Special Senses Flashcards
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Chemoreceptors
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changes in chemical concentration taste and smell
1
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Types of Chemoreceptors
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- Chemoreceptors
- Nociceptors
- Thermoreceptors
- Mechanoreceptors
- Photoreceptors
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Nociceptors
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pain
3
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Thermoreceptors
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changes in temperature
4
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Mechanoreceptors
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mechanical touch/pressure
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Photoreceptors
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see changes in light
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The eye is protected by accessory structures
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eyelids, eyebrows, eyelashes
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Eyelid is lined with…
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Conjunctiva & Lacrimal glands
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Four “main” special senses
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- smell
- taste
- sight
- hearing
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Conjunctiva
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What: protective mucous membrane covers anterior part of eye
Function: secretes mucus (conjunctivitis = pink eye)
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Lacrimal Gland
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- Produce tears (saline solution), mucus, lysozymes (kill bacteria)
- Drain into nasolacrimal duct
