Special Senses
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Injunbooya on March 2, 2012
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Special Senses Gen A&P, WWTC
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Large Muscle in eye, contols Movement |  Extrinsic eye Muscles |
| Large gland near corner of eye |  Lacrimal Gland |
| Eye lids |  Palpebrae |
| inside of nose-eye drains to nose | Lacrimal sac |
| eye to nose-duct |  Nasolcrimal duct |
| white membrane covers eye, eyelid to eye, lines eye, covers eye. |  Conjunctiva |
| Outer layer of eye-provides point of attachment, shapes eye. | Sclera |
| Middle layer of eye, vasculized with lots of blood vessels, malonocytes prevent light scattering. (Colored portion) |  Choroid |
| jagged area in eye holds lens in place (in front) |  Ciliary body |
| colored portion of eye, covers front of cornea | Iris |
| center of iris of eye, hole size controlled by iris | Pupil |
| this focuses images in right spot in the eye |  Lens |
| inner area of eye, thin layer attached to optic nerve |  Retina |
| area lateral to blind spot in eye, located at eyesposterior pole |  macula lutea |
| Blind spot optic nerve leave eye | optic disc |
| nerve from the eye to brain | Optic Nerve |
| chamber area behind cornea in front of iris of the eye | Anterior segment (cavity) |
| liquid interior segment of eye behind cornea in front of lens | aqueous humor |
| area filled with fluid behind lens of the eye |  Posterior segment (cavity) |
| in eye, liquid made when born, all you get. |  Virteous humor |
| Outside of ear, External ear |  Auricle (pinna) |
| ear hole, canal |  External auditory meatus |
| ear area that extends to internal seperation (eardrum) |  Tympanic membrane |
| Malleus, incus, tapes in ear |  Tympanic cavity |
| 1st bone of tympanic membrane in ear | Malleus |
| 2nd bone of tympanic membrane in ear | incus |
| 3rd bone of tympanic membrane in ear | stapes |
| area in ear around the stapes, where stapes attaches | Oval Window |
| circle area below stapes in ear | Round window |
| Tube leaves pharynx in ear |  Auditory (eustachain) tube (7) |
| 1/2 circle in ear- helps with balance |  Semicircular canals |
| Lower part connects to cochlea in ear |  Vestibule |
| snail shell shaped in ear | Cochlea |
| Combine nerves back of cochlea in ear |  Vestibulcochlear nerve |
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