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HCT Chapter 20
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accommodation | Focusing of the eye for varied distances |
| Auditory | Pertaining to the sense of hearing |
| Converge | When two eyes move in a coordinated fashion toward fixation on the same near point |
| Cutaneous | Pertaining to the skin |
| Equilibrium | State of balance |
| Gustatory | Pertaining to the sense of taste |
| Intraocular | Within the eye |
| Labyrinth | System of communicating canals in the inner ear |
| Olfactory | Pertaining to the sense of smell |
| Receptor | Specific type of cell that responds to a specific stimulus |
| Refraction | Deviation of light when passing through a medium to another medium of a different density |
| Stimulus | Any agent that produces a reaction in a receptor |
| Vision | Act or faculty of seeing; sight |