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hearing, senses

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General senses   Receptors that widely distributed throughout the body skin various organs and joints  
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Special senses   Specialized receptors confined to structures in the head eyes ears nose and mouth  
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Sensory receptors   Specialized cells or multicellular structures that collect information from the environment  
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Sensation   A feeling that occurs when brain becomes aware of sensory impulse  
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Perception   A person view of the stimulus the way the brain interprets the information  
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Chemoreceptors   Respond to changes in chemical condition  
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Pain receptors (noiceptors)   Respond to chemicals release during tissue damage  
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Thermoreceptors   Respond to changes in temperature  
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Mechanorecptors   Respond to mechanical forces (touch stretch pressure)  
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Photoreceptors   Respond to light  
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Sensory impulses   Stimulation of receptor causes local change in its receptor potential  
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Projection   process in which the brain projects the sensation back to the appertaining source it allows a person to pinpoint the region of stimulation  
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Sensory adaptations   Ability to ignore unimportant stimuli involves a decrease response to particular stimulus from receptors peripheral adaptation or along the cns pathways leading to the cerebral cortex central adaptation  
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Exteroceptive senses   Senses associated with body surface such as touch pressure temperature and pain  
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Visceroceptive senses   Associated with changes in viscera such as blood pressure stretching blood vessels and ingestion of a meal  
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Proprioceptive senses   Associated with changes in muscles and tendons such as joints  
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Free nerve endings   Common in epithelial tissues simplest receptors sense itching  
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Tactile   Aboundant in hairless portions of skin and lips detect fine touch and texture  
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Lamellated   Common in deeper subcutaneous tissue tendons and ligaments detect heavy pressure and vibrations  
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Warm receptors   Sensitive to temperature above 25c 77f  
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Cold receptors   Sensitive to temperatures between 10c and 20c 50f  
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Pain receptors   respond to temperatures below 10c respond to temperatures above 45c  
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free nerve endings   widely distributed  
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visceral pain   pain receptors are the only receptors in viscera whose stimulation produces sensations  
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thalamus   allows person to be aware of pain  
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cerebral cortex   judges intensity of pain localized source of pain produces emotional and motor responses to pain  
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pain inhibiting substances   enkephalins serotonin endorphins  
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mechanoreceptors   send information to spinal cord and CNS about body position and length and tension of muscles  
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main kinds of proprioceptors   pacinian corpuscles in joints muscle spindles in skeletal muscles golgi tendon organs in tendons concedered to be stretch receptors  
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receptors in internal organs   convey information that includes the sense of fullness after eating a meal as well as the discomfort of intestinal gas and the pain that signals a heart attack  
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sensory receptors are within   complex sensory organs in the head smell in olfactory organs taste in taste buds hearing and equilibrium in ears sight in eyes  
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mixed up senses synesthesia   brain interprets a stimulus from one sense as coming from another the sunset was salty from stroke or birth defect  
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olfactory receptors   chemoreceptors respond to chemicals dissolved in liquids  
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olfactory organs   contain olfactory receptor cells and supporting epithelial cells cover parts of nasal cavity superior nasal conchae and a portion of the nasal septum  
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olfactory code   hypothesis odor that is stimulated by distinct set of receptors cells and its associated receptors proteins  
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taste buds   organs of taste located on papillae of tongue  
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taste receptors   chemoreceptors taste cells modified epithelial cells that fuction as receptors  
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taste hairs   microvilli that protrude from taste cells through pores of taste buds sensitive parts of taste cells  
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five taste sensations   sweet- carbohydrates sour-acids salty-salts bitter-organic compounds and umami-amino acids  
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ear   organ of hearing outer external middle ear and inner internal ear  
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auricle   collects sound waves  
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external acoustic meatus   tunnel lined with coterminous glands carries sound to tympanic membnrane  
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tympanic membrane   vibrates in respond to sound waves ear drum  
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tympanic cavity cavity   air filled space in temporal bone  
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auditory ossicles   vibrate in response to tympanic membrane  
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oval window   opening in wall of tympanic cavity spates vibrations against it to move fluids in inner ear  
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tympanic reflex   muscle contractions that occur during loud sounds to tighten bridge of auditory ossicles  
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