Module 5: Treasuring Your Senses Flashcards
(110 cards)
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Adapt
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to adjust or change to suit conditions
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Adaptation
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When receptors become used to the changes around them
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Amplitude
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The vertical measure of a sound wave
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Aqueous humor
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Fluid in the eye which maintains the pressure under the cornea and provide some of the nutrition for the cornea and the lens
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Arc
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Jump
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Astigmatism
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A common Visual problem caused by an irregularity in the cornea’s surface or something in the lens
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audiologist
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A professional who serves people with balance or hearing issues
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Auditory nerve
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Carries the nerve impulses from the ear to the brain
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auditory ossicles
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The smallest bones in the human body
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auricle
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The visible part of the ear; catches the sound wave
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Basal body temperature
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The lowest temperature your body reaches each day; occurs while you sleep
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Bolus
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A soft wad which can be swallowed
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bony labyrinth
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Fluid filled space carved out of the surrounding bone
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Capsaicin
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A waxy substance found mostly in the white membranes of the chili peppers
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Carbon monoxide
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a colorless
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Cataract
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A condition of cloudiness in the lens that makes clear vision difficult
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Cerebellum
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The larger part of your brain
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Chemoreceptors
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Response to Odorants
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Cochlea
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A coil that contains the sensory receptors that translate sound waves into nerve impulses
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Color blindness
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The inability or decreased ability to distinguish between colors
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Conduct
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Carry
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Conductive hearing loss
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Hearing loss that is usually temporary
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Cones
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Need lots of light; they are sensitive to color
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conjuctiva
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A thin
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Conjunctivitis or pink eye
A viral or bacterial infection of the protective conjunctiva layer
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Constrict
to make smaller
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Cornea
The Transparent part of the eye where light enters
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corneal abrasion
A scratch on the outside layer of the cornea
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Cutaneous receptors
Respond to a variety of stimuli
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dark adaptation
The process in which the eyes become more sensitive to light in low illumination.
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Dehydration
The loss of water from the body
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Depth perception
The ability to see in three dimensions
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dilate
to enlarge
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ear drum
The shallow
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Electrolytes
The body's natural salts
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Equilibrioception
The body's ability to physically balance in space and not falling over when moving
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Eustachian tube
A canal that runs from the middle ear to the nasopharynx
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external auditory canal
Leads the sound wave to the ear drum
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Extremities
The parts of your body that are farthest from your body's core
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Foreign body
An object sticking to or embedded in the surface of the eye or on the inside of the eyelid
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Fovia
The pit in the center of the macula
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Frequency
The count of the sound waves that pass a point each second
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Frostbite
Permanent damage to frozen extremities
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Hair cell
The sensory receptor
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Hair follicle receptors
sensory nerve endings around each hair bulb; simulated by bending a hair
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Heat cramps
Painful muscle spasms that happened during strenuous Exercise in the heat or after a day of hard work
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Heat exhaustion
Sweats profusely but is nauseated
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Heat fainting or syncope
Happens after working hard in the heat without enough water to drink
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Heat index
A combination of the air temperature and relative humidity
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Heat stroke
The most serious of his injuries; a medical emergency; the body is no longer able to control its core temperature
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Hyperopia or farsightedness
Can see distant objects clearly but can't see near objects clearly
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Hypothermia
The bodies core temperature drops below 95°F
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Iris
The colored disk with the black dot in it
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Labyrinthitis
inflammation of the inner ear from an infection
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Lazy eye or amblyopia
A condition in which One eye is used in preference to the other eye
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Lens
Fine-tunes the eye's focus
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Light adaptation
the process whereby the eyes become less sensitive to light in high illumination
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Macular degeneration
The deterioration of the macula
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Malcula
The reddish brown area in the middle of the retina
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Mechanoreceptors
Distinguish pressure
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motion sickness
A kind of vertigo when the inner ear reports motion but the eyes do not have evidence of motion
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Mucosa
Produces a slippery mucus
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Mucus
Cleanses
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Myopia or nearsightedness
Can't see close objects but objects further away look blurry
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nasopharynx
Where the nasal cavity blends into the throat above the palate in the mouth
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night blindness
People who simply do not make enough photo pigments to see low light
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Odorant
Any substance you can smell
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olfactory epithelium
the layer of sensory receptor cells responsible for the sense of smell
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Olfactory recess
The only place in the nose capable of smell
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ophthalmologist
eye doctor or eye surgeon
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Optic disk
The yellow spot in the right of the retina
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Optician
maker and seller of eyeglasses
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optometrist
Evaluates visual information
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Orbit
A depression in the skull
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otolaryngologist
Ear
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Oval window
A membrane on the surface of an inner ear structure called the labyrinth
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Pain receptors
Respond to excess stimulation
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papillae
Little projections like tufts in a carpet; not taste buds but folded mucosa
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Perspire
Producing a sweat that will kill you as it evaporates from the skin's surface
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Photo pigments
Make the retinal cells sensitive to light
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Photokeratitis or snow blindness
Where are the sunlight burns your eye
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photoreceptor cells
The sensory cells that can trigger neurons to fire off impulses
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pitch
The highness or lowness of a sound
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Posture
The position of the rest of the body
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Proprioception
A sense of knowing where each limb is
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Pupil
The dark hole in the middle of the iris
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Registered optician
Hold a state license; holds a degree in opticianry from college
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Retina
The layer at the back of the eye where cells turn light-wave energy into nerve pulses
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Rods
Able to detect the smallest amount of light but not color
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round window
Elastic; where the pressure of each sound wave is relieved by the flexible membrane there
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Saliva
Mostly water with a little mucus
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Sclera
A tough
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sensorineural hearing loss
Damage to the spiral organ
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Spiral organ
Has read like fibers which are tuned two different frequencies like the strings with the piano but with 20
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Spot
Focusing on an object as much time as possible with each rotation
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stye
A pimple or oil gland on the edge of the eye lid
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swimmer's ear
An irritated wet auditory canal that causes infection
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Taste buds
Bundles of taste receptor cells
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Taste pores
Small channels that reach the tongue's surface to taste buds
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Thermoreceptors
Report temperatures
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umami
savory
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Vasoconstrict
The blood vessels on the skin surface gets smaller in diameter
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Vasodilate
The blood vessels are getting larger in diameter
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vertigo
dizziness; the sensation that the room is spinning
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vestibular system
Made up of the vestibule and the semicircular canals
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Vestibule
The middle section of the fluid-filled labyrinth
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Vitreous humor
The gel that fills the interior of the eye
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Water intoxication
Drinking plain water too fast that is been absorbed in the blood and dilutes the electrolytes that were not sweat it away but we left behind in the fluids in the body
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Wince
Muscles around the eye contact and forcefully close the eye
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Wind chill factor
Combined the air temperature with the wind speed
