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Olfaction, taste, visual system, hearing and balance - Seeley Ch 15

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Why is the olfactory epithelium unique?   Neurons are replaced as they wear down.  
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The only major sense that does not go through thalamus   Olfactory Cortex  
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List the four types of papillae   Vallate, fungiform, foliate, and filiform  
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supporting cells surrounding taste (gustatory) cells that are replaced every 10 days   taste bud  
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List three factors that modify taste   Texture, temperature and olfaction  
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space between eyelids   Palpebral fissure  
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lateral and medial, eyelids meet   Canthi  
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produces tears to moisten, lubricate, wash. Tears pass through ducts and then over eye   Lacrimal gland  
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collect excess tears through openings called puncta   Lacrimal canaliculi  
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white outer layer of eye that maintains shape, protects internal structures, provides muscle attachment point, continuous with cornea   Sclera  
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Layer of stratified squamous epithelium on the outer surface of the eye.   Cornea  
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colored part of the eye, controls light entering the pupil   Iris  
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produces aqueous humor that fills anterior chamber   Ciliary body  
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Parasympathetic muscle that reduces the amount of light entering the eye   Sphincter pupillae  
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Sympathetic muscle that increase the amount of light entering the eye   Dilator pupillae  
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Pigment of this layer and choroid help to separate sensory cells and reduce light scattering.   Pigmented Retina  
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inner layer of rod and cone cells sensitive to light   Sensory Retina  
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area of greatest visual acuity in retina; photoreceptor cells tightly packed   Fovea  
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Small yellow spot on retina   macula lutea  
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Blind spot where blood vessels enter the eye   Optic disc  
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abnormal increase in intraocular pressure   Glaucoma  
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Posterior compartment: posterior to lens. Filled with jelly-like _________________.   vitreous humor  
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Aqueous humore is roduced by ____________ and returned to venous circulation through the _____________.   ciliary process and canal of Schlemm  
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The lens is held by _____________ attached to ciliary muscles.   suspensory ligaments  
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The lens changes shape as ___________ contract and relax.   ciliary muscles  
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portion of electromagnetic spectrum detected by human eye   visible light  
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bending of light   refraction  
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light striking a convex surface   Convergence  
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point where light rays converge and cross   Focal point  
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causing light to converge   Focusing  
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Normal resting condition of lens. Ciliary muscle is relaxed. Lens is flat.   Emmetropia  
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Point at which lens does not have to thicken to focus. 20 feet or more from eye.   Far point of vision  
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As objects move close to the eye, eyes are rotated medially.   Convergence  
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List the three layers of the sensory retina   Photoreceptor, bipolar, and ganglionic  
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Produces black and white vision   Rods  
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Name the two components of rhodopsin   Opsin and Retinal  
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Responsible for color vision and visual acuity.   Cones  
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Visual pigment is ___________, there are three types that respond to blue, red and green light   iodopsin  
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elastic cartilage covered with skin of the external ear   Auricle or Pinna  
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The external ear canal is also called the _____________.   External auditory meatus  
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Thin membrane of two layers of epithelium with connective tissue between. Sound waves cause it to vibrate. Border between external and middle ear.   Tympanic membrane  
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Ear Wax   Cerumen  
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that opens into pharynx, equalizes pressure in middle ear   Auditory or eustachian tube  
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Ossicles that transmit vibrations from eardrum to oval window   Malleus, incus, and stapes  
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connection between middle and inner ear   Oval Window  
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Foot of the stapes rests on the oval window and is held in place by the ______________.   annular ligament  
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Fluid in the membranous labyrinth   Endolymph  
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Fluid in the space between membranous labyrinth and periosteum of bony labyrinth   Perilymph  
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Scala vestibuli extends from the oval window to the _____________ at the cochlear apex   helicotrema  
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Wall of scala vestibuli is the _____________.   vestibular membrane  
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Wall of scala tympani is the _______________.   basilar membrane  
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space between vestibular and basilar membranes, filled with endolymph   Cochlear duct  
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Near oval window basilar membrane responds to ________-frequency vibrations, Near helicotrema responds to ________-frequency vibrations   High, low  
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Their flux causes transduction of sound   stereocilia  
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sensory cells with hair-like projections at the apical ends   Hair Cells  
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Vibrations of the __________ in the scala vestibuli and of the endolymph in the _________________ are transferred to the perilymph of the scala ___________.   perilymph, cochlear duct, tympani  
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A reflex that protects hearing by contracting muscles during loud noises, controlled by cranial nerves V and VII.   Attenuation reflex  
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Evaluates position of head relative to gravity   Static Labyrinth (Vestibule)  
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Evaluates rate of movement of the head in three dimensional space   Kinetic labyrinth: semicircular canals  
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Name the three semicircular canals filled with endolymph   transverse plane, coronal plane, sagittal plane  
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The ________ is suspended over crista hair cells. Acts as a float displaced by fluid movements within semicircular canals.   Cupula  
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