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What are the 5 special senses?

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  1. Vision
  2. Gustation
  3. Hearing
  4. Olfaction
  5. Equilibrium
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What are the 5 somatic senses?

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  1. Touch
  2. Temperature
  3. Pain
  4. Itch
  5. Proprioception
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Proprioception

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  • The ability to sense stimuli arising w/ the body reguarding position, motion, and equilibrium
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Sensory receptor cells are distinct cells, mostly found in the ________ of the body.

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  • Head region
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sensory receptor cells are housed in ___________.

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  • Sensory organs
  • ex. Eyes and ears
  • Or epithelial structures (taste buds and nose)
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sensory receptor cells respond to ________.

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  • Respond to a stimulus
  • sends messages to the brain
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What are the types of sensory receptors?

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  1. Mechanoreceptors
  2. Thermoreceptors
  3. Photoreceptors
  4. Chemoreceptors
  5. Nociceptors
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Mechanoreceptors

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  • respond to mechanical force, such as touch
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Thermoreceptors

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  • Respond to temperature changes
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Photoreceptors

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  • respond to light
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Chemoreceptors

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  • respond to chemicals
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Nociceptors

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  • respond to damaging stimuli such as pain
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Stimulus excites a ________.

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  • receptor (touch excites mechanoreceptors)
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the stimulus much be within the receptors ______________.

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  • Receptive feild (area the receptor monitors)
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Stimulus energy gets converted into a graded potential, this is called _________.

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  • Transduction
  • initiates an AP on sensory nerve to CNS
  • or causes receptor cell to secrete NT
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The sensory cortex is where ___________.

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  • Where stimuli are counciously interpreted
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describe how stimulus of touch is preceived and interpreted.

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  1. Stimulus excites a receptor (touch excites mechano receptor)
  2. Stimulus must be within the receptors receptive feild
  3. Stimulus energy gets converted into a graded potential (transduction); an APis initiated on a sensory nerve to the CNS or Causes the receptor cell to secrete NT
  4. AP is sent to the brain where the stimuli is conciously interpreted in the sensoty cortex
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how much of the body’s sensory receptors are found in the eye?

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  • 70%
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the ___________ protects the eye.

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  • Skull
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___________ eye muscles control eye movement. Cranial nerves ___ ___ and ___ control movement. The eye functions similar to a ________.

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  • 6 extrinsic eye muscles
  • cranial nerves 3,4 and 6
  • a camera
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A) Cornea

B) Pupil

C) Aqueous humor

D) Iris

E) Lens

F) Vitreous humor

G) Sclera

H) Retina

I) Fovea Centralis

J) Optic nerve

K) Optic disc (blind spot)

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How does the parasympathetic nervous system effect the eye?

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  • Pupils become constricted
  • Sphincter pupillae muscle contracts
  • Pupil size decreases
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How does the sympathetic nervous system effect the eye?

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  • Dilated pupils
  • Dilator pupillae muscle contracts
  • Pupil size increases
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The iris has how many muscles? What are their names?

