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Sensory system

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Sclera   Outer white layer of the eye, anterior portion becomes the cornea  
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Cornea   Convex, clear part of the sclera  
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Choroid   Middle layer of the eye, lots of blood vessels  
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Retina   Innermost layer of eye, contains rods and cones to detect light  
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Rods   Neurons positioned in the peripheral areas of the retina that detect black and white  
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Cones   Neurons concentrated within the fovea centralis that detect color  
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Fovea centralis   Area of sharpest vision in retina  
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Iris   Colored part of the eye, composed of smooth muscle, controls amount of ligh by dilating or constricting the pupil  
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Pupil   Space or opening in iris  
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Crystalline lens   Clear structrue in the eye located between iris and vitreous humor responsible for adjustments to refract the incoming light rays on the fovea centralis  
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Ciliary muscle   Circular muscle that surrounds the lens, responsible for adjusting the size of the lens to refract incoming light rays on the fovea centralis  
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Suspensory ligament   Ligament made up of tiny fibers that connect ciliary muscle  
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Anterior chamber   Space between the cornea and lens filled with aqueous humor  
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Aqueous humor   Also known as aqueous fluid, clear, watery fluid that flows between and nourishes the lens and the cornea  
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Vitreous humor   Transparent, colorless mass of gel that lies behind the lens and in front of the retina and fills the center of the eyeball  
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Vitreous body   Clear, jelly-like substance that fills the center of the eye  
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Vitreous chamber   Space behind the lens filled with vitreous humor and vitreous body  
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Extrensic muscles   Muscles used for eye movement  
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Superior rectus muscle   Rotates eye away upward and toward midline  
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Lateral rectus muscle   Rotates eye away from midline  
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Inferior rectus muscle   Rotates the eye downward and toward the midline  
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Medial rectus muscle   Rotates the eye towards the midline  
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Superior oblique muscle   Rotates the eye downward and away from the midline  
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Inferior oblique muscle   Rotates the eye upward and away from the midline  
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Eyebrow   Shades the eye and prevents particles and perspiration from falling in the eye  
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Eyelashes   Shades the eye and prevents particles and perspiration from falling in the eye  
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Socket   Forms a bony rim around the eye to protect agains objects striking the eye  
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Eyelid   Moveable covering for the eye that brushes off particles and moves tears over the surface of the eye to keep it moist  
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Conjuctiva   External lining that covers the anterior surface of the eyeball and posterior surface of eyelid, prevents particles from scratching the cornea and prevents objects from moving posteriorly behind the eye  
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Lacrimal apparatus   Consists of tear producing glands and their ducts  
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Lacrimal gland   Almond shaped gland that secretes lacrimal fluid onto the upper lateral corner of the eye  
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Lacrimal fluid   Tears  
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Nasolacrimal duct   Duct through the lacrimal bone that carries tears from the eye to the nasal cavity  
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Pinna   External portion of the ear, used to collect sound waves and direct them into the middle and inner ear  
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Auricle   Pinna  
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External auditory meatus   Canal in temporal bone through wich the external ear canal runs  
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External acoustic meatus   External auditory meatus  
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Ceruminous glands   Specialized wax producing glands located in the tissue lining the external ear canal  
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Tympanic membrane   Detects sound waves  
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Ear drum   Tympanic membrane  
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Ossicles   Small bones of the middle ear, serve to amplify incoming sound waves  
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Malleus   Hammer  
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Incus   Anvil  
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Stapes   Stirrup  
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Auditory tube   Cannal that connects the middle ear to the pharynx, used to equalize pressure on both sides of the tympanic membrane  
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Eustachian tube   Auditory tube  
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Cochlea   Functional unit of hearing, contains the organ of corti  
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Organ of corti   Organ that transforms sound waves into nerve impulses  
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Vestibule   Cavity in the inner ear that is sensitive to gravity and linear movement of the head  
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Semicircular canals   Three bony canals that lie in each of the three cardinal planes, detect angular or rotational movement  
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Olfactory hairs   Sensitive portions of olfactory cells, lie in the epithelial tissue of the nose  
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Olfactory bulb   Structure positioned above olfactory hairs, relays sensory information from olfactory hairs to the olfactory tract  
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Olfactory tract   First cranial nerve  
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Olfactory cells   Neurons that sense smell  
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Taste buds   Receptors located mostly in the tongue that are sensitive to taste  
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Sweet   Tip of the tongue  
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Sour   Sides of the tongue  
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Bitter   Back of the tongue  
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Salty   Concentrated on sides of the tongue  
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Proprioceptors   Specialized receptors found in joints, tendons, and muscles that sense body position  
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Muscle spindles   Found in muscles and provide information about length or change in length of skeletal muscles  
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Golgi tendon organ   Golgi tendon apparatus  
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Golgi tendon apparatus   Organ where muscle joins tendon, protects tendon by preventing excess muscle tension from being applied to tendon  
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Photoreceptors   Sensitive to light  
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Baroreceptors   Sensitive to pressure  
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Chemoreceptors   Sensitive to pain  
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Thermoreceptors   Sensitive to temperature  
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Mechanoreceptors   Sensitive to body position  
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Myopia   Eyeball length increases  
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Hyperopia   Eyeball length decreases  
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Mallus is stimulated by   Tympanic membrane  
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Incus is stimulated by   Mallus  
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Stapes is stimulated by   Incus  
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Otitis media   Middle ear infection  
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Papilla   Bumps on the tongue covered with taste buds  
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Optic disk   Areawhere the optic nerve attaches to the eye and contains no rods or cones, "blind spot"  
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