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8
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Sensitive to plasma membrane change (stretching, compression, twisting, or other mechanical distortion)

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Mechanoreceptors

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9
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Monitor positions of joints and muscles

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Proprioreceptors

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10
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Stretch receptors that detect pressure changes in walls of blood vessels and portions of system tracts

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Baroreceptors

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11
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Provide touch, pressure, vibration, and sensation

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Tactile Receptors

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12
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Respond to substances dissolved in body fluids

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Chemoreceptors

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13
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Monitor blood pressure

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Carotid Sinus and Aortic Sinus

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14
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Monitor degree of lung expansion

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Lungs

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15
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Monitor fecal matter volume; trigger defecation

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Colon

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16
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Monitor volume; trigger reflex movement

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Digestive Tract

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17
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Monitor volume; trigger urination

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Urinary Bladder Wall

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18
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Detect small changes in concentrations of specific chemicals or compounds

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Chemoreceptors

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19
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Monitor pH and CO2 levels in cerebrospinal fluid

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Chemoreceptors within Medulla Oblongata

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20
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Monitor pH, CO2 and O2 levels in the blood

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Chemoreceptors in the Carotid Bodies and Aortic Bodies

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21
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Five Special Senses

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  1. Olfaction (smell)
  2. Vision (sight)
  3. Gustation (taste)
  4. Equilibrium (balance)
  5. Hearing
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22
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Collects and directs sound waves toward middle ear

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External Ear

23
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Lined with small hairs and ceruminous glands that secrete cerumen (earwax)

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External Acoustic Meatus

24
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Another word for Earwax

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Cerumen

25
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Secretes earwax

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Ceruminous Glands

26
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Separated from external acoustic meatus by the tympanic membrane or eardrum

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Middle Ear

27
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Another name for Middle Ear

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Tympanic Cavity

28
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Connects middle ear to pharynx

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Auditory Tube/Eustachian Tube

29
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Permits pressure equalization on either side of tympanic membrane

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Auditory Tube/Eustachian Tube

30
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Attaches to tympanic membrane

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Malleus

31
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Attaches malleus to stapes

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Incus

32
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Attaches incus to oval window

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Stapes

33
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Located in the Middle Ear

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Auditory Ossicles

34
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3 Auditory Ossicles

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  1. Malleus
  2. Incus
  3. Stapes
35
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Contains sensory organs for hearing and equilibrium. Receives amplified sound waves from middle ear

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Internal Ear

36
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Superficial contours formed by layer of dense bone

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Bony Labyrinth

37
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Within semicircular canals, monitor rotational movements in three different planes

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Semicircular Ducts

38
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Involved in hearing

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Cochlear Duct

39
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Ringing in ears

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Tinnitus

40
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Illusion of movement, caused by conditions altering function of internal ear receptor complex

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Vertigo

41
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Headache, sweating, nausea, vomiting

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Motion Sickness

42
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Ciliary body and Lens divide eye into:

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  • Small Anterior Cavity
  • Large Posterior Cavity
43
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From cornea to iris

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Anterior Chamber

44
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From iris to ciliary body and lens

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Posterior Chamber

45
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Taken up mostly by vitreous body or vitreous humor, galatinous substance

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Large Posterior Cavity

46
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Contains extensive capillary networks

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Choroid

47
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Contains blood vessels, pigment cells, smooth muscle; controls pupils diameter and amount of light entering eye

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Iris

48
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Ring of smooth muscle connected to ligaments that hold lens in place

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Ciliary Body

49
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Retina Consists of:

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  1. Thin outer layer (pigmented layer) the absorbs light
  2. Thick inner layer (neural layer) containing photoreceptors, cells sensitive to light
50
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Black and white vision

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Rods

51
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Colour vision

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Cones

52
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Not photoreceptors, but are connection between rode and cones and ganglion cells

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Bipolar Cells

53
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Condition in which lens loses transparency. Can result from injury, radiation, reaction to drugs

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Cataract

54
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What are General Senses picked up by?

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Sensory Receptors

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