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Week Six: Sense Organs Flashcards

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What are some examples of mechanical stimuli?

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Touch, hearing, balance

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What are some examples of thermal stimuli?

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Hot and cold

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What are some examples of electromagnetic stimuli?

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Vision

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What are some examples of chemical stimuli?

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Taste and smell

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What are visceral sensations?

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Sensations of hunger and thirst

Also include visceral stretch receptors in GI tract and urinary system

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What is tactile sense?

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Sensation of something being in contact with the surface of the body

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What is the definition of pressure?

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Sensation of something pressing on the body surface

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What are superficial temperature receptors?

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Detect upward or downward changes in skin temperatures

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What are central temperature receptors?

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(In hypothalamus)

Monitor the temperature of the blood

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_____ can activate mechanisms (like sweating, piloerection) to correct hypothermia or hyperthermia

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CNS

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What are nociceptors?

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Pain receptors

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Pain receptors are not present in the…

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Brain

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Pain receptors detect what?

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Mechanical forces, temperature, ect.

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What does transduction mean?

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Conversion of painful stimulus into nerve impulse

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What does transmission mean?

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Conduction of nerve impulse to the spinal cord

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What is modulation?

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Changes the sensory nerve impulse

Can amplify or suppress sensory impulses

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What is perception?

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Conscious awareness of painful stimuli

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Where does modulation usually occur?

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Spinal cord

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What is proprioception?

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Sense of body position and movements

Drunk driving test

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What are the chemical receptors called in the oral cavity?

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Taste buds

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What is papillae?

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Small elevated structures on the tongue

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Why is the external ear important?

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Acts as a funnel to collect sound wave vibrations and direct them to the eardrum

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What does the middle ear do?

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Amplifies and transmits the vibrationsfrom the eardrum to the inner ear

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Describe the inner ear?

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Contains the sensory receptors that conver the mechanical vibrations to nerve impulses, along with receptors for the equilibrium sense

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What is the pinna?
Elastic cartilage and skin
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What is the external auditory canal?
Membrane-lined tube
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What is the tympanic membrane?
Sound wave vibrations strike this and cause it to vibrate
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Three ossicles (small bones) link the ______ with the cochlea of the inner ear
Tympanic membrane
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______ ______ connects the middle ear cavity with the pharynx
Eustachian tube
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What is the malleus?
Outermost bone, attached to tympanic membrane
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What is the incus?
Middle bone
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What is the stapes?
Medial-most bone; attached to membrane that covers the oval window of the cochlea
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What are the middle ear ossicles
Malleus, incus, stapes
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What is the cochlea?
Shell-shaped spiral cavity in the temporal bone
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What is the organ of corti?
Fluid-filled portion that makes up the receptor organ of hearing Consists of hair cells, supporting cells, and tectorial membrane
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Where is the organ of corti?
Runs along the cochlear duct on the basilar membrane
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What causes the tympanic membrane and ossicles in the middle ear to vibrate?
Sound wave vibrations
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What causes the cochlear duct to move?
Fluid vibration
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What is the mechanical sense of the equilibrium?
Helps maintain balance by keeping track of the position and movements of the head
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Where are the receptors of the equilibrium located?
In the vestibule and semicircular canals in the inner ear
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Where is the vestibule located?
Between the cochlea and semicircular canals
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What is the vestibule composed of?
Utricle and saccule
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_____ causes otoliths and the gelatinous matrix to put pressure on the hairs
Gravity
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What generates nerve impulses that give the brain information about position of the head?
Vestibule
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What is the ampulla?
Enlarged area near the utricle end of each semicircular canal
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What is the crista ampullaris?
Receptor within ampulla
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What generates nerve impulses that give the brain information about motion of the head?
Semicircular canals
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Most components of the eye function to help form an accurate visual image, not ________ it.
Detect
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What detects the image and generate visual nerve impulses?
Photoreceptors in the retina
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What are the layers of the eyeball?
Outer fibrous layer, middle vascular layre, and inner nervous layer
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What is the cornea?
Transparent; admits light to interior of the eye Arrangement of collagen fibers, no blood vessels
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What is the sclera?
"white" of eye | Dense fibrous connective tissue
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What is the limbus?
Junction of the cornea and the sclera
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What type of tissue is in the cornea?
Modified epithelial tissue
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What is choroid?
Between the sclera and the retina | Pigment and bloodvessels
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In most animals, choroid forms the ______ which is a highly reflective area in the rear of the eye
Tapetum | better for night vision
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What is the iris?
Pigmented muscular diaphragm Controls amount of light that enters the posterior part of the eyeball
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What is the pupil?
Opening at center of iris
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The iris is involuntary except in...
Reptiles
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What is cilliary body?
Ring-shaped structure behind the iris Muscles that adjust shape of the lens to allow near and far vision
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What is the retina?
Lines the back of the eye Contains sensory receptors for vision Contains rods and cones
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What is the aqueous compartment?
Contains a clear watery fluid (aqueous humor) | Produced in the posterior chamber by cells of the cillary body
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What is the vitreous compartment?
Contains a clear gelatinous fluid called vitreous humor
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______ _____ fills the whole back of the eyeball behind the lens and cillary body
Vitreous humor
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What is the lens?
Front surface is in contact with aqueous humor; back surface is in contact with vitreous humor Helps focus a clear image on the retina
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What is accommodation?
Process by which the shape of the lens is changed to allow close up and sitant vision
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Relaxation of cilliary muscles causes tension on ________ ligaments; flattens the lens
Suspensory
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Contraction of ______ muscles releases tensions on the suspensory ligaments
Ciliary muscles
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Layers of the retina:
``` Pigment layer Photoreceptor layer Bipolar cell layer Ganglion cell layer Layer of nerve fibers ```
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What is the optic disc?
Site where nerve fibers on the inside surface of the retina converge and leave the eye to form the optic nerve
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What are photoreceptor cells?
Neurons with modified dendrites
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What are rods?
More sensitive to light
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What are cones?
More sensitive to color and detail
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What are the photoreceptors cells?
Rods and cones
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What is conjunctiva?
Thing transparent membrane Covers the front portion of the eyeball and lines the interior surfaces of the eyelids
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What is the conjunctival sac?
Space between the bulbar and palpebral portions of the conjunctiva
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What are eyelids?
Upper and lower folds of skin lined by the thin, moist conjunctiva
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What are the lateral and medial canthus?
Corners where the eyelids come together
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What are the tarsal glands?
Produce waxy substance the helps prevent tears from overflowing onto the face
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What is the nictitating membrane?
Third eyelid
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What is the lacrimal apparatus?
Structures that produce and secrete tears and drain them away from the surface of the eye

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