Special Senses Flashcards

1
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Static Equilibrium

A

Maintains balance when body of still/static

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2
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Otoliths

A

Rocks in labyrinth composed of calcium carbonate

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3
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Dynamic equilibrium

A

Maintains balance when body is moving

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4
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Cerebellum

A

Part of the brain that helps maintain balance

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5
Q

Types of receptor

A

Mechano, specialized hair cells

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6
Q

Vision

A

Sense that assists in maintaining equilibrium

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7
Q

Motion sickness
me in APUSH

A

Labrynthitis
Too much info. TMI
Displacement of Otoliths
Incongruent Info.

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8
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5 tastes sensations

A

Salty, sweet, sour, bitter, savory

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9
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Organs of taste

A

Taste buds

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10
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Location of taste

A

Tongue, walls of throat, and roof of the mouth. It’s replaced every 3 days

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11
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Saliva

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Dissolves foods to get them into the taste buds HOT foods stimulate PAIN receptors and THERMAL

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12
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HOT foods

A

stimulate PAIN receptors and THERMAL

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13
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Anosmia
when i was sick

A

Inability to smell

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14
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Taste+Smell

A

Work together to increase pleasure

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15
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Sensory adaptation

A

Adapt easily but recover well

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16
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How to detect faint odors

17
Q

Odorant Molecules

A

Must be dissolved

18
Q

Free nerve endings

my face for no reason

A

Pain, itching, and temp.

19
Q

Meisner Corpuscles

A

Light touch

20
Q

Pacinian Corpuslces
PD
DP

A

Deep pressure

21
Q

Muscle spindles

D S

A

Detect stretch at ligaments

22
Q

Specialized Hair Cells

A

Perceive sound and maintain equilibrium

23
Q

Tissue damaged

A

Stimulates pain receptors

24
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Referred pain

A

Feel pain elsewhere than part damaged sharp

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Acute pain fibers
Myelinated, chronic pain fibers= unmylienated
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Endorphins
Your natural pain control
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Stimulus
Impulse
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Blind spot
retinal neurons leave the eyelall
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fovea centralls FO
Focus point
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refraction all the intials r in the word c l f
cornea, lens fluids
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lacrimal glands la criminal to mom
Tear glands
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after-image project
Type of optical illusion of persistent illusion
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myopia yoleleyehoo
hear sightings
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pupil dilation di
Dim light
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Constriction
In bright light
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Newborn eyesight
Less than adult 9-12 inches long
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Rods what babies see first
dim light, black and white