Chapter 8 Senses Flashcards
-esthesia
sensation
-algesia
pain
-osmia
sense of smell
-geusia
sense of taste
equilibrium
the sense of balance
gustation
the sense of taste
hearing
the sense of perception of sound
olfaction
the sense of smell
proprioception
the awareness of posture, movement, and chnages are located in muscles, tendons, and joints
sensory receptor
a sensory nerve ending or a specialized structure associated with a sensory nerve that responds to a stimulus
tactile
pertaining to the sense of touvh
vision
the sense by which the shape, size, and color of objects are perceived by means of the light they give off
audi/o
hearing
acous, acus, cus
sound, hearing
ot/o
ear
myring/o
tympanic membrane
tympan/o
tympanic cavity (middle ear) tympanic membrane
salping/o
tube, auditory tube
staped/o
stapedi/o
stapes
labyrinth/o
labyrinth (inner ear)
vestibul/o
vestibule, vestibular apparatus
cochle/o
cochlea of inner ear
blephar/o
eyelid
palpebr/o
eyelid
