Ch 8 PP Terms

Question 1

the five special senses

Answer 1

gustation, olfaction, hearing, equilibrium, vision

Question 2

equilibrium

Answer 2

sense of balance

Question 3

gustation

Answer 3

sense of taste

Question 4

hearing

Answer 4

perception of sounds

Question 5

olfaction

Answer 5

sense of smell

Question 6

proprioception

Answer 6

awareness of posture, movement, and changes in equilibrium; receptors in muscles, tendons, and joints

Question 7

sensory receptor

Answer 7

a sensory nerve ending or specialized structure associated with a sensory nerve that responds to a stimulus

Question 8

tactile

Answer 8

pertaining to the sense of touch

Question 9

vision

Answer 9

the sense by which the shape, size, and color of objects are perceived by means on the light they give off

Question 10

three parts of ear

Answer 10

outer, middle, inner

Question 11

pinna/auricle

Answer 11

outer ear; contains auditory canal, cerumen, and tympanic membrane

Question 12

meatus

Answer 12

external auditory canal; ear canal

Question 13

cerumen

Answer 13

earwax

Question 14

tympanic membrane

Answer 14

ear drum; transmits sound waves to inner ear

Question 15

middle ear

Answer 15

three ossicles that sound waves are transmitted from to the inner ear

Question 16

eustachian tube

Answer 16

connects middle ear to nasopharynx; equalizes pressure between outer and middle ear

Question 17

three ossicles

Answer 17

malleus, incus, stapes

Question 18

cochlea

Answer 18

inner ear; vital for hearing

Question 19

otitis media

Answer 19

inflammation of the ear; infection leading to accumulation of fluid in the middle ear

Question 20

otitis externa

Answer 20

aka swimmer’s ear; inflammation of external auditory canal