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Astigmatism

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Uneven curvature of the cornea or lens leading to difference in refraction of light rays in the horizontal and vertical planes

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Nystagmus

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Weakness of the extrinsic eye muscles, preventing the eyes from continuous focuses on an object on the fovea centralis. Determined by back and forth movement of the eyes!

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Pupillary Reflex

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To allow for the correct amount of light into the eye, the radial and circular muscles of the iris contract to adjust the opening of the pupil

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Which system of the ANS causes constriction of the radial muscles to dilate the pupil?

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Sympathetic

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Which system of the ANS causes constriction of the circular muscles to constrict the pupil?

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parasympathetic

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Which muscles constrict the pupil?

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Circular mucles of the Iris

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Which muscles dilate the pupil?

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Radial muscles of Iris

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Blind Spot

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The portion of the retina where the optic nerve leaves is called the blind
spot (optic disc), because there are no
photoreceptors located in that region!

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After image

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Following the activation of the photo pigment, the
photo pigment must be regenerated before it can be
used again.

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Eye dominance

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One eye is more dominant than the other!

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Define Conduction deafness

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Damage to the middle ear and/or
blockage of the ear canal (outer ear)

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Sensorineural deafness

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Damage to the inner ear and/or
vestibulocochlear nerve

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Where was the tuning fork placed on the skull in the Rinne’s test?

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Mastoid Process

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Where was the tuning fork placed on the skull in the Weber’s test?

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Skull

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Where is the sensory cortex located?

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Postcentral gyrus

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Where is the motor cortex located?

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Precentral gyrus

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Merkel’s discs are sensitive to

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sustained touch and pressure

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Ruffini corpuscles are sensitive to

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sustained pressure

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Meisnner’s corpuscles are sensitive to

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changes in texture, slow vibrations

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Pacinian corpuscles are sensitive to

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Deep Pressure and fast vibrations

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Free nerve endings are sensitive to

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light, touch, hot, cold, and pain

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Abnormal curvature of the cornea or lens

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astigmatism

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(Nearsighted) is due to an eye that is too long

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Myopia

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Caused by abnormally high intraocular pressure

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Glaucoma

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Due to an eye that is too short
Hyperopia
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Caused by a loss of lens elasticity
Presbyopia
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Define Acuity
The sharpness of vision
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The sharpness of vision
Acuity
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the ability of the eye to focus the images of objects at different distances
Accommodation
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Accommodation
the ability of the eye to focus the images of objects at different distances
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What area of the. eye has the highest visual acuity
Fovea Centralis
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FOVEA CENTRALIS
The area of the retina that provides the maximum (highest) visual acuity
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NYSTAGMUS
A condition where the eyes will drift slowly in one direction followed by a rapid movement back to the correct position
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What protein is found in the cells of your lens to make it clear thus have the same refractive index?
CRYSTALLIN
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Why is the blind spot blind?
There are no PHOTORECEPTORS. It is located where THE OPTIC NERVE LEAVES THE EYES
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What is strabismus?
A CONDITION IN WHICH WEAK EXTRINSIC EYE MUSCLES PREVENT THE TWO EYES FROM CONVERGING ON AN OBJECT AND FUSING THE IMAGES
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What is Kluver-Bucy syndrome?
IMAGE IS SEEN BUT LACKS MEANING AND EMOTIONAL CONTENT DUE TO DAMAGE TO THE INFERIOR TEMPORAL LOBE
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How is pitch determined?
By which section of the basilar membrane is stimulated (vibrated)
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How is loudness determined?
Frequency of APs
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Name the 3 ossicles
Malleus, incus, and stapes
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Name the two membranes that are connected by the ossicles?
Tympanic membrane and oval window
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Which ossicle is connected to the tympanic membrane? Which ossicle is connected to the oval window?
Malleus, Stapes
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What cells are utilized in audition?
Hair cells
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What 2 membranes sandwich the hair cells in the Organ of Corti?
Basilar and tectorial
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The movement of what ion into the hair cells causes depolarization?
Potassium
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What is the neurotransmitter that is released by these hair cells?
GLUTAMATE
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What is the difference between conduction and sensory deafness?
CONDUCTION DEAFNESS = MIDDLE EAR DAMAGE SENSORY DEAFNESS = COCHLEA OR VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DAMAGE
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What structures make up the vestibular apparatus?
Semicircular canals, utricle, and saccule
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What structures are called the otolith organs?
utricle and saccule
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What kind of motion or sense do your semi-circular canals detect?
ROTATIONAL AND ANGULAR ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION
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hat kind of motion or sense do your otolith organs detect?
POSITION OF HEAD RELATIVE TO GRAVITY, LINEAR (BOTH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL) ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION
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Which specific otolith organ detects horizontal acceleration?
Utricle
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Which specific otolith organ detects vertical acceleration?
Saccule
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Which specific otolith organ tells you that your head is upright?
Saccule
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What are the sensory cells that make up the vestibular apparatus?
HAIR CELLS, JUST LIKE IN AUDITION
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The influx of what ion causes the depolarization of these hair cells? What is the neurotransmitter released by these hair cells?
POTASSIUM; GLUTAMATE; JUST LIKE IN AUDITION
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Define sensory adapation
Receptors stop responding to maintained stimuli
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What is a sensory modality that adapts quickly?
Touch and smell
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What is a sensory modality that adapts slowly?
Pain
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Angina pectoris is an example of
referred pain
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Pain perceived in an amputated limb is known as
Phantom Limb Perception
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Which photoreceptors are responsible for color vision and how many different types are there?
Cones and three
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The region of the retina in which there are no photoreceptors is called _____, this is also known as ________
blind spot, optic disc
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Retinene (retinaldehyde) is dervided from which vitamin?
A
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When light enters the retina, it first passes through the ______ cell layer, then the ________ cell layer, before reaching the photoreceptors.
Ganglion, bipolar
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The axons of _________ cells gather to produce the optic nerve.
Ganglion
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Define acuity
clarity of vision, resolution
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Define accomodation
the ability to focus objects at different distances
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________ is a precursor to Vitamin A found in carrots. Vitamin A is a precursor for _______ which is the pigment part of rhodopsin.
Carotene, retinene
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The scientific name for the eardrum is the
Tympanic Membrane
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The middle chamber of the cochlea is the
Cochlear Duct
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The innermost middle ear ossicle presses against a flexible membrane called
the oval window
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The sensory structure of the inner ear responsible for transducing vibrations into nerve implulses is known a
Organ of Corti
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The organ of equilibrium is called
the vestibular apparatus
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The structures sensitive to angular acceleration in 3 planes are the
Semicircular canals
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The strucutures sensitive to linear acceleration are
saccule and utricle
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The saccule and utricle are known as the
vestibular apparatus
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The fluid within the organs of equilibrium are known as
endolymph!
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The sense of equilibrium is transmitted by the __________ cranial nerve, also known as the __________ nerve
8th, vestibulcochlear
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An illusion of movement or spinning is called
Vertigo
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Define inertia
the tendency of matter (example endolymph fluid) to remain at rest or if moving to keep moving in the same direction
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Define Vertigo
The lack of ability to maintain equilibrium accompanied by an illusion of movement, or spinning
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What aspect of a solution causes it to taste sour?
Hydrogen ions
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What aspect of a solution causes it to taste salty?
Sodium ions
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What is the G-protein involved in taste
Gustducin
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Why is vision in dim light better out of the corner of the eyes than when the eyes look directly at an object
Because the rods are activated in night vision and they reside in the corners of the eye

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