Flashcards in Chapter 12 Deck (67)
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Sour is best tasted in which portion of the tongue?
Sides
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Name the largest papillae of the tongue
Circum vallate
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What type of sensory organs are the gustatory organs?
Taste
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What type of stimulus is required for olfactory reception to occur?
A few molecules
4
Name the five primary taste sensations.
Sour
Sweet
Salty
Bitter
Umami
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What is lacking in he blind spot so that it has no vision capability
Rods and cones
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Name structures that protect the eye
Eyebrows
Eyelashes
Eyelids
7
What is the term we use to describe the closest distance at which sharp focus is attained by the eyes?
Near point
8
The thin transparent mucous membrane covering the anterior of the eye and lining the eyelids
Conjunctiva
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The ability of the eyes to focus together so that we see only one image and have depth perception
Binocular vision
10
A touch receptor is an example of this type of receptor
Mechano receptor
11
The process that adjusts the lens for near vision
Accommodation
12
Light energy initiates nerve impulses in what structure?
Retina
13
A sex linked trait; lacking cones
Color blindness
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In what area of the eyes are cones are most densely concentrated?
Central focea
15
The colored part of the eye
Iris
16
A kind of pain often experienced by people suffering a heart attack
Referred
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What receptors work to allow color vision?
The three kinds of cones
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What is the term we use to describe bringing each eyes to focus at the same point?
Convergence
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The bending of light rays as they pass from the air through the cornea and lens
Refraction
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List the accessory structures of the eye.
Eyebrows
Lacrimal apparatus muscles
Eyelashes
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Where does most of our refractor occur?
Cornea
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The outermost layer of the retina that contains melanin to absorb light rays
Pigment epithelium
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The structures that provides blood for the eye and absorbs scattered light
Chroid
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In what area do humans have the sharpest vision
Central fovea
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That what process are the macular and semicircular canals involved?
Equilibrium
26
The equilibrium apparatus concerned with maintaining posture
Maculae (of the vestibule)
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The structure(s) for dynamic(motion) equilibrium
Canals semicircular canals
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What makes up the bony labyrinth?
Semicircular canals
Vestibule
Cochlea
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