Touch
What type of receptors detect movement?
Mechanoreceptors
Smell is the response to what molecules?
Odorants
What structures detect taste?
Taste buds.
Conjuctiva
Name the 3 components of the external ear.
incus, auricle, spiral organ, malleus, tectorial membrane, external auditory meatus, stapes, oval window, tympanic membrane, bony labyrinth, hair cells
Auricle, external auditory meatus, tympanic membrane.
Senses that have receptors located throughout the body are known as (general or special) senses.
general
Where are smell receptors located within the nasal cavity?
On the superior portion of the nasal cavity
Taste is closely linked to what other sense?
Smell
What does the lacrimal apparatus do?
Produce tears
Name the 4 components of the middle ear.
incus, auricle, spiral organ, malleus, tectorial membrane, external auditory meatus, stapes, oval window, tympanic membrane, bony labyrinth, hair cells
Malleus, incus, stapes, and oval window.
Pain that originates from a place other than the source of the pain stimulus is known as what?
Referred pain
In order to smell, odors are dissolved in a thin layer of what?
Name a structure other than the tongue that contains taste buds.
The throat or hard palate
What gel-like substance is located behind the lens of the eye?
Vitreous humor
What other sense comes from the inner ear?
Balance (equilibrium)
What term can be defined as "an unpleasant perceptual or emotional experience"?
Pain
olfactory bulb
Name the 5 tastes.
Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami.
Light strikes the _____ of the eye, which produces action potentials that are sent to the brain.
retina
The bending of what cells generate action potentials within the ear?
Hair cells
Name 2 of the special senses.
smell, taste, vision, hearing, balance
How many different smells can humans detect?
10,000
Taste cells are composed of what two structures?
Taste hairs and taste pores.
Put the eye tunics in order from deepest to most superficial:
vascular, fibrous, and nervous.
Nervous, vascular, fibrous.
The bony labyrinth.