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5 special senses | vision,hearing,equilibrum,smell,taste
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5 general senses | preasure,temperature,pain,touch,position
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thin membrane that lines the inner surface of eyelid and covers the white of eye | conjunctiva
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where are tears produced | lacrimal glands
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function of the nasolacrimal duct | drains tears into ducts near the nasal corner of eye
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middle,pigmented tunic of the eyeball | choroid
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which tunic contains the photoreceptors | retina
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refraction | bending of light rays as they pass from one substance to another of diffrent density
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transparent portion of the sclera | cornea
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4 parts of the eye that participate in refraction | cornea,aqueous humor,lens,vitreous body
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aqueous humor | watery fluid that fill most of the eyeball anterior to the lensand helps maintain the slight foward curve of the cornea
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vitreous body | soft jelly like substance that fills entire space posterer to the lens,maintains shape of eyeball and aids in refraction
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2 receptors cell of the eye | rods and cones
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what kind of light rods function in | dim light
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fovea centralis | tiny depressed area near optic nerve,point of sharpest vision
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color blindness results from a lack of what | retinal cones
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what is the rod pigment | rhodopsin
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night blindness results from a deficiency of what vitamin | vit A
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visual impuses travel through the optic nearve to which part of the brain | visual center in the occipital cortex of the brain
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function of the iris | colored or pigmented part of the eye composed of two sets of muscle fibers, governs the size of the central opening
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is iris extrinsic or intrinsic | intrinsic
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name of the extrinsic eye muscle that circles the bottom of the eyeball | inferior oblique
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prebyopia | loss of visual accommodation that occurs w age,leading to farsightedness
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2 sensory nerves that supply the eye | optic nerve,ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve
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optic nerve | carried visual impulses from the retinal rods and cone to the brain
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ophthalmic branch of trigeminal nerve | carried impulses of pain,touch,and temp from the eye and surrounding parts of the brain
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optic disk | blind spot
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nerve that supplies almost all extrinsic eye muscles | oculomotor nerve
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hyperopia | farsightedness,abnormally short eyeball
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astigmatism | caused by irregularity in the curvature of the cornea or the lens
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scientific term for pinkeye | acute conjunctivitis
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what is the opacity of the lens called | cataract
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glaucoma | condition characterized by excess pearsure of the aqueous humor
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visible external portion of the ear | pinna(auricle)
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where is wax pruduced | external auditory canal
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common name for tympanic membrane | eardrum
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2 parts of the ear that the tympanic membrane seperate | external auditoy canal,middle ear cavity
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name for the 3 small bones in the middle ear | ossicles
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which of the occicles come in contact with the tympanic membrane | malleus
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what does the eustachian tube connect | middle ear cavity and throat/pharynx
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what kind of vestibule contain | equilibrium
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coiled division of the inner ear that contains the receptors for hearing | cochlea
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organ for hearing | organ of corti
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what form of equilibrium do maculae function in | stapes
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what are cristae | receptor for dynamic equilibrium
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what kind of movement do semicircular canals detect | body is spinning or moving in diffrent directions
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otitis media | infection and inflamation of inner ear cavity
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common name for otitis externa | swimmers ear
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otosclerosis | a heredity bone disorder that prevents normal vibration of the stapes
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which part of the tounge are sweet taste most acutely experienced | tip of the tounge
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the interpretation of smell is closely related to what other sence | sense of taiste
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proprioceptors | sensory receptor that aids in judging body position and changes in position,located in muscles, joints and tendons
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where are the receptors for pain | free nerve endings
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analgesics | a drug that relieves pain
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endorphins | released naturally from certain regions of the brain and are associated with the control of pain
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sensory adaption | gradual loss of sensation when sensory receptors are exposed to continuous stimulation
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structers that protect the eye | skull bones of the eye orbit,upper and lower eyelids
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rods | dim light
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cones | bright light, sharp image
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3 divisions of the ear | outer,middle,inner
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presbycusis | slowly progressive loss that often accompanies aging
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taiste | tounge
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smell | epithelium of the superior region of the nasal cavity
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strabismus | divation of the eye that resuls from lack of coordination of the eyeball muscles
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cones are located | in the back of the eye
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3 colors absorbed by cones | red,green,blue
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how do we see colors like orange and purple | range of color, each type of cone overlaps
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what happens in the cone of colorblind people | some cones can simply not see color
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2 organs that are the bodys organ detectors | eyes,ears
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3 organs of balance or equilibrium | semicircular canals,utricle,saccule
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enucleation | removal of eyeball
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ophthalmia neonatorum | acute infection of a new born
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trachoma | acute eye infection caused by clamdia
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retinal detachment | retina seperates from underlying layer of th eye
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strabismus | deviation of the eye resulting in lack eye eyeball muscle coordiantion
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