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Physiology - Neurophysiology Exam 04 Part 03

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2 classes of neuronal receptors   nerve endings and receptor cells  
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these can be actual bare terminals of nerve fibers, or specialized endings   nerve endings  
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these are specialized cells that sense the environment, and then secrete neurotransmitters to excite nerve endings that are closely associated with the receptor cell.   receptor cells  
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examples are photoreceptors (rods and cones) of the retina and hair cells of the cochlea and semicircular canals   receptor cells  
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potential caused by a stimulus to a nerve ending   generator potentials  
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potential caused by a stimulus to a receptor cell   receptor potential  
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a peripheral afferent neuron is commonly termed? because it is the first neuron in the sensory pathway   primary afferent  
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primary afferents have their cell bodies in the?   dorsal root ganglia  
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typical 3 neuron pathway   1. primary afferent 2.secondary neuron in spinal cord or brainstem which projects to thalamus 3. tertiary neuron in thalamus which projects to cortex  
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AB(beta)   touch -skin, myelinated  
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C   skin, unmyelinated skin  
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A delta   pain, skin, myelinated  
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enhanced sensation of pain at the site of tissue   primary hyperalgesia  
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enhanced sensation of pain in the undamaged area surrounding the damaged area   secondary hyperalgesia  
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sensed by high threshold receptor on (most commonly) bare nerve endings   nociceptors  
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tough, outermost layer of the eye   sclera  
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transparent external surface, major refractive component, continuous with sclera   cornea  
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opening that controls the amount of light reaching the retina   pupil  
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consists of 2 muscles, an inner circular and outer radial; pupillary diameter depends on activity of these muscles. eye color is based on this   iris  
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fine-tunes refraction for focusing light on retina(accommodation)   lens  
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spincter-like circular muscle; controls thickness of lens during accommodation   ciliary muscle  
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connect lens to ciliary muscle. with relaxation of ciliary muscle, tension on these fibers is high, and lens is flat; vice versa for contraction of ciliary muscle   zonular fibers  
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highly vascularized, b/w retina and sclera   choroid  
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anterior chamber   aqueous humor  
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posterior chamber   vitreous humor  
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photoreceptive area of eye   retina  
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center area (1mm2) of retina; site on retina where light falls if one looks straight   macula  
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center of macula, only cones found, region of the greatest density   fovea centralis  
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entrance of the optic nerve (blind spot)   optic disc  
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normal vision   emmetropia  
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far sightedness   hyperopia  
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near sightedness   myopia  
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with age, the lens becomes stiffer which prevents it from being able to assume a more round configuration. this reduces accommodation   presbyopia  
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this is due to an uneven curvature of the cornea , which has the effect of focusing an object at 2 seperate places on the retina, producing blurry vision   astigmatism  
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very sensitive to low levels of light, low acuity   rods  
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less sensitive to light, high acuity, color vision   cones  
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all photopigments consist of a light-absorbing molecule called?   retinal  
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all photopigments consist of this protein   opsin  
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an object up close requires more refraction to focus on the retina than an object far away, this is done by?   accommmodation  
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image is focused behind the retina   hyperopia  
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image is focused in front of the retina   myopia  
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to correct defects that require reduced refraction you use a?   concave lens  
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to correct defects that require increased refraction use a?   convex lens  
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increased refraction   hyperopia  
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reduced refraction   myopia  
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a cylindrical lens is used to correct?   astimatism  
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high cGMP opens Na channels so what happens?   dark current- cell deporlarizes  
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dorsal pathway from the primary visual cortex is the?   "where" pathway b/c helps in detecting where things are in space and detection of motion of objects  
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Ventral pathway from the primary visual cortex is the?   "what" pathway b/c involved in identification of objects  
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lesions in the ventral pathway can lead to loss of color perception called?   achromatopsia  
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lesions in the ventral pathway can lead to loss of the ability to name objects called?   anomia  
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lesions in the ventral pathway can lead to inability to recognize familiar faces called?   prosopagnosia  
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bilateral lesions to the this pathway makes it impossible to perceive a moving object   dorsal pathway  
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