Week 6 Part 1 Flashcards

(44 cards)

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Orbit

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The part of the skull that holds the eye

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Conjunctiva

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3
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Lacrimal gland

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4
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Anterior chamber is made up of

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Watery liquid called aqueous humor

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5
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Posterior chamber is made up of

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A jelly liquid called vitreous humor

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6
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Sclera

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Whites of the eye

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7
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Cornea

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Transparent part of the sclera to let light go through

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8
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Iris

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The coloured part of the eye that controls the size of the pupil

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9
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Pupil

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Space

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10
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Lens
Help focus the light rays that enter the eye called accommodation

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11
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These sensors in the retina are called

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Rods and cones
Rods work to dim light and cones work with bright light and colour

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12
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The structures that make up the sensory system

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Eye
Ear
Tongue
Nose

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13
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Choroid

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Thin layer between the sclera and the retina

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14
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Pinna or auricle

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15
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Auditory canal

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16
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Tympanic membrane
Also called the ear drum

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17
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Ossicles

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Smallest bones in your body
Joined together to increase sound waves

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18
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The ossicle bones are called

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Malleus, incus, and stapes

19
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Eustanchine tube

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Equalizes pressure in the ear

20
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Cochlea

Snail shaped, is connected to the membrane separating the middle ear from the inner ear
Holds fluid that helps move the sound waves through the inner ear

21
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Semicircular canals

The sound waves move through
Help keeps balance

22
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Taste receptors are called

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Sense of smell is called

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Touch receptors are called

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Tactile corpuscles

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Pain receptors are
Branches of nerves called free nerve endings
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Referred pain
Where you feel pain in a different part of the body from where it’s occurring.
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Cateract
Is a cloudy lens
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Cerumen
Commonly known as ear wax
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Cutaneous sense
Relating to or effecting the skin
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External auditory meatus
Also known as ear canal
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Gustatory
Taste
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Labyrinth
Is a series of bony cavities within the inner ear
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Optic
Lens or other optical components in an optical instrument
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Tactile
Connected with the sense of touch
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Special senses
Sight Sound and equilibrium Taste Smell
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Visceral sense
Includes nausea, hunger, thirst, and a need to urinate and deficate
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Lacrimal sac
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Vestibule chamber Send signals to your brain
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What’s in the external ear
Auricle or pinna
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What’s in the middle ear
Ossicles Eustachian tubes
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What’s in the Internal ear
Cochlea Semicircular canals
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Sound enters the auditory canal and vibrates This is called
Tympanic membrane Sound conduction
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In the middle the ——— amplifies the sound This is called
Ossicles Bone conduction
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The basic tastes
Sweet Salty Bitter Sour Umami