Ear
The medical name for the outer ear
What is the Auricle?
Shaped like a snail
What is the cochlea?
Touch
What is a general sense?
To protect the eye from foreign objects.
What are eyelashes?
Regulates Light entering the eye.
What the pupil?
The medical name for the ear drum?
What is the Tympanic Membrane
The ________ nerve helps the brain register impulses as sound
Hearing, Smelling, Seeing, Tasting
What are specialized senses?
The colored part of the eye.
What is the iris?
Protects the pupil and the Iris
How are sound waves transmitted through the tympanic membrane?
What is vibrations?
There are no photoreceptors where the optic nerve meets the eye.
What is the blind spot?
This sense can be found everywhere on the body.
What is touch?
These two parts of the eye lubricate the eye to keep it moist.
What is the conjunctiva? What is the Lacrimal Apparatus
What is the function of the lens?
The part of the inner ear filled with perilymph.
What is the cochlea?
The eye is too long or too short
What causes myopia or hyperopia?
These senses are localized and have a special function.
What are special senses?
This allows light into the eye.
What is the cornea?
Ciliary Muscles and suspensory ligaments.
What holds up the lens?
The incus, malleus, and stapes.