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  • The iris has 2 muscles
  • Sphincter pupillae
  • Dilator pupillae
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The retina contains \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
* photoreceptor cells * rods and cones
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Rod cells
* more numerous * function in low light * help see black and white
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Cone cells
* Provides high resolution for color vision * responsible for high acuity (sharpness of vision)
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The fovea contains more of what type of cell?
* cones
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both rods and cones contain \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
* Pigments * Light excites the pigments and we see color
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Pathway of information through the eye
1. Light in atmosphere 2. light hits cornea first 3. light travels through aqueous humor where it is refracted 4. light then enters pupil 5. Light then hits lense and is refracted again 6. Light enters vitreous humor in posterior chamber of the eye and is refracted 7. Light then hits photoreceptors in the retina 8. cones and rods send AP back out towards the optic nerve 9. AP reaches the CNS 10. information is sent to visual cortex and is processed by the brain
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where is the visual cortex located?
* in the posterior portion of the brain
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How does the eye work?
* Eye receives light and focuses it on the retina * Light bends (refracts) when it travels through different mediums * Air --- cornea * Cornea ---- lens * Lens ---- vitreous humor
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Glaucoma
* Aqueous humor not draining properly; pressure builds up in the eye
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Cataract
* Coulding on the lense (hardening)
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Astigmatism
* Abnormally shaped cornea
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Color Blindness
* Congenital lack of cone pigments
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Gustation and Olfaction sense \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
* Chemicals
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Olfaction
* Smell
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Gustation
* Taste
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Olfaction anf gustation are both very __________ senses, what does this mean?
* Primative senses * strong direct connection to most basic needs * Thirst, hunger, emotion, sex, some forms of memory
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The cells that are responsible for picking up information during olfaction and gustation are called \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
* Chemo receptors * These receptors are excited by chemicals in the air and dissolved in siliva
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A) Olfactory Tract B) Mitral cell C) Glomeruli D) Olfactory bulb E) Cribriform plate F) Filaments of olfactory nerve G) Lamina Propria (CT) H) Olfactory Axon I) Olfactory stem cell J) Olfactory sensory neuron K) Support cell L) Dendrite M) Olfactory Cilia N) Mucus O) Olfactory epithelium
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Focal length
* Point where light goes through lense and hits the fovea
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lenses can change shape according to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
* Distance
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Accommodation
* When the lens adjusts its shape to keep focus
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Near point accommodation
* Closest distance at which an object is focused
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Emmetropic eye
* Normal eye * the focal point is right on the retina
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Myopic eye
* Nearsighted * eyeball is too long * in uncorrected eye focal point s infront of the retina * in a corrected eye a concave lens moves the focal pointback further
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Hyperopic eye
* Far sighted * Eye ball is too short * in an uncorrected eye the focal point is behind the retina * in a corrected eye a convex lens moves the focal point forward
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What happens when you are exposed to a smell for too long? Why does this happen?
* Olfactory fatigue/ adaptation * Less APs are sent to the brain the longer one is exposed to the odorant
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A) Vestibular cortex B) Somatosensory Cortex C) Gustatory cortex D) Visual cortex E) Auditory cortex F) Olfactory cortex
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Taste buds
* Sensory organ for taste
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Taste buds are found on \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
* Papilla
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What are the 3 types of papillae found on the tongue?
1. Foliate Papillae 2. Fungiform papillae 3. Vallate papillae
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Each taste bud contains \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
* 50-100 epithelial cells
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Gustatory (taste) cells contain \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
* Neurotransmitters
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Basal epithelial cells in tongue
* they regenerate damaged ET in tongue
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Where is olfactory epithelium located?
* In the roof of the nasal cavity
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What substance "traps" and dissolves odorants?
* Mucus
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Odorants (chemicals) bind to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
* Olfactory cilia * Olfactory cilia are the chemorecptors responsible for olfaction
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Once odorants bind to olfactory cilia an ____ is sent to the \_\_\_\_\_\_, then to the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
* Action potential * Olfactory bulb * Olfactory cortex
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Pathway of information; Olfaction
* Odorants are breathed in and trapped in mucus * Mucus dissolves odorants * odorants bind to olfactory cilia * GP is sent up through dendrites and cell body to axon * at the olfactory neuron's axon it becomes a AP * AP is sent to mitral cells in olfactory bulb * Mitral cells refine, amplify and relay signals to the olfactory tract * AP is sent to Olfactory cortex * Signals are also sent to the frontal lobe/ hypothalmus-amygdala for processing
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Mitral cells
