(6) senses

Question 1

what are the 5 senses

Answer 1

touch
smell (olfaction)
taste (gustation)
vision
hearing (audition)

Question 2

what are the 4 types of receptors

Answer 2

mechanoreceptors
photoreceptors
thermoreceptors
chemoreceptors

Question 3

mechanoreceptors

Answer 3

movement & touch

skin, ears, hollow internal organs

Question 4

photoreceptors

Answer 4

light
retina
rods and cones

Question 5

thermoreceptors

Answer 5

temperature

skin

Question 6

chemoreceptors

Answer 6

chemicals

nose and tongue

Question 7

touch (what & where)

Answer 7

free nerve endings in epidermis pick up heat/cold/pain
special sensory nerves in the dermis & hypodermis pick up pressure and touch
*mechanoreceptors in the skin

Question 8

touch - functions

Answer 8

thermoregulation
homeostasis
protection
sensory reception

Question 9

touch - processing

Answer 9

parietal lobe

Question 10

smell (what & where)

Answer 10

millions of olfactory receptors on the roof of the nasal cavity - each has its own smell to pick up
chemoreceptors in the olfactory bulb (nose)

Question 11

smell - functions

Answer 11

protection

Question 12

the only way to mess up smell

Answer 12

kill the cell

Question 13

smell - processing

Answer 13

temporal lobe

Question 14

taste (what & where)

Answer 14

onion shaped tastebuds on the sides of papillae
in epithelial tissue
chemoreceptors on the tongue

Question 15

5 tastes

Answer 15

sweet
salty
sour
bitter
umami

Question 16

where are the tastes on the tongue

Answer 16

sweet: bottom & middle
salty: tip/bottom & sides
sour: sides
bitter: back
umami: all over

Question 17

taste - processing

Answer 17

parietal lobe

Question 18

vision - accessory structures (4/5)

Answer 18

eyebrow
eyelids
eyelashes
lacrimal apparatus (gland & duct)

Question 19

eyebrow

Answer 19

shade

deflection

Question 20

eyelids

Answer 20

lubrication, move things out of eye, protection from light damage or items

Question 21

eyelashes

Answer 21

trap debris and prevent things from getting in your eye

Question 22

lacrimal gland

Answer 22

produce tears

by upper eyelid & eyebrow

Question 23

lacrimal duct

Answer 23

drain tears

inner corner of eye, opens up to the nasal cavity

Question 24

binocular vision

Answer 24

seeing with 2 eyes in front
predator position
helps approx distance & direction

Question 25

vision structures (11)

Answer 25

``` conjunctiva (sclera & cornea) pupil iris aqueous humor lens ciliary bodies vitreous humor retina fovea/macula optic disk optic nerve ```

Question 26

retina structures

Answer 26

fovea/macula photoreceptors optic disk optic nerve

Question 27

conjunctiva

Answer 27

loose connective tissue covers the surface of the eye protection

Question 28

sclera

Answer 28

white part

Question 29

cornea

Answer 29

covers the surface of the iris & pupil

Question 30

pupil

Answer 30

black hole | lets in light

Question 31

iris

Answer 31

colored muscle | control the size of the pupil

Question 32

aqueous humor

Answer 32

liquid between cornea & pupil shapes the cornea continuously recycled

Question 33

lens

Answer 33

focuses light waves on the retina by changing shape

Question 34

vitreous humor

Answer 34

liquid in the eye | maintain the eyeball's shape

Question 35

ciliary bodies

Answer 35

fibers around the lens | shape/shift/angle the lens

Question 36

retina

Answer 36

inside back wall of the eye

Question 37

fovea/macula

Answer 37

center of focus

Question 38

optic disk

Answer 38

where the optic nerve meets the eye | blindspot

Question 39

optic nerve

Answer 39

nerve that sends the neural impulses from the eye to the occipital lobe of the brain

Question 40

photoreceptors (2)

Answer 40

rods | cones

Question 41

rodes

Answer 41

see dim light | movement

Question 42

cones

Answer 42

``` see color (red/green/blue) detail ```

Question 43

conditions that affect the eye

Answer 43

``` color blindness nearsighted/farsighted astigmatism glaucoma diabetic retinopathy cataracts strabismus ```

Question 44

hearing - structures (7)

Answer 44

``` pinna auditory canal tympanic membrane malleus/incus/stapes (3 middle bones) oval window cochlea auditory nerve ```

Question 45

hearing - accessory structures

Answer 45

eustachian tube | semicircular canals

Question 46

hearing - processed

Answer 46

temporal lobe

Question 47

sound waves vary in

Answer 47

frequency | amplitude

Question 48

frequency

Answer 48

pitch

Question 49

amplitude

Answer 49

volume

Question 50

hearing conditions

Answer 50

conductive sensorineural mixed central

Question 51

semicircular canal condition

Answer 51

vertigo | motion sickness

Question 52

visual field of view

Answer 52

180º

Question 53

visual processes use how much of the brain

Answer 53

75%

Question 54

we can distinguish how many colors

Answer 54

10 million

Question 55

years it takes to make visual memory

Answer 55

learn how to distinguish and recognize things over the first 6 years of our life

Question 56

what is visual memory

Answer 56

1/2 billion brain cells make up the visual cortex visual memory is made up of light, shadow, shape, color, size, distance, depth, etc. built over the course of our lifespan

Question 57

semicircular canals also have what receptors

Answer 57

mechanoreceptors

Question 58

highest concentration of heat receptors sent here

Answer 58

fingertips & lips

Question 59

semicircular canals transmit

Answer 59

info about head direction and speed

Question 60

what are the 3 smallest bones in the body

Answer 60

malleus - mallet incus - anvil stapes - stirrup