The Nervous System & Sense Organs Flashcards
What type of stimuli do taste buds detect?
Chemical
Mechanical stimuli in domestic animals detect:
Touch, Hearing, Balance
Thermal stimuli in domestic animals detect:
Hot & Cold
Electromagnetic stimuli in domestic animals detect:
Vision
Chemical stimuli in domestic animals detect:
Taste & Smell
What’s the function of saltatory conduction?
The process of how electrical signals travel along myelinated axons
Where does neurotransmission typically take place?
At the synaptic cleft
Where are the utricle, saccule, and semicircular canals located?
Inner ear
What’s the process of experiencing pain called?
Nocioception
Which category would a sensory nerve fiber best fit into?
Afferent nerves
What’s the primary difference between the autonomic and somatic nervous system?
The autonomic system is involuntary, and the somatic system is voluntary
The thalamus, hypothalamus, and pituitary gland are three components of which part of the brain?
Diencephalon
What is the function of synaptic vesicles?
Storing neurotransmitters
What’s the middle vascularized layer of the eye called?
Uvea
The nervous system can be divided into what two basic Anatomic areas?
Central Nervous System (CNS) and Peripheral Nervous System system (PNS)
