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Sight, Sound, Olfaction, Taste, Equillibrium

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The eye contains ___% of all sensory receptors   70  
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This structure lines the eyelids (2 words)   Palpebral conjunctiva  
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Lacrimal secretion   tears  
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What do tears drain into? (2 words)   Nasolacrimal duct  
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Tears, after entering the nasolacrimal duct, drain into the...   nose  
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Fluids within the cavity of the eye are collectively refered to as...   humors  
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Fibrous layer of eyes consists of the ___ and cornea   sclera  
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Transparent anterior of fibrous layer of eye   cornea  
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True or false? The cornea bends light entering the eye.   True  
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Vascular layer   Uvea  
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Three regions of uvea - choroid, ciliary body and ____.   iris  
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Supplies blood to all layers of eyeball   choroid  
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Ring of tissue surrounding lens, contains bundles of smooth muscle (2 words)   ciliary body  
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Controls shape of the lens (2 words)   ciliary muscles  
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Colored part of the eye   iris  
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Pupil is dilated in ___ vision and dim light   distant  
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Are dilated pupils small or large in diameter?   large  
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True or false? Your pupils dilate when you like something.   True  
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The sensory layer of the eye   Retina  
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The pigmented layer of the retina ____ light   absorbs  
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True or False? The outer layer of the retina is colorless.   False  
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The neural layer of the retina contains...   photoreceptors  
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The blind spot within the retina of the eye   optic disc  
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The optic disc is the area of the retina that lacks...   photoreceptors  
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Photoreceptors that provide fuzzy, non-color peripheral vision   rods  
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Rods are sensitive to what kind of light?   dim  
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True or False? Rods work best during the day.   False  
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Where in the retina are cones concentrated? (2 words)   Fovea centralis  
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Each cone has one of three pigments -- blue, green or ____.   red  
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The posterior segment of the eye contains ___ humor   vitreous  
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The anterior segment of the eye has how many chambers?   Two  
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Aqueous humor is found in the ___ segment of the eye.   anterior  
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A condition characterized by compression of the retina and optic nerve when aqueous humor drainage is blocked is called...   glaucoma  
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Structure that changes shape to focus light on the retina   lens  
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Clouding of the lens due to aging, smoking, etc. is called...   cataracts  
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True or false? The lens is flexible.   True  
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Bending of light ray when it passes from one transparent medium to another   refraction  
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The lens shape when focusing for distant vision   flat  
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The lens ___ when focusing for close vision   bulges  
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This happens when the lens changes shape to focus on an image   accommodation  
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nearsightedness   myopia  
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focal point within eye when a person has myopia   in front of retina (longer than normal eyeball)  
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focal point within eye when someone has hyperopia   behind retina (shorter than normal eyeball)  
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farsightedness   hyperopia  
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unequal curvatures in different parts of the cornea or lens causes this   astigmatism  
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This happens when you move from darkness into bright light (2 words)   light adaptation  
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Having two eyes provides ___ perception or 3D vision   depth  
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Taste buds are found on the tops of ___.(2 words)   fungiform papillae  
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Receptors that respond to chemicals in aqueous solution   chemoreceptors  
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What is the organ of smell? (2 words)   olfactory epithelium  
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Bundles of axons from olfactory receptor cells form what nerve? (2 words)   olfactory nerve  
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Odorant are dissolved and then bind to ___ ___ in the olfactory membranes   receptor proteins  
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This happens when Na+ and Ca2+ channels open and receptor membrane depolarizes   action potential  
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Receptor organs for sense of taste   taste buds  
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Papillae where taste buds are located -- fungiform, foliate, and ___.   circumvallate  
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taste cells (2 words)   gustatory cells  
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five basic taste sensations   sweet, sour, salt, bitter, umami  
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True or False? A chemical can't be tasted unless it's dissolved in saliva.   True  
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Binding of a food chemical to a taste cell causes the receptor to release a...   neurotransmitter  
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Which nerves are involved in the gustatory pathway to the brain?   Cranial nerves VII and IX  
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Impulses from the taste buds travel to the ___ ___ of the medulla   solitary nucleus  
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What area of the brain provides an appreciation for taste?   limbic system  
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Taste is ___% smell   80  
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What types of receptors (other than chemoreceptors) are involved in appreciation of taste? (3 words)   thermoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, nociceptors  
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Three parts of the ear (3 words)   external, middle, internal  
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Parts of ear involved in hearing only (2 words)   external, middle  
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Internal ear functions in hearing and...   equilibrium  
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Anatomy of external ear includes the ___ and ___   helix, lobule  
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The tympanic membrane is commonly refered to as the...   eardrum  
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The tympanic membrane transfers vibration from sounds to what structures?   bones of middle ear  
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Middle ear bones (3 words)   malleus, incus, stapes  
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Middle ear bones transmit vibrations from the eardrum to the...   oval window  
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The cochlea contains the hearing organ, called the...   organ of Corti  
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What structures in the spiral organ (of Corti) are stimulated by sound vibration?   stereocilia (hair cells)  
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Stereocilia release ___ when they bend due to vibration   neurotransmitter  
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Action potential firing (increases/decreases) in frequency when sound is loud   increases  
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Equilibrium receptors are found in the semicircular canals and ____.   vestibule  
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Static equilibrium is monitored by the ___ receptors   vestibular  
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Semicircular canal receptors monitor ____ equilibrium   dynamic  
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Sensory receptors for dynamic equilibrium are simulated by ____ movements   rotary  
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Sensory receptors for dynamic equilibrium in the semicircular canals(2 words)   crista ampullaris  
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