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CMA Chapter 10
The Senses
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accommodation | Mechanism that allows the eye to focus at various distances |
| Bulbus oculi | The eyeball |
| Chemoreceptor | Detects the presence of chemicals |
| Cochlea | Snail-shaped portion of the inner ear |
| Crista ampullaris | Receptor organ located within the ampulla of the semicircular canals |
| General Senses | Located throughout the body |
| Gustatory sense | Sense of taste |
| Lacrimal apparatus | Produce and convey tears |
| Macula lutea | Yellowish depression on the retina |
| Mechanoreceptors | Sensory receptors that respond to a bending or deformation of the cell |
| Nociceptors | Pain receptors |
| Olfaction | Sense of smell |
| Otoliths | Little stones of calcium carbonate in the macula of the inner ear |
| Photoreceptors | Sensory receptors that detect light |
| Proprioception | Sense of the body position and movements |
| Refraction | Bending of light as it passes from one medium to another |
| Rhodopsin | Photosensitive pigment in the rods |
| Sensory adaptation | Receptors sensitivity decreases with prolonged stimulation |
| Special senses | Senses with receptors localized in a particular area |
| Thermoreceptors | Sensory receptors that detect changes in temperature |