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BOARDSspinal anatomy
Special Senses
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |