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The Senses

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Provide us with information about our surrounding   the senses  
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Sensory pathways # parts   4  
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Detect stimuli and generate impulses   Receptors  
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Types of stimuli   Pressure, temperature, pain, light  
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Functionally related bundles of fibers in the white matter of the spinal cord or brain   Sensory tracts  
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Usually in the cerebral cortex   Sensory areas  
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Perception of sensation in any given area   Projection  
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Perception of a pain in an area that doesn’t exist   Phantom pain  
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Number of receptors stimulated and the amount of stimulation in each   Intensity  
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Effect of a precious or simultaneous sensation on a current sensation   Contrast  
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Becoming less aware if continuous impulses with continued stimulation   Adaptation  
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Sensation remains in the consciousness after the stimulus has stopped   after image  
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Cutaneous senses   Skin  
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___ nerve endings detect heat, cold, pain   Free  
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___ nerve endings detect touch and pressure   Encapsulated  
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Sensory areas in the skin are in the ___lobe   Parietal  
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Sensitivity is determined by the ___   Number of receptors present  
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Pain from a visceral organ felt in a cutaneous area   Referred pain  
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Detect stretching   Stretch receptors  
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General (conscious) sensation is felt in ___ lobe   Parietal  
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Subconscious muscle sense detected in ___ lobe   Cerebellum  
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Taste receptors   Taste buds  
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Detect chemicals in food dissolved in saliva   Chemoreceptors  
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Chemoreceptors are found   in papillae on the tongue  
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Taste is enhanced by___   Smell  
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Taste impulses are transmitted by ____ and ___ nerves   Facial, glossopharyngeal  
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Olfactory receptors are ____ receptors   Chemo  
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Detect vaporized chemicals in the upper nasal cavity   Olfactory receptors  
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Hunger and thirst: visceral sensation triggered by___   Internal changes  
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For hunger, detects ___   Blood nutrient levels, hormones including glucose  
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For thirst, detects___   Water concentration  
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Hunger sensation ___ if we don’t eat when adipose tissue is used for nutrients   Decreases  
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Thirst will __ is not satisfied   worsen  
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Eyelids and lacrimal apparatus are__ structures   Accessory  
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Eyelids are controlled by ___ muscle   Skeletal  
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Protection, lubrication, cleaning   Eyelids  
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Prevent dust   eyelids  
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Thin membrane that lines the eyelid and covers sclera   Conjunctiva  
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Produce tears   Lacrimal glands  
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Superior and lateral to the eye within the orbit (cavity)   Lacrimal gland  
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Lacrimal ducts release tears and blinking___   Spreads them  
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Tears are ___% NaCl   1  
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Tears contain   Lysozymes  
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Lysozymes   Clean up damage, phagocytize bacteria  
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Punta lacrimalia serves what purpose   Exiting  
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# chambers in the eyeball   2  
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Chambers of the eyeball (2)   Anterior and Posterior  
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Vitreous chamber aka   Posterior chamber  
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Chamber between the lens and retina   Posterior chamber  
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Posterior chamber location   between lens and retina  
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Posterior chamber contains   Vitreous humor  
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Vitreous humor found it   Posterior chamber  
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Semisolid substance   Vitreous humor  
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Chamber between lens and cornea   Anterior  
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Anterior chamber location   between lens and cornea  
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Vitreous humor keeps___ in place   Retina  
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Anterior chamber contains   Aqueous humor  
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Aqueous humor is located   Anterior chamber  
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Aqueous humor is formed from ___ in the ciliary body   Capillaries  
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Aqueous humor is formed form capillaries in the ___   Ciliary body  
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Aqueous humor is reabsorbed by ___   Canal of Schlemm  
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Canal of Schlemm location   Anterior to iris  
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Aqueous humor nourishes ___ and ___   Lens, cornea  
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Wall of eye has # parts   3  
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Wall of eye parts 3   Outer, inner, middle  
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Outer wall of eye   Sclera, cornea  
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Middle wall of eye   Choroids, iris, ciliary body  
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Inner wall of eye   Retina  
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Thickest fibrous connective tissue   Sclera  
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White part   Sclera  
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Transparent portion   Cornea  
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Has no capillaries   Cornea  
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First part of the pathway of light as it is refracted into the eye   Cornea  
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Choroid layer includes (2)   Ciliary body and iris  
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Contains blood vessels   Choroid layer  
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Circular muscle that surrounds and is connected to the lens   Ciliary body  
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Ciliary body connected by   Suspensory ligaments  
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Ciliary changes____ so we can focus   Shape of lens  
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Colored part of the eye   Iris  
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Anterior to the lens   Iris  
