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HUM Sense
Human Biology Senses
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chemoreceptors | Chemical substance response, sense of taste and smell. |
| Photoreceptors | Respond to light energy, sense of sight. |
| Mecanoreceptor | Stimulated by mechanical forces, senses of hearing and balance |
| Thermoreceptors | Respond to temperature changes |
| Proprioception | Spatial awareness (close eyes know where body parts are automatically) |
| Meissner Copuscle | Touch |
| Merkel Discs | Touch |
| Pacinian Copuscle | Pressure |
| Free Nerve Endings | Pain |
| Krause End Bulbs | Cold |
| Ruffini Endings | Heat |
| Olfactory Nerve | Chemoreceptors located located in the roof of the nasal cavity. |
| Salt and Sweet | Tip of the tongue |
| Sour | Sides/Margins of the tongue |
| Bitter | Back of the tongue |
| Near Sighted | Can see close objects |
| Far Sighted | Can see far objects |
| Astigmatism | Cannot evenly focus light rays |
| Inner Ear | Typanic membrane |
| Middle Ear | Malleus, Incus, Stapes |
| Inner Ear | Semicircular canals |
| Vertigo | Sensation of dizziness and rotation |