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The Senses Flashcards

1
Q

Which sense (general vs special) organs are widely distributed throughout the body?

A

General Sense Organs

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2
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Which sense organs (general vs special) exist as individual cells or receptors?

A

General Sense Organs

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3
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Which sense organs (general vs special) exist as highly complex organs?

A

Special Sense Organs

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4
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Which sense organs (general vs special) exist as groupings of specialized receptors?

A

Special Sense Organs

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5
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What receptors detect light?

A

Photoreceptors

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6
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What receptors detect chemicals?

A

Chemoreceptors

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7
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What receptors detect injury?

A

Pain receptors

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8
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What receptors detect temperature?

A

Thermoreceptors

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9
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What receptors detect movement?

A

Mechanoreceptors

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10
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What receptors detect position of body parts or changes in muscle length or tension?

A

Proprioceptors

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11
Q

A sense organ detects a stimulus, which is converted into a __________ which is then perceived as a ________ by the _________.

A

Nerve impulse, sensation, CNS

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12
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What are the 3 general sense receptors?

A

Skin receptors, Muscle Receptors, Deep Receptors

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13
Q

Where are Free Nerve Endings located and what do they detect?

A

Skin. Touch, pain, tickle, temperature

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14
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Where are the Tactile (Meissner) Corpuscles and what do they detect?

A

Skin. Fine touch and vibration

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Where are the Bulbous (Ruffini) Corpuscles and what do they detect?

A

Skin. Touch and Pressure

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16
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Where are the Lamellar (Pacini) Corpuscles and what do they detect?

A

Skin. Pressure and vibration

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17
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Where are the Bulboid (Krause) Corpuscles and what do they detect?

A

Skin. Touch

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18
Q

Where are the Golgi Tendon receptors and what do they detect?

A

Muscle. Proprioception

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19
Q

Where are the Muscle Spindles and what do they detect?

A

Muscle. Proprioception

20
Q

Where are the Stretch Receptors and what do they detect?

A

Deep within hollow Organs. Pressure.

21
Q

Where are the Chemical Receptors and what do they detect?

A

Deep. detects pH, carbon dioxide, other chemicals

22
Q

What part of the eye produces, distributes, and removes tears?

A

Lacrimal Apparatus

23
Q

What is another name for the tear gland?

A

Lacrimal Gland

24
Q

What does the Lacrimal Gland secrete?

A

Lysozyme, antibacterial enzyme

25
Q

What is the pocket where palpebral conjuctiva and the ocular conjuctiva join

A

Fornix

26
Q

What is the tough outer coat or “white” of the eye?

A

Sclera

27
Q

What is the covering over the Sclera?

A

Cornea

28
Q

How does the pupil dialate?

A

Contraction of iris muscle

29
Q

What is the pigmented vascular layer of the eye that prevents scattering of light?

A

Choroid

30
Q

What is the innermost layer of the eye, containing rods and cones?

A

Retina

31
Q

What is the mucus membrane covering the front surface of the sclera and lining the eyelid

A

Conjunctiva

32
Q

What is the transparent body of the pupil, focusing light rays on the retina?

A

Lens

33
Q

Which layer of the eye contains the Cornea and Sclera?

A

The Fibrous layer

34
Q

Which layer of the eye contains the Iris, Cilliary Body, and the Choroid?

A

The Vascular layer (uvea)

35
Q

Which layer of the eye contains the Neural and pigmented part?

A

The Inner layer

36
Q

The Aqueous humor is in the _____ cavity in the front of the lens

A

anterior

37
Q

The Vitreous humor is in the _____ cavity in the front of the lens

A

posterior

38
Q

Visual Disorders: ______ is often caused by elongation of the eyeball

A

Near sightedness or Myopia

39
Q

Visual Disorders: ______ is often caused by a shortened the eyeball

A

Far sightedness or Hyperopia

40
Q

Visual Disorders: ______ is distortion caused by an irregularity of the cornea or lens

A

Astigmatism

41
Q

Visual Disorders: ______ are cloudy spots in the eye’s lens

A

Cataracts

42
Q

What is improper alignment of the eyes?

A

Strabismus

43
Q

What is inflammation of the conjunctivus? Interfering with refraction

A

Conjunctivitis

44
Q

What is the clinical term for night blindness?

A

Nyctalopia

45
Q

What is increased pressure in the retina?

A

Glaucoma

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