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Chapter 12 concepts

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show Stimulation of sensory receptors--impulse sent to CNS--sensation--perception Page 453  
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show sensory adaptation Page 453  
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show Proprioceptors Page 453  
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show fast pain fibers; slow pain fibers Page 457  
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5. You are carrying a box when your friend suddenly places another heavy box on top of it. Your muscles respond by immediately__________ because receptors called__________ sense the rapid muscle lengthening and cause a reflex response.   show
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6. While working in a lab without protective glasses, you accidentally spray yourself in the eyes with a nerve agent that blocks contraction in smooth muscles. How will his eyes be affected?   show
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show Widely distributed specialized organs like the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth Page 460  
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show perception Page 453  
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10. What type of receptor detects and responds to pressure?   show
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show process by which the brain causes a sensation to seem to come from the region of the body being stimulated. Page 979  
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12. What type of structures are temperature receptors?   show
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13. Muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs are receptors for__________.   show
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show modified epithelial cells Page 462  
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15. List the primary taste sensations?   show
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16. What is the function of a stretch reflex?   show
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17. What structure is part of the inner tunic of the eye?   show
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show 1. cochlea 2. malleus 3. pinna 4. stapes 5. incus Page 473  
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show mechanoreceptors Page 453  
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show cochlea Page 466  
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21. The auditory tube runs between the throat and the__________.   show
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show temporal bone Page 455  
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show the lacrimal gland Page 477  
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show habituation Page 469  
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show local graded potential that reflects strength of the stimulus Page 479  
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show local changes in their cell membrane potentials Page 495  
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show chemoreceptors Page 460  
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show enkephalins Page 968  
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30. What is the destination of fibers of the spinothalamic tract transmitting pain and temperature information?   show
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show adapting very little Page 457  
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32. What stimulates Golgi tendon organs?   show
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show vibrations are transmitted less effectively to the inner ear Page 461  
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show cochlea Page 470  
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show ciliary muscle contracts Page 467  
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36. Why are images detected by the lateral retina blurry?   show
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show Rhodopsin; retinal and opsin Page 476  
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38. How is stereoscopic vision produced?   show
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show Change in speed of light Page 478  
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show nasal retinal fibers Page 481  
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show retina--optic nerve--optic chiasm--optic tracts--lateral geniculate bodies--optic radiation--visual cortex Page 480  
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42. Receptors for the sense of static equilibrium are located in the__________ which contains chambers called the__________.   show
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show Microvilli Page 696  
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show sour; bitter Page 464  
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show detect motion of the fluid Page 471  
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46. What is glaucoma?   show
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47. What change results in farsightedness after the age of forty-five?   show
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show cone in the retina Page 945  
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49. What condition is due to an abnormality in the curvature of the lens or cornea, resulting in some areas of blurry vision?   show
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show chemoreceptors Page 460  
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show cornea--aqueous--humor--pupil--lens--vitreous humor--photoreceptors of the retina Page 474  
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52. What structure is part of the innermost layer of the wall of the eye?   show
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53. What region of the retina provides the sharpest vision?   show
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54. What is the immediate result of stimulation of the hair cells of the spiral organ?   show
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show vitreous humor Page 474  
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show respond to tissue damage Page 453  
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28b. Define: Thermoreceptor   show
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28c. Define: Baroreceptor   show
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28d. Define: Proprioceptor   show
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Chapter 12 Key Concepts Jamie Garrison   show
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