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THE SENSORY ORGANS Flashcards

1
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Nerve endings that respond to particular stimuli

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Sensory Receptors

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2
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Mechanoreceptors

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Respond to physical stresses in the form of touch, pressure, stretching, sound waves & motion

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3
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Thermoreceptors

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Respond to changes in temperature

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4
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Chemoreceptors

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Respond to chemical stimuli

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5
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Photoreceptors

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Respond to light stimuli

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6
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The skin contains receptors that respond to touch, pressure, pain, & temperature

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Skin Sense

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7
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What receptor is the skin sense?

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Mechanoreceptor

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8
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what receptor is the olfactory sense?

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Chemoreceptor

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9
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What receptor is the gustatory sense?

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Chemoreceptor

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10
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What receptor has the sense of vision?

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Photoreceptor

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11
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What receptor has the sense of hearing?

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Mechanoreceptor

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12
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Photoreceptors that allow for sight in color

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Cones

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13
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The clear dome covering the front of the eye

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Cornea

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14
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Gives color to your eyes

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Iris

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15
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A crystalline structure located behind the iris that focuses light on the retina

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Lens

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16
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Nerve that transmits electrical impulses from the retina to the brain

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Optic Nerve

17
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the opening in the center of the iris, a hole that changes sizes

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Pupil

18
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Sensory tissue that lines the back of the eye that contains millions of photoreceptors

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Retina

19
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Photoreceptors that pick up black and white, used in night vision

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Rods

20
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Transparent liquid that helps keep the shape of the eye

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Vitreous Humor

21
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The white of the eye

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Sclera

22
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Watery fluid

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Aquaeous Humor

23
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Produces sharper vision with its cones & few rods

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Macula

24
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Is the pit inside the macula with only cones, so vision can be at its sharpest

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Fovea

25
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Front part of the eye between the cornea and the iris.

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Anterior chamber

26
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Is between the iris and lens

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Posterior Chamber

27
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Is between the lens and the back of the eye

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Vitreous Chamber

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