The special senses
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cstanm Plus on April 3, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 accommodation | the process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina |
| cochlea | a coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear through which sound waves trigger nerve impulses |
| fovea | the center of color vision & site of sharpest vision |
| gustation | sense of taste |
| iris | muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil |
| macula | a yellowish central area of the retina where the image arrives after passing through the lens |
| nociceptors | Pain receptors which are found everywhere in the body except for the brain. |
| olfaction | sense of smell |
| proprioception | the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts |
| pupil | contractile aperture in the iris of the eye |
| retina | the light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball |
| sclera | tough, fibrous, white outer coat extending from the cornea to the optic nerve |
| labyrinth | a maze |
| lacrimal | Pertaining to tears |
| tympanum | the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound |
| incus | one of the three bones of the middle ear shaped like anvil |
| stapes | the auditory ossicle known as the stirrup |
| malleus | the ossicle attached to the eardrum |
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