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HHP 3/16/11
chapter 10 senses
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adaptation | adapt to smell |
| referred pain | pain elsewhere |
| somatic | body |
| auditory | hearing |
| cochlea | snail |
| humor | fluid |
| sclera- | white of eye |
| ot- | ear |
| or- | mouth |
| ocul- | eye |
| opt- | sight |
| receptors | convert diff forms of energy into: action potential unipolor neurons |
| chem- | chemical |
| thermo- | temp |
| mechano- | mechanical |
| photo- | light waves |
| chemoreceptors | chemicals dissolved in H2O |
| chemoreceptors located | nose & taste buds |
| dynamic | motion |
| pain receptors | anywhere in body skin-organs |
| thermoreceptors | skin, organs, hot & cold *too much -> pain receptors |
| mechanoreceptors | ear |
| vertigo | dizziness, no equilibrium |
| chemoreceptor | smell of roses |
| pain receptor | an infected tooth |
| thermoreceptor | cool breeze |
| mechanoreceptor | change in blood pressure |
| photoreceptor | approaching headlights |
| about to take hot bath, its too hot to touch. touch it several more times. | the ability to sense heat has adapted |
| free nerve endings | responsible for sensation of itching |
| tactile corpuscles | motion of objects barely contact skin, interpreting impulses from them as sensation of light touch |
| lamellated corpuscles | heavy, deep pressure |
| referred pain | pain may feel as coming from some part of the body other than whats being stimulated. |
| referred pain ex. | pain from heart may feel like coming from skin due to sensory impulses from the heart & skin follow common nerve pathways to brain |
| smell | olfactory organs |
| taste | taste buds |
| hearing | ears |
| equilibrium | ears |
| sight | eyes |
| olfactory organs ex. | olfactory receptors columnar epithelial cells in the nasal mucosa |