special senses

Question 1

what is the normal stimulus for the eye

Answer 1

light

Question 2

what is a hole in the eye that allows light to pass through

Answer 2

the pupil and Allows various degrees of light to enter the eye

Question 3

what and where is the conjunctiva

Answer 3

it covers the inside of your eyelid and the white in your eye and is a thin
clear membrane that protects the eye

Question 4

what is the difference between rods and cons

Answer 4

Cones see color
Rods see black/white/gray( light) (help give us good vision in low light)

Question 5

What large nerve leaves the back of the ear

Answer 5

Vestibulocochlear Nerve/ Auditory Nerve

Question 6

the four refracting parts of the eye in order

Answer 6

Cornea, Aqueous Humor, Lens; Vitreous Humor ( this is important )

Question 7

The three tiny bones that make up the OSSICLES. both the common and scientific names

Answer 7

Hammer - Malleus
Anvil - Incus
Stirrup - Stapes

Question 8

What is the difference between the vitreous and aqueous humors

Answer 8

Vitreous - GEL - behind the lens
Aqueous - LIQUID - in front of the lens

Question 9

What is the “white” of the eye called

Answer 9

Sclera

Question 10

The CLEAR PORTION on the FRONT (ANTERIOR) of the eye is the

Answer 10

Cornea

Question 11

What do the lacrimal glands do
and Where are they located?

Answer 11

Create tears and loc is Upper lateral corner of the eye; under the brow bone

Question 12

Which black layer of the eye absorbs light

Answer 12

Choroid

Question 13

The iris is composed of what type of tissue

Answer 13

muscle

Question 14

What is a cataract?

Answer 14

Cloudy Lens

Question 15

What are the two FUNCTIONS of the ear

Answer 15

HEARING and EQUILIBRIUM

Question 16

What do we call the spot where the optic nerve leaves the back of the eye?
What is the common name for this area?
What is missing in this area?

Answer 16

1 Optic disk
2 Blindspot
3 Rods and Cones

Question 17

What is conjunctivitis
What do we commonly call it?

Answer 17

Infection of the Conjunctiva ( mucous membrane lining the eyelids)
Pink eye

Question 18

Describe myopia
What is its common name?

Answer 18

image is focused in front of the retina
Nearsightedness

Question 19

1 Describe PRESBYOPIA
2 What is its common name?

Answer 19

Lost of vision due to the lens losing its flexibility
Old Man’s Eye

Question 20

What is the function of the AUDITORY
TUBE?
What is its other name?

Answer 20

Equalize pressure in the ear
Eustachian Tube

Question 21

The what lobe of the brain is responsible for vision

Answer 21

OCCIPITAL LOBE

Question 22

Which lobe is responsible for hearing and
Which lobe is responsible for smell?

Answer 22

Temporal

Question 23

Where are the taste buds located?

Answer 23

Sides of the papillae

Question 24

What are gustatory cells and where are they located

Answer 24

Receptors for taste / sides of papillae

Question 25

What is a Stye

Answer 25

A cyst is caused by infection of the glands along the edge of the eyelid.

Question 26

What is Strabismus

Answer 26

A condition in which one eye or both eyes are directed medially or laterally. Cross-eyed

Question 27

What causes Glaucoma?

Answer 27

A condition which involves excessive pressure buildup in the aqueous humor.

Question 28

Why does your nose run when you cry

Answer 28

Tears drain from the eye into the nose through the nasolacrimal duct

Question 29

uneven curvatures in the cornea or lens

Answer 29

astigmatism

Question 30

what condition involves excessive pressure buildup in the aqueous humor

Answer 30

glaucoma

Question 31

what layer of the eye has cons and rods

Answer 31

the retina

Question 32

witch eye muscle does the trochlear nerve innervate

Answer 32

the superior oblique muscle

Question 33

what are the corners of the eye called

Answer 33

canthus

Question 34

what are the three colors of the cones

Answer 34

red, green, and blue

Question 35

the Inner Ear is involved with

Answer 35

balance and equilibrium.

Question 36

what enzyme in tears kill bacteria

Answer 36

LYSOZYME

Question 37

what is Sclera

Answer 37

thick, white fibrous connective, going toward the back of the eye (white of the eye)

Question 38

Aqueous humor

Answer 38

the LIQUID SURROUNDING the lens, is secreted by the CHOROID and reabsorbed by the CANAL of SCHLEMM

Question 39

Fovea Centralis

Answer 39

Lateral to the blind spot - Contains ONLY CONES - the region of the sharpest vision - also called the macula

Question 40

Vitreous Humor

Answer 40

GEL LIKE supports internal parts, fluid within the eye, maintains the SHAPE of the eye

Question 41

Suspensory Ligaments

Answer 41

ATTACHES to the LENS from the ciliary bodies