Ch 11, 14/15 Target and review extras

Question 1

Tympanic membrane function

Answer 1

Vibrates ossicles

Question 2

Pinna function

Answer 2

Funnels sound waves

Question 3

Cohclea

Answer 3

Contains organs of hearing

Question 4

Ossicles

Answer 4

Amplifies sound waves

Question 5

Semicircular canals

Answer 5

Balance

-Helps with the balance of an individual by fluid inside moving/activating the hairs

Question 6

Eustachian tube

Answer 6

Equalizes pressure

Question 7

External auditory meatus

Answer 7

Canal for sound waves

Question 8

How does information pass from one neuron to another

Answer 8

Ions move along the neuron and from one neuron to another is with a neurotransmitter

Question 9

What is the relationship between the sense of taste and smell

Answer 9

What you taste s based off of what the food smells like

Question 10

What must the strength of a stimulus reach before an impulse will be sent

Answer 10

Threshold

Question 11

What are some characteristics of sensations

Answer 11

• Projection
• Adaptation
• Afterimage
• Referred Pain
• Phantom Pain

Question 12

Projection

Answer 12

• Characteristics of sensations

- Brain refers a sensation to the point of stimulation

Question 13

Adaptation

Answer 13

• Characteristics of sensations

- Loss of sensation even though the stimulus is still applied

Question 14

Afterimage

Answer 14

-Characteristics of sensations

Persistence of a sensation even though the stimulus is removed

Question 15

Referred pain

Answer 15

-Characteristics of sensations

Felt in the skin near or around the organ sending the impulse

Question 16

Phantom pain

Answer 16

-Characteristics of sensations

Sensation of pain in a limb that has been amputated

Question 17

Somatic senses

Answer 17

• Exteroceptors
• Proprioceptors
• Visceroceptors
• Nociceptors

Question 18

Exteroceptors

Answer 18

• Somatic sense

- Sense receptors located on body surfaces

Question 19

Proprioceptors

Answer 19

• Somatic sense

- Found in the muscles and joints

Question 20

Visceroceptors

Answer 20

• Somatic sense

- Found in internal organs

Question 21

Nociceptors

Answer 21

-Somatic sense

Pain receptors; free nerve endings

Question 22

How are receptors classified

Answer 22

Mechanoreceptors 
Chemoreceptors
Thermoreceptors
Nociceptors
Photoreceptors

Question 23

Mechaoreceptors

Answer 23

Activated by mechanical stimuli or deformation of the receptor

Question 24

Chemoreceptors

Answer 24

Changing of the chemical concentration around the body

Question 25

Thermoreceptors

Answer 25

Detect hot and cold

Question 26

Nociceptors

Answer 26

Any stimuli that can cause tissue damage; sensation of pain

Question 27

Photoreceptors

Answer 27

Respond to light

Question 28

What are the four basic senses of taste

Answer 28

Sour, bitter, salty, sweet

Question 29

What are the sensory structures that detect taste

Answer 29

Tastebuds-> projections called papillae

Question 30

Which portion of the eye is vascular

Answer 30

Choroid

Question 31

Parts associated with Lacriminal apparatus

Answer 31

- Lacrimal gland - Lacrimal canaliculi - Punctum - Lacrimal sac - Nasolacrimal duct

Question 32

What portion of the ear contains sense organs for hearing and balance

Answer 32

Inner ear

Question 33

In the ear, where are the sensory receptors for balance

Answer 33

Semicircular canals

Question 34

What is the function of the semi-circular canals

Answer 34

Balance

Question 35

Hearing process

Answer 35

``` Outer ear -Pinna -Ear canal Middle ear -Tympanic membrane -Ossicles (mallus, incus, stapes) Inner ear -Oval window "entrance to cochlea" -Perilymph -Vestibular membrane -Tectoral membrane -Endo lymph -Basal membrane (send impulse to brain) -Auditory nerve -Round window-> sound waves leave ```

Question 36

Near sightedness | -Focal pt too near lens, images focused in front of retina

Answer 36

Myopia

Question 37

Far sightedness | -Image focused behind retina

Answer 37

Hyperopia

Question 38

Degeneration of accommodation, corrected by reading glasses

Answer 38

Presbyopia

Question 39

Cornea or lens not uniformly curved

Answer 39

Astigmatism

Question 40

Lack of parallelism of light paths through eyes

Answer 40

Strabismus

Question 41

Can result in complete blindness

Answer 41

Retinal detachment

Question 42

Clouding of kens

Answer 42

Cataract

Question 43

Common in older people, loss in acute vision

Answer 43

Macular degeneration

Question 44

Dysfunction of peripheral calculation

Answer 44

Diabetes