Ch 7: Nervous Systems - Senses
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| Accommodation | Ability of the eye to change the shape of the lens to keep an image in focus with a change in distance
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| Dynamic equilibrium | Equilibrium perceived when the head is rotating
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| Gustation | The sense of taste
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| Humor | Fluid found in the eye (aqueous humor & vitreous humor)
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| Hyperopia | Farsightedness caused by the cornea and lens focusing an image behind the retina
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| Lacrimal | Pertaining to tears
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| Lingual | Pertaining to the tongue
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| Myopia | Nearsightedness caused by the cornea and lens focusing an image ahead of the retina
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| Nociceptor | Pain receptor that detects tissue injury or potential tissue injury
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| Olfactory | Pertaining to the sense of smell
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| Otoliths | Calcium carbonate and protein granules located in the saccule and utricle of the inner ear
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| Perilymph | Fluid found in the cochlea of the inner ear
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| Presbyopia | A decreased ability of the eye to accommodate (lens of the eye loses its ability to focus, making it difficult to see objects up close)
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| Receptive field | An area in which a single neuron is responsible for detecting a stimulus
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| Refraction | The bending of light as it passes through materials of different densities
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| Sensorineural | Type of hearing loss caused by a problem with the organ of Corti or the auditory nerve
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| Static equilibrium | Equilibrium perceived when the head is stationary or moving in a straight line
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| Umami | A meaty taste derived from some amino acids binding to taste buds
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| Vestibular apparatus | Anatomy used to perceive equilibrium; includes the saccule, utricle, and semicircular canals of the inner ear
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| Visual acuity | Ability to discern visual detail. The best visual acuity is the sharpest vision
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