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The Senses

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Provide us with information about our surrounding   show
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show 4  
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Detect stimuli and generate impulses   show
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Types of stimuli   show
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show Sensory tracts  
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show Sensory areas  
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show Projection  
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Perception of a pain in an area that doesn’t exist   show
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show Intensity  
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Effect of a precious or simultaneous sensation on a current sensation   show
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show Adaptation  
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Sensation remains in the consciousness after the stimulus has stopped   show
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show Skin  
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show Free  
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show Encapsulated  
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show Parietal  
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Sensitivity is determined by the ___   show
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show Referred pain  
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show Stretch receptors  
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General (conscious) sensation is felt in ___ lobe   show
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show Cerebellum  
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show Taste buds  
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Detect chemicals in food dissolved in saliva   show
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Chemoreceptors are found   show
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show Smell  
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show Facial, glossopharyngeal  
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Olfactory receptors are ____ receptors   show
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Detect vaporized chemicals in the upper nasal cavity   show
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Hunger and thirst: visceral sensation triggered by___   show
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For hunger, detects ___   show
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show Water concentration  
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show Decreases  
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Thirst will __ is not satisfied   show
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Eyelids and lacrimal apparatus are__ structures   show
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Eyelids are controlled by ___ muscle   show
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show Eyelids  
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show eyelids  
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show Conjunctiva  
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show Lacrimal glands  
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Superior and lateral to the eye within the orbit (cavity)   show
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show Spreads them  
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show 1  
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show Lysozymes  
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Lysozymes   show
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show Exiting  
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show 2  
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Chambers of the eyeball (2)   show
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Vitreous chamber aka   show
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show Posterior chamber  
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Posterior chamber location   show
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Posterior chamber contains   show
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show Posterior chamber  
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show Vitreous humor  
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Chamber between lens and cornea   show
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show between lens and cornea  
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show Retina  
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Anterior chamber contains   show
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Aqueous humor is located   show
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show Capillaries  
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Aqueous humor is formed form capillaries in the ___   show
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show Canal of Schlemm  
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show Anterior to iris  
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show Lens, cornea  
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show 3  
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show Outer, inner, middle  
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show Sclera, cornea  
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Middle wall of eye   show
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show Retina  
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show Sclera  
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White part   show
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Transparent portion   show
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show Cornea  
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show Cornea  
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show Ciliary body and iris  
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Contains blood vessels   show
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show Ciliary body  
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show Suspensory ligaments  
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show Shape of lens  
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show Iris  
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show Iris  
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show Iris  
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show Pupil  
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Contraction of the radial fibers   show
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Contraction of the circular fibers   show
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show Dilation  
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show Constriction  
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Posterior 2/3 of eye   show
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Contains___ receptors   show
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show Rods and cones  
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Detect ALL wavelengths of visible light   show
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show Rods  
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show Cones  
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show Cones  
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Abundant in the center of the retina   show
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Small depression in the macula that contains only cones and is the area for best color vision   show
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show Optic disk  
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Blind spot   show
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show Light is focused on the retina receptors generate impulse  visual areas of the brain interpret  
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show Refraction  
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Adjustable part of the refractory system   show
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Focuses image on __   show
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At rest ___ pull the lens tight   show
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show Flattens  
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show Ciliary muscle  
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When the ciliary muscle contracts makes the lens___   show
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Becomes less elastic with age   show
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show Rods  
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Chemical reaction that breaks down into retinal and other proteins   show
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Requires specific wavelengths   show
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show Binocular vision  
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Allows for depth perception   show
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Binocular vision requires eyes___ to eliminate double vision   show
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show 3  
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show Outer, inner and middle  
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Ear contains receptors for ___ and ___   show
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Receptors for hearing and equilibrium are found in ____ear   show
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Auricle and ear canal   show
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show Auricle  
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External auditory meatus aka   show
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Lined with ceruminous and sebaceous glands   show
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Air filled cavity that contains the ossicles and is drained by eustachian tubes   show
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show Ear drum  
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show Ear drum  
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Ossicles (3)   show
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Transfer and amplify sound to oval window of inner ear   show
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Auditory tubes aka   show
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Eustachian tubes extend from___ to ___   show
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Permits air to enter or leave   show
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Can plug and cause pressure when change in elevation occurs   show
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Middle ear infection aka   show
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show Inner ear  
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Inner ear contains (2)   show
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show Vestibule  
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show Cochlea  
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show Membranous labyrinth  
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Fluid between bone and membranous labyrinth   show
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Fluid within the membranous labyrinth   show
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show Cochlea  
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Contains the organ of Corti   show
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Receptors in cochlear duct   show
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show Microvili Specialized microvili called  
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show 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   show
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Bulges out to relieve pressure when the oval window is depressed   show
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Vestibular apparatus aka   show
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Impulses carried by___ portion of acoustic nerve to the cerebellum, midbrain, and temporal lobes   show
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Parts of the brain in charge of equilibrium   show
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Conscious awareness   show
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show Utricle and saccule  
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show Static equilibrium  
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Hair cells detect movement of___   show
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show Semicircular canals  
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show Dynamic equilibrium  
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show Ampulla  
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show Endolymph  
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show Arterial receptors  
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Arterial receptors are located (2)   show
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Baroreceptors aka   show
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Detect BP   show
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show Chemoreceptors  
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