| Term | Definition |
|---|
| touch is a ? sense | general |
| the eye is a ? organ | special sense |
| Receptor for eye is ? | photoreceptor |
| Receptor for taste and smell is ? | chemoreceptor |
| Receptor for ear is? | mechanoreceptor |
| chemoreceptors and photoreceptors. Which are there more of? | chemoreceptors |
| What is located in skeletal muscles? | muscle spindles |
| Type of receptor for muscle spindles? | proprioreceptors |
| part of body least able to distinguish 1 touch stimulus from 2 point stimulus | the back |
| 3 layers of tissues that form the eyebal | choroid sclera retina |
| circular colored part of eye | iris |
| Opening btwn eyelash and upper and lower eyelid | palpebral fissure |
| light pass thru the ?, ?, and ? | cornea lens pupil |
| Does light pass thru the palpebral fissure? | No |
| pupil is really a structure. | false |
| pupils ? in bright light. | constrict |
| pupil ? in dim light | dilate |
| the lens of the eye lies directly behind the ? and is held in place by a ligament attached to ? | pupil, ciliary muscle |
| "old sightedness" | presbyopia |
| innermost layer of eyeball | retina |
| the ? contains microscopic receptors called rods and .cones | retina |
| receptor for night vision | rods |
| receptor for day vision? | cones |
| how many types of cones are there? | 3 |
| what allows us to distinguish colors?which ones? | cones, blue green red |
| part of eye that contains the highest concentration of cones. | fovea |
| shorter eyeball | hyperopia |
| elongated eyebal | myopia |
| irregularity of cornea or lens | astigmatism |
| leading cause of blindness in elderly. | macular degeneration |
| macular degeneration progressive | yes |
| external ear ends where? | tempanic membrane |
| term for 3 bones of middle ear | ossicles |
| name 3 separate bones of middle ear | malleus incus stapes |
| infection causing sore throat that spreads to produce middle ear infection called ? | otitis media |
| snail shaped organ of hearing | cochlea |
| otitis media is NOT a hearing loss caused by nerve impairment or damage. | true |
| taste bud is chemorecptor | true |
| sense of taste generated in taste buds are ? | gustatory cells |
| chronic ear disease causing nerve damage | meniere's disease |
| how many taste sensations | 4 |
| what are the taste sensations | bitter salty sour sweet |
| receptor response to dim light | rods |
| white of eye | sclera |
| used to focus light | lens |
| hole in eye that lets light in | pupil |
| contains dark pigment | choroid |
| colored part of eye that contricts or dilates the pupil | iris |
| contains highest concentration of cones | fovea |
| window part of eye | cornea |
| distinguishes colors | cones |
| the blind spot | optic disc |
| tempanic membrane | eardrum |
| connects middle ear and throat and regulates pressure | eustachian tube |
| appendage on side of head called pinna | auricle |
| thick fluid | endolymph |
| water fluid | perilymph |
| responsible for sense of balance | semicircular canal |
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