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Sensory System Flashcards

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5 forms of sensation

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  1. Vision
  2. Audition
  3. Olfaction
  4. Gustation
  5. Somatosensation
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2
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Detects electromagnetic stimuli

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Vision

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3
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Most frequently used sense

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Vision

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4
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Most subjected to perceptual error due to: (5)

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  1. Not all forms of light waves are seen by the naked eye
  2. 2D images
  3. Inverted images
  4. Microjerky movements
  5. Blind spot
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Visual Pathway

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  1. Cornea
  2. Pupil
  3. Lens
  4. Photoreceptors (rods and cones)
  5. Retina
  6. Optic Nerve Fibers
  7. Thalamus
  8. Visual Area of the Cerebral Cortex
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6
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Detects mechanical stimuli

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Audition

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7
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3 modes of conduction

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Air, solid and liquid

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Audition is divided into 3 parts

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Outer, middle and inner ear

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Outer ear (air conduction, 2)

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  1. Pinna

2. Auditory canal (tymphanic canal

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Middle ear (solid conduction, 4)

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  1. Ear drum (tymphanic membrane)
  2. Hammer (malleus)
  3. Anvil (incus)
  4. Stirrups (stapes)
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Inner Ear (liquid conduction, 4)

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  1. Oval window
  2. Cochlea
  3. Hair cells
  4. Auditory nerve fibers
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12
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Recording or receding of stimuli by the receptors of the body

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Sensation

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Auditory pathway

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  1. Pinna
  2. Auditory canal (tymphanic canal)
  3. Ear drum (tymphanic membrane)
  4. Hammer (malleus)
  5. Anvil (incus)
  6. Stirrups (stapes)
  7. Oval window
  8. Cochlea
  9. Hair cells
  10. Auditory nerve fibers
  11. Thalamus (auditory area of cerebral cortex)
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Detects chemical stimuli if it is far soluble, volatile and has an atomic weight

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Olfaction

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Chemical sense without permanent memory

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Olfaction

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Dual sense

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Olfaction

17
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Most direct sense to the cerebrum

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Olfaction

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Earliest sense to develop

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Olfaction

19
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Females are more sensitive than males

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Olfaction, Gustation and Somatosensation

20
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Olfaction Pathway

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  1. Nasal cavity
  2. Olfactory receptor
  3. Olfactory nerve fiver
  4. Olfactory area of cerebral cortex
21
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Detects chemical stimuli if it is soluble in saliva

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Gustation

22
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Chemical sense with permanent memory

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Gustation

23
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Taste pathway

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  1. Taste buds
  2. *Facial nerve fibers if taste buds are from anterior 2/3 of tongue
    * glossopharyngeal nerve fibers if taste buds are from posterior 1/3 of tongue
    * vagus nerve fibers if taste buds are from the throat
  3. Thalamus
  4. Gustatory area of cerebral cortex
24
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Final arbiter of Senses

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Somatosensation

25
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Most accurate since

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Somatosensation

26
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Most direct to the stimulus

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Somatosensation

27
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Largest receptor

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Somatosensation

28
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Most number of nerve fibers

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Somatosensation

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