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chapter 10 senses

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adaptation   adapt to smell  
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referred pain   pain elsewhere  
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somatic   body  
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auditory   hearing  
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cochlea   snail  
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humor   fluid  
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sclera-   white of eye  
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ot-   ear  
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or-   mouth  
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ocul-   eye  
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opt-   sight  
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receptors   convert diff forms of energy into: action potential unipolor neurons  
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chem-   chemical  
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thermo-   temp  
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mechano-   mechanical  
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photo-   light waves  
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chemoreceptors   chemicals dissolved in H2O  
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chemoreceptors located   nose & taste buds  
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dynamic   motion  
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pain receptors   anywhere in body skin-organs  
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thermoreceptors   skin, organs, hot & cold *too much -> pain receptors  
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mechanoreceptors   ear  
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vertigo   dizziness, no equilibrium  
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chemoreceptor   smell of roses  
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pain receptor   an infected tooth  
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thermoreceptor   cool breeze  
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mechanoreceptor   change in blood pressure  
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photoreceptor   approaching headlights  
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about to take hot bath, its too hot to touch. touch it several more times.   the ability to sense heat has adapted  
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free nerve endings   responsible for sensation of itching  
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tactile corpuscles   motion of objects barely contact skin, interpreting impulses from them as sensation of light touch  
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lamellated corpuscles   heavy, deep pressure  
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referred pain   pain may feel as coming from some part of the body other than whats being stimulated.  
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referred pain ex.   pain from heart may feel like coming from skin due to sensory impulses from the heart & skin follow common nerve pathways to brain  
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smell   olfactory organs  
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taste   taste buds  
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hearing   ears  
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equilibrium   ears  
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sight   eyes  
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olfactory organs ex.   olfactory receptors columnar epithelial cells in the nasal mucosa  
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