Senses Flashcards

(67 cards)

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Name the largest papillae of the tongue

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Circum vallate

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Sour is best tasted in which portion of the tongue

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Sides

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What type of sensory organs are the gustatory organs

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Taste

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What type of stimulus is required for olfactory reception to occur

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A few molecules (chemical)

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Name five primary taste sensations

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Sour, sweet, better, salty, and Unami

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What is lacking in the blind spot so that it has no vision compatibility

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Rods and cones

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Name structures that protect the eye

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Eyebrows, eyelashes, eyelids

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What is the term we use to describe the closest distance at which sharp focus is attained by the eyes

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Near point

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The thin transparent mucous membrane covering the anterior of eye and lining the eyelids

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Conjunctiva

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The ability where the eyes focused together so that we see the only one image and have a depth perception

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Binoculars vision

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A touch receptor is an example of what type of receptor

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Mechanoreceptor

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The process of that adjusts the lens for near vision

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Accommodation

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12
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Light energy initiates nerve impulses and what

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Retina

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13
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Sex linked trait; lacking cones

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Color blindness

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14
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And what area of the are cones most densely concentrated

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Central fovea

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15
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The colored part of the eye

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Iris

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Kind of pain often experienced by people suffering a heart attack

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Over heart, left arm called referred pain

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What receptors work to allow color vision

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Cones

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What is the term we use to describe bringing HI to focus at the same point

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Convergence

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The bending of light rays as a pass from the air through the cornea in the lens

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Refraction

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List accessory structures of the eye

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Eyebrows, eyelashes, eyelids, eye muscles, lacrimal apparatus

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Where does most of our refraction occur

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Cornea

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The outermost layer of the retina that contains melanin to absorb light rays

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Pigmented layer

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The structure that provides blood for the eye and absorbs scattered light

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Choroid

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In what area do humans have the sharpest vision
Central fovea
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And what process are a maculae in the semi circle canal involved
Equilibrium
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The equilibrium apparatus concerned maintaining posture
Maculae (of the vestibular)
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The structure or structures of dynamic (motion)equilibrium
Semicircular Canals
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What makes up the bony labyrinth
Semicircular Canal's, endolymph basilar, cochlea
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The ear structure that converts soundwaves into vibrations
Tynapanic membrane
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A balance disorder which causes a person to feel that they are going around in space and extremely dizzy
Conduction deafness (otosclerosis)
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A disorder caused by fusion of bones of the middle ear
Otosclerosis
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Constant ringing in the ears
Tinnitus
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The structure that helps equalize air pressure on tympanic membrane
Eustachian tube
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I disorder caused by nonfunctional organs of the corti within cochlea
Sensorineural deafness
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What is created when hair cells come in contact with tectorial membrane
Impulse
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What is the purpose of static equilibrium
Position and balance
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Soundwaves directly cause what structure to vibrate
Tympanic membrane
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Nociceptors are receptors of
Pain
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Block the formation of chemicals that stimulate the nociceptors
Analgesic
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Responsible for vision and bright light
Cones
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Responsible for vision and dim light
Rods
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Changes the shape of the lens
Ciliary muscles
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Controls light entry into the eyes
Iris
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Focuses light onto the retina
Lens
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Central area of the retina
Maculae
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Nearsightedness
Myopia
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Farsightedness
Hyperopia
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Focusing of the light rays behind the retina
Hyperopia
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Corrected by convex corrective lens
Hyperopia
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Fluid in the anterior cavity of the eye
Aqueous humor
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Excess fluid pressure in the eye
Glucoma
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Crowding of the lens and or cornea
Cataract
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Runs I have lost the elasticity with age
Presbyopia
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Fluid in the posterior cavity of the Eye
Vitreous humor
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Normal vision
Emmytyropia
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Irregular curvature of the lens or cornea
Astigmatism
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How many molecules of a substance needs to be present in the air to be smelled
Only a few
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How are tasting and smell related
What we tasted usually what we smell
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These papillae cover most of the surface of the time and barely contain taste buds
Filiform
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The lateral edges of the tongue are more sensitive to what substances
Sourness
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Which substance maintains pressure in the eye
Aqueous humor
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Where does the aqueous humor drain
Into blood
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The structure commonly known as the white part of the Eye
Sclera
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What is the shape of the lens when you view distant objects
Flat
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What type of equilibrium refers to the maintenance of the body position as in posture
Static
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The nerve that carries impulses from our eyes to the occipital lobe of the brain
Optic