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S&P Ch 12

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the set of five organs located in each inner ear that sense head motion and head orientation with respect to gravity   vestibular organs  
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what are the 5 vestibular organs?   3 semicircular canals and 2 otolith organs  
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stabilizes visual input by counterrotating the eyes to compensate for head movement   vestibule-ocular reflex  
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any impairment of spatial orientation (i.e., our sense of linear motion, angular motion, or tilt)   spatial disorientation  
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nonspecific spatial disorientation   dizziness  
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a sensation of rotation or spinning   vertigo  
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problems with the vestibular system can lead to particular sensations like...   spatial disorientation, dizziness, vertigo, imbalance, blurred vision, illusory self-motion  
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sensing that includes self-generated probing of the environment   active sensing  
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flow from our senses to our brain   afferent signals  
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flow from our brain to our muscles   efferent commands  
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the three toroidal tubes in the vestibular system that sense angular acceleration, a change in angular velocity   semicircular canals  
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the mechanical structures in the vestibular system that sense both linear acceleration and gravity   otolith organs  
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what are the 2 otolith organs?   utricle and saccule  
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points forward, in the direction the person is facing   x-axis  
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points laterally, out of the person’s left ear   y-axis  
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points vertically, out of the top of the head   z-axis  
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a sense consisting of three interacting sensory modalities—perception of linear motion, angular motion, and tilt   spatial orientation  
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sensed when rotating head from side to side as if to say “no”   angular motion  
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sensed when accelerating or decelerating in a car   linear motion  
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sensed as orientation with respect to gravity   tilt  
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the size (increase or decrease) of a head movement (speed of our perceived motion)   amplitude  
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the line one moves along or faces, with reference to the point or region one is moving toward or facing   direction  
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movements represented in terms of changes in the x-, y-, and z-axes   linear motion / translation  
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three directions for sense of rotation- roll, pitch, yaw   angular motion / rotation  
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rotation around x-axis (e.g., cartwheels)   roll  
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rotation around y-axis (e.g., somersaults)   pitch  
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rotation around z-axis (e.g., spinning on barstool)   yaw  
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there are only two tilt directions possible for any given head orientation. what are they?   pitch tilt (forward or backward) and roll tilt (left or right)  
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the speed and direction in which something moves   velocity  
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a change in velocity   acceleration  
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any cell that has stereocilia for transducing mechanical movement in the inner ear into neural activity sent to the brain   hair cell  
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a sensory receptor that is responsive to mechanical stimulation   mechanoreceptor  
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otolith organ that contains about 30,000 hair cells   utricle  
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otolith organ that contains about 16,000 hair cells   saccule  
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otolith organs sense _____ and ______   acceleration and tilt  
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a specialized detector of linear acceleration and gravity   macula  
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horizontal plane; sensitive to horizontal linear acceleration and gravity   utricular macula  
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vertical plane; sensitive to vertical linear acceleration and gravity   saccular macula  
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what are the 3 experimental paradigms that are typically used to investigate spatial orientation perception?   threshold estimation, magnitude estimation, matching  
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the process of combining different sensory signals; typically leads to more accurate information than can be obtained from individual senses alone   sensory integration  
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an illusory sense of self motion produced when you are not, in fact, moving   vection  
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change in afference caused by self-generated activity   sensory reafference  
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a neural copy of an efferent command sent from the central nervous system to the periphery   efference copy  
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change in afference caused by external stimuli   sensory exafference  
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the sensory systems, neural processes, and muscles that contribute to postural control   balance system  
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counter-rotating the eyes to counteract head movements and maintain fixation on a target   vestibulo-ocular reflexes (VORs)  
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when the head is rolled about the x-axis, the eyeballs can be rotated a few degrees in the opposite direction to compensate   torsional eye movements  
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the part of the nervous system that innervates glands, heart, digestive system, etc., and is responsible for regulating many involuntary actions   autonomic nervous system  
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results when there is a disagreement between the motion and orientation signals provided by the semicircular canals, otolith organs, and vision   motion sickness  
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a whole family of reflexes that work together to keep us from falling over   balance system  
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perception of the position and movement of our limbs in space   kinesthesia  
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the physiological structures and processes that sense the relative orientation of gravity with respect to the organism   graviception  
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an expansion of each semicircular-canal duct that includes that canal’s cupula, crista, and hair cells, where transduction occurs   ampulla  
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any of the specialized detectors of angular motion located in each semicircular canal in a swelling called the ampulla   crista  
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