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Sensory system-Body Structureand function

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A specialized area of the sensory neuron that detects a specific stimulus   receptor  
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The five types of sensory receptors   chemoreceptors, pain receptors, thermoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, photoreceptors  
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What are the 4 components involved in the perception of a sensation   stimulus, receptor, sensory nerve, special area of the brain  
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The process by which the brain, after receiving a sensation, refers that sensation back to its source   projection  
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the sense of orientation or position   proprioception  
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Gustatory sense   sense of taste  
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Nearsightedness   myopia  
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farsightedness   hyperopia  
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The 3 parts of the ear   external, middle ear, and inner ear  
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The inner ear structure concerned with hearing   cochlea  
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The four basic taste sensations   sweet, salty, sour, and bitter  
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The muscle of the eye that controls the size of the pupil   intrinsic eye muscle  
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the cranial nerve II   optic nerve  
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the two characteistics of sensation   projection and adaptation  
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type of receptors for touch and pressure   mechanoreceptors  
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Receptor for heat and cold   thermoreceptors  
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The receptors for balance   mechanoreceptors  
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The middle ear has a passageway connecting it to the pharynx or throat   eustachian tube  
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The photoreceptors for color vision   cones  
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The photoreceptors for night vision   rods  
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