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BOARDSspinal anatomy
Special Senses
Question | Answer |
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taste papillae | projections from the tongue where taste buds are embedded |
circumvallate | largest, cylindrical, bitter receptors |
circumvallate | least in number |
fungiform | muschroom shaped |
fungiform | most numberous taste receptors |
filiform | thread-like, sensitive to touch (no taste) |
foramen caecum | embryonic thyroid diverticulum |
Olfactory bulb | contains granular, mitral and tufted cells & a glomerulus |
cribiform plate | ethmoid bone |
olfaction | uncus "skunkcus in my uncus" |
fovea centralis | greatest acuity |
ciliary muscles | control shape of lens |
semicircular canals | angular acceleration & deceleration |
utricle & saccule | linear acceleration |
cochlea | perilymph made |
retina | develops from ectoderm |
cones | color |
optic disc | blindspot |
vitreous humor | posterior |
aqueous humor | anterior |