* Refine, amplify and relay signals
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Olfactory stem cells
* Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that can be molded into whatever type of cell
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How many pathways can an AP from the olfactory tract travel?
* 2 * Frontal lobe or * Hypothalamus/amygdala; emotional response to smell
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A) Taste fibers of cranial nerve B) Basal epithelial cells C) Gustatory epithelial cells D) Taste pore E) Gustatory hairs F) Stratified squamous epithelium of tongue G) Support cell
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Signals aare sent from taste cells via cranial nerves \_\_\_, ____ and ___ to the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
* 9 * 7 * 10 * gustatory cortex
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signals are also sent to the \_\_\_\_\_\_, _______ and the ________ when we taste something.
* Hypothalamus/ limbic system; this tastes good * stomach and salivary glands
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Pathway of gustation
* Chemical enters mouth * chemical is dissolved in saliva * chemical diffuses through taste pore * chemical binds to gustatory hair * Gustatory cell releases NTs * NTs bind to neurons * AP travels up cranial nerves to gustation cortex * Impulses also sent to hypothalamus (limbic system), stomach and salivary glands
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What are the 5 basic taste sensations?
1. Sweet 2. Sour 3. Salty 4. Bitter 5. Umami
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Taste likes and dislikes have homeostatic value why?
* Sweet = glucose; needed for ATP production * Sour = protection from spoiled food * Salty = needed for many functions in the body; water balance, muscle contractions, and APs * Bitter = protective * Umami = we need protein - Taste likes and dislikes have homeostatic value because it helps us eat all the things we need to maintain healthy bodily function and avoid substances that are harmful
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Each taste cell is sensitive to only one taste, why?
* This allows us to taste more than one taste at a time
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what percent of taste is smell?
* 80%
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Spicy foods excite __________ and ____________ in the mouth.
* Nociceptors * Thermoreceptors
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Disruptions to taste and smell usually result from brain injury. Why?
* Because all the information for taste and smell is processed in the brain
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Swollen taste buds
cause is unknown
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The inner ear contains fluids that must be moved to stimulate ______________ to _______ and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
* Mechanorecptors * Hear * Maintain balance
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Hearing and balance are interconnected but the receptors for hearing and equilibrium are \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
* different
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Hearing is our perception of the energy carried by \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
* sound waves
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Sound transduction
* air waves ----\>fluid wave -------\>chemical signals -------\> AP
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Auditory ossicles
1. Malleus 2. Incus 3. Stapes
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A) External ear B) External acoustic meatus C) Tempanic membrane D) Malleus E) Incus F) Stapes G) Semicircular canals H) Cochlea I) Vestibule J) Oval window K) vestibular nerve L) Cochlear nerve M) Eustacian tube (pharyngotympanic tube) N) External ear O) Middle ear P) Inner ear
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Cochlea
* Involved in hearing
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Vestibule
* Involved in equilibrium
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Semi-circular canals
* involved in rotational acceleration
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The structures of the inner ear; vestibule, semi-circular canals, cochlea have __________ because they each do \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_things.
* Different * Different
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Pathway of info: hearing
1. Sound waves enter external ear 2. sound waves hit the tympanic membrane 3. Tympanic membrane viberates and hits the auditory ossicles 4. Malleus hits the incus, incus hits the stapes 5. Stapes vibrates the oval window 6. vibrations creates waves in the fluid of the cochlea (organ of corti) 7. Waves in fluid cause hair cells to bend 8. Hair cell bending causes electrical signal that causes release of NTs onto cochlear nerve 9. cochlear nerve sends AP to brain (auditory cortex)
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Sound transduction
* air waves (sound) ----\> fluid waves -----\> chemical signals -------\> AP!
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Sound is the brain's interpretation of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, and _____________ of sound waves that reach the ear!
* Frequency * Amplitude * Duration - processed in cochlea
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sound waves are measured in \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
* Hertz (Hz)
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"loudness" is measured in \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
* decibles (dB)
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what is the range of hertz that the average human ear can hear.
* 20-20,000 Hz
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A normal conversation is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
* 60 dB * above 80 dB can result in hearing loss * average concert 120 dB
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Frequency
* is percieved as pitch * how often something happens (more frequent waves)
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Amplitude
* amplitude (size or intensity) is perceived as loudness * How high the wave is
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What are the 3 forms of hearing loss?
1. Conductive 2. Central 3. Sensorineural
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Conductive hearing loss
* Sound doesn't travel well * can be due to wax build up * External and some what middle ear problem
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Central hearing loss
* Problem lies in the CNS * stroke or damage to neural pathways
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Sensorineural hearing loss
* Damage to the structure of the inner ear * includes death of hair cells in the cochlea
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