Specific Senses (5/11) Flashcards

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Pathway for vision

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Detect visual stimuli
convert to action potentials
send to brain

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Retina

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Turns certain wavelengths of light into action potentials

  • contains cones (colors)
  • contains rods (night vision)
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3
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Where are cones located

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In the retina inside of the fovea centralis and macula

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4
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Rhodopsin

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protein very sensitive to light in rods

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5
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Location of rods

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many many more and cones and located further from the retina so peripheral vision is best for seeing dimly lit objects at night

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Lens and cornea

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cornea- first thing light passes through and protects eye

Lens- finishes job of focusing light

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Iris

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has a hole in center known as pupil (what actually lets light into eye) while iris acts as an umbrella to not let any excess light in

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Dilator pupillae muscle

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increases pupil size

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9
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Constrictor pupillae muscle

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decreases muscle size

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10
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When lens changes shape…

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by Ciliary body via suspensory ligament of lens

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11
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Anterior chamber (front area)

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contains aqueous humor

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Posterior chamber (back of the eye)

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Contains vitreous humor

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13
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Beneath the retina lays a dark layer of tissue called…

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Choroid - supplies blood and absorbs extra light

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14
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Outer most layer

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Sclera (white color)

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15
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Cones and rods are…

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synapsed to bipolar cells which then synapse to ganglia cells

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16
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Cells that are horizontal

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horizontal cells are between cones/rods and bipolar cells and they inhibit photoreceptors

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17
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Amacrine cells

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Between bipolar cells and ganglion cells

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18
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Visual fields

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left and right

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19
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Optic Chiasm

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where the fields cross and shoved to opposite side of brain
so, visuals that hit right side of left processed in right
so, visuals that hit left side of right get processed in left
outer halves of each eye stay on the same side of the brain

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20
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Optic tract

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runs through the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) contained in the thalamus

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21
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LGN

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contains magnocellular neurons- motion but no details and parvocellular neurons (small)- details but not motion

22
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Temporal resolution

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detecting change

23
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Motion paralax

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objects closer to us move further across our visual field than objects that are far from us

24
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Feature dections

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Detection of individual stimuli

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Parallel processing
integrating multiple stimuli
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Serial memory processing
systematically giving attention to one thing at a time
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Order of visual pathway
``` Photoreceptors horizontal cells bipolar cells amacrine cells ganglion cells ```
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Sterocilia
hair cells of the ear that poke out into fluid called the endolymph
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Moving of sterocilia in endolymph triggers...
calcium channels to open and the influx of calcium causes the release of neurotransmitters
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ORgan of corti
has a flexible structure called the basilar membrane, hair cells, and tectorial membrane
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Summery of path of waves entering ear
sound waves enter and cause the endolymph that surrounds hair cells to vibrate and cause hair cells to release neurotransmitters to go into brain
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outer eat
lobe, pinna/auoricle and they funnel airwaves
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Eardrum
dividing point between outer ear and middle ear
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Middle ear
``` ossicles: malleus, incus, and stapes Eustachian tube (equalizes pressure- does the popping) ```
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Oval window
stapes connected to and it is the boundary between the middle ear and the inner ear
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Inner ear
fluid bathed hair cells | known as bony labyrinth (contains perilymph) and the membranous labyrinth (contains endolymph)
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More on inner ear
Cochlea: scala vestibule (contains perilymph) and scala tympani (contains perilymph) and reissner's membrane
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Thickness of basilar membrane (place theory)
``` thick= high frequency narrow= low frequency closer to apex and further from oval window ```
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Parts of brain involved in hearing
auditory cortex and medial geniculate nucleus
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Vestibular sense
``` hair helps with balance semicircular canals sense circular motion vestibule- linear execration utricle- horizontal motion saccule- vertical motion they contain otoliths which have CaCO3 ```
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Sound
determined by amplitude and vibrates tympanic membrane
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Touch
somatosenation: touch, pain, temperature, etc
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Nerves of skin
Not distributed evenly in the skin | fingertips are sensitive and have a high density of nerves
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Two-point threshold
minimum distance for distinguishing two point stimuli
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Homunculus
little man drawn to shown density of nerves
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Gate theory of pain
Pain turned on/off based on input | spinal cord
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Taste
information is first processed in the thalamus then gustatory contex
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Smell
in olfactory bulb and passed to olfactory tract | limbic system
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Interacting sense
flavor is a combination of tase and smell
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Two-point threshold definition
the minimum distance between two points on the skin that are stimulated at the same time such that we can perceive them as distinct from each other