Special Senses Review Flashcards

1
Q

type of sensation depends on the destination of what?

A

the nerve impulse

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2
Q

the conscious awareness & interpretation of sensations

A

perception

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3
Q

example of a special sense receptor would be located where?

A

in the head, eyes, ears, mouth

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4
Q

what help us determine body position, movement, and weight discrimination

A

proprioceptors

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5
Q

most sense receptors are located on or near the surface of the body are called what?

A

exteroceptors

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6
Q

type of pain receptor that is stimulated from physical or chemical tissues damage

A

nociceptors

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7
Q

mechanical stimuli cause ______ to sense when there is deformation or stretching of cells

A

mechanoreceptors

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8
Q

what receptor senses changes in temp?

A

thermoreceptors

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9
Q

______ transmit the impulses for the sense of taste and smell

A

chemoreceptors

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10
Q

perception is intrepreted in the _____ of the brain

A

cerebral cortex

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11
Q

inner most tunic of the eye

A

retina

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12
Q

2 types of visual receptors

A

rods & cones

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13
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part of the eye that controls the amount of light entering the eye

A

iris

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14
Q

region associated w/ the sharpest vision

A

fovea centralis

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15
Q

site of aqueous humor production

A

ciliary process (in ciliary body)

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16
Q

most refraction of light occurs in the ….

17
Q

what attaches the lens to the ciliary body

A

zonula fibers, suspensory ligaments

18
Q

cornea and lens get nutrients & oxygen from the …

A

aqueous humor

19
Q

anterior continuation of the sclera is called the…

20
Q

area that lacks photoreceptors is known as the…

A

optic disc

21
Q

3 pigment colors that cones are stimulated by are …

A

blue red green

22
Q

only _____ are found in the fovea centralis

23
Q

bending of light as it passes from 1 medium to another is called…

A

refraction

24
Q

a person has a ________ if vision is blurred due to unequal curvatures of the lens or cornea

A

astigmatism

25
another name for 'nearsightedness' is...
myopia
26
the fluid contained within the membraneous labyrinth
endolymph
27
hair cells of the organ of corti rest on the ______ membrane
basilar
28
grains of calcium carbonate located on the maculae are called -----
otoliths
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the _____, 3 smallest bones in the bady are located in the middle ear
auditory ossicles
30
when sound waves enter the outer ear they push against the ______ to make it vibrate
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
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when the basilar membrane moves, it pulls on the auditory receptors, the ______, which are anchored to the ____ membrane
hair cells | basilar
32
semicircular canals contain the fluid...
endolymph
33
each semicircular canal has an enlarged area called the ____ contains receptor cells called ____
ampulla | cristae
34
the semicircular canals detect ____ equilibrium
dynamic
35
when the head is stationary in any position, is the endolymph moving?
no
36
hearing receptors are located in the ......
organ of corti
37
hair cells of vestibule are stimulated by the bending of the hear ____ and ___
forward & backward
38
organs of dynamic equilibrium are the ____ & _____
semicircular duct | cristae ampullaris
39
fluid contained in the osseous membrane is called...
perilymph