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Myopia   nearsightedness; focal point is in front of the retina, ex. in a longer than normal eyeball  
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hyperopia   farsightedness; focal point is behind the retina, ex. in a shorter than normal eyeball  
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astigmatism   caused by unequal curvatures in different parts of the cornea or lens  
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presbyobia   loss of near vision with age due to lens becoming more dense and less flexible with age  
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caratacts   clouding of lens due to aging, diabetes mellitus, heavy smoking, and frequent exposure to intense sunlight  
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lens fibers   cells filled with the transparent protein crystallin  
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pigmented layer of retina   pigmented, outer layer, absorbs light and prevents its scattering, stores vitamin a  
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neural layer of retina   photoreceptor; transduce light energy  
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cells that transmit and process signals in neural layer   bipolar cells, ganglion cells, amacrine cells, and horizontal cells  
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photopigments   visual pigments in outer segments of rods and cones that change shape as they absorb light  
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rods   numerous in peripheral region of retina, operate in dim light, provide indistinct, fuzzy, non color peripheral vision  
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cones   in macula lutea; concentrated in fovea centralis, operate in bright light, provide high acuity color vision  
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rhodospin   visual pigment in rods, embedded in the membrane that forms discs in outer segment  
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color blindness   due to cogenital lack of one or more of the cone types (blue, green, and red)  
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phototransduction (dark)   cGMP binds to and opens cation channels in the outer segments of photoreceptor cells (Na and Ca influx creates a depolarizing dark potential of about -40 mV)  
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phototransduction (light)   light activated rhodopsin activates a g protein, transducin; activates PDE; hydrolyzes cGMP to GMP and releases from Na channels. w/o cGmp, Na channels close and membrane hyperpolarizes to about -70 mV  
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depth perception   both eyes view the same image from slightly different angles; results from cortical fusion of slightly different images  
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lateral geniculate nuclei of thalamus   relay info on movement, segregate the retinal axons in preparation for depth perception, emphasize visual inputs from regions of high cone density, sharpen contrast info  
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what are the two areas of the visual cortex?   striate cortex (primary), prestriate cortex (association area)  
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temporal lobe (vision)   processes identification of objects  
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parietal cortex and postcentral gyrus (vision)   process spatial location  
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blindness   caused by lesions in key components of the eye or in the brain  
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striate cortex   primary visual cortex; processes contrast information and object orientation  
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prestriate cortices   visual association areas; processes form color, and motion input from striate cortex  
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olfaction   taste and smell  
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chemical senses   chemoreceptors respond to chemicals in aqueous solution  
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olfactory pathway   olfactory receptor cells synapse with mitral cells in glomeruli of olfactory bulbs; mitril cells amplify, refine, and relay signals along tracts to the olfactory cortex, hypothalamus, amygdala, and limbic system  
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what papillae are associated with taste buds?   fungiform, foliate, and circumvallate papillae  
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structure of a taste bud   basal cells (dynamic stem cells) gustatory cells (taste cells) microvilli (gustatory hairs) project through taste pore to surface  
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what are the five basic taste sensations?   sweet(sugars, saccharin, alcohol,and some amino acids, sour (hydrogen ions), salt (metal ions), bitter (alkaloids quinine and nicotine), umami(glutamate and aspartate)  
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bony labyrinth   tortuous channels in temporal bone; three parts : vestibule, semicircular canals, cochlea  
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helicotrema (apex)   where scalae tympani and vestibuli are continuous  
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bending of stereocilia   opens mechanicaly gated ion channels. inward K and Ca current causes a graded potential and the release of neurotransmitter glutamate; cochlear fibers transmit impulses to the brain  
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localization of sound   depends on relative intensity and relative timing of sound waves reaching both ears  
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conduction deafness   blocked sound conduction to the fluids of the internal ear; can result from impacted earwax, perforated eardrum, or otosclerosis of ossicles  
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sensorineural deafness   damage to neural structures at any point from cochlear hair cells to auditory cortical cells  
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tinnitus   ringing or clicking sound in the ears in the absence of auditory stimuli; due to cochlear nerve degeneration, inflammation of middle or internal ears, side effects of aspirin  
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menieres syndrome   labyrinth disorder that affects the cochlea and semicircular canals; causes vertigo, nausea, and vomiting  
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vestibular receptors monitor?   static equilibrium  
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semicircular canal receptors monitor?   dynamic equilibrium  
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crista ampullaris   sensory receptor for dynamic equilibrium; one in the ampulla of each semicircular canal; major stimuli are rotatory movements  
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bending hairs in cristae causes   depolarizations, rapid impulses reach brain at faster rate  
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bending of hairs in opposite direction in cristae causes   hyperpolarizations and fewer impules reach the brain  
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input for balance and orientation   vestibular receptors, visual receptors, somatic receptors  
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hyperopic   seeing only gray tones, as in babies after birth  
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