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Has circular and radial muscle fibers   Iris  
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Opening in the iris   Pupil  
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Contraction of the radial fibers   Dilation  
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Contraction of the circular fibers   Constriction  
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Lets more light in, darkness   Dilation  
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Blocks light when bright   Constriction  
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Posterior 2/3 of eye   Retina  
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Contains___ receptors   Visual  
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Visual receptors (2)   Rods and cones  
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Detect ALL wavelengths of visible light   Rods  
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Most abundant in the periphery of the eye   Rods  
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Detect colors   Cones  
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Detect different wavelengths of visible light   Cones  
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Abundant in the center of the retina   Cones  
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Small depression in the macula that contains only cones and is the area for best color vision   Fovea centralis  
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Opening where the optic nerve exit’s the eye   Optic disk  
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Blind spot   Optic disk  
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Psychology of vision   Light is focused on the retina receptors generate impulse  visual areas of the brain interpret  
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Bending of light rays as they pass through the eye   Refraction  
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Adjustable part of the refractory system   Lens  
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Focuses image on __   Retina  
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At rest ___ pull the lens tight   Suspensory ligaments  
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Pulling the lens tight____ the lens   Flattens  
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When focusing on near objects the ____ contracts   Ciliary muscle  
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When the ciliary muscle contracts makes the lens___   A small circle  
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Becomes less elastic with age   Presbyopia  
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Chemical rhodopsin   Rods  
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Chemical reaction that breaks down into retinal and other proteins   Cones  
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Requires specific wavelengths   Cones  
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2 eyes   Binocular vision  
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Allows for depth perception   Binocular vision  
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Binocular vision requires eyes___ to eliminate double vision   Converge  
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The ear has # areas   3  
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3 areas of the ear   Outer, inner and middle  
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Ear contains receptors for ___ and ___   Hearing, equilibrium  
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Receptors for hearing and equilibrium are found in ____ear   Inner  
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Auricle and ear canal   Outer ear  
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Cartilage covered with skin   Auricle  
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External auditory meatus aka   Ear canal  
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Lined with ceruminous and sebaceous glands   Ear canal  
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Air filled cavity that contains the ossicles and is drained by eustachian tubes   Middle ear  
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Tympanic membrane aka   Ear drum  
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Separates the middle and outer ear   Ear drum  
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Ossicles (3)   Malleus, incus, stapes  
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Transfer and amplify sound to oval window of inner ear   Ossicles  
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Auditory tubes aka   Eustachian tubes  
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Eustachian tubes extend from___ to ___   Middle ear to nasopharynx  
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Permits air to enter or leave   Eustachian tubes  
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Can plug and cause pressure when change in elevation occurs   Eustachian tubes  
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Middle ear infection aka   Otitis media  
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Cavity called bony labyrinth in the temporal bones   Inner ear  
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Inner ear contains (2)   Cochlea, vestibule  
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For equilibrium   Vestibule  
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For hearing   Cochlea  
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Inner ear lined with   Membranous labyrinth  
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Fluid between bone and membranous labyrinth   Perilymph  
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Fluid within the membranous labyrinth   Endolymph  
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Snail shell shaped structure   Cochlea  
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Contains the organ of Corti   Cochlear duct  
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Receptors in cochlear duct   Hair cells  
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Hair cells have special   Microvili Specialized microvili called  
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Hearing   sound waves ear canaltempanic membrane malleus incusstapesoval windowperilymph and endolymph in cochleahair cells to the organ of Corti cranial nerve 8 temporal lobe  
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Membrane covered window just below oval window   Round window  
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Bulges out to relieve pressure when the oval window is depressed   Round window  
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Vestibular apparatus aka   Vestibule  
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Impulses carried by___ portion of acoustic nerve to the cerebellum, midbrain, and temporal lobes   Vestibular  
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Parts of the brain in charge of equilibrium   Cerebellum and midbrain  
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Conscious awareness   Temporal lobes  
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Membranous sacs in the vestibule (2)   Utricle and saccule  
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Equilibrium at rest   Static equilibrium  
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Hair cells detect movement of___   Otoliths  
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3 fluid filled membranous ovals oriented in different planes   Semicircular canals  
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Equilibrium while moving   Dynamic equilibrium  
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Base of each semicircular canal   Ampulla  
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Hair cells detect movement of ___ in the canal by bending   Endolymph  
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Detect change in blood   Arterial receptors  
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Arterial receptors are located (2)   Aorta and carotid arteries  
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Baroreceptors aka   Pressoreceptors  
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Detect BP   Pressoreceptors  
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Detect Co2, O2 and pH   Chemoreceptors  
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