The Senses Flashcards
TRUE OR FALSE: the arm has inter neuron unlike the leg.
True.
What’s the first layer of the eye?
The sclera (white).
What’s the second layer of the eye?
The choroid.
Whats the last layer of the eyes?
The retina (transparent).
Whats at the tip of the eye?
The cornea (sensitive).
What’s under the cornea?
The iris.
What’s under the iris?
The lens.
What’s under the lens?
Pupil.
What’s moving the eye?
The muscles in it.
How many muscles are in the eye?
Four.
What’s at the very end of the eye?
The optic nerves.
What are the small lines on the eyes?
The muscles.
The eyes are filled with..?
Transparent liquid.
Why are eyes filled with a transparent liquid?
To maintain the shape of the eyeball.
What are the main purpose for muscles?
Controls the pupils when light enters.
List all photoreceptors.
- Rod cells.
- Con cells.
What’s the rod cells responsible of?
Receiving black & white.
What’s the con cells responsible of?
Receiving colors.
What does the ear contributes?
Hearing & balancing.
Define hair cells.
Specialized cells in the inner ear that contain mechanoreceptors that detect vibrations.
List all three ossicles (bones in ears).
- Malleus.
- Incus.
- Stapes.
What’s the shape of the ear window?
An oval shaped window.
What’s the function of the pinna?
Collects soundwaves and fumble it into the auditory canal.
What’s the function of the audiotory canal?
Vibrate the sound waves to the eardrums.
What’s the function of the ossicles bones?
Amplify the soundwaves and send it to the cochlea.
What’s the function of the cochlea?
It fluid gets vibrated causing hair cells (cillia) to bend.
What’s the function of the hair cells?
Carry the impulses of the amplified soundwaves to the brain to get perceived as sounds.
List all the taste senses.
- Sour.
- Salty.
- Bitter.
- Sweet.
- Savory.
TRUE OR FALSE: the smell and taste signals are closely related.
True.
TRUE OR FALSE: both taste and smell senses have chemical receptors.
True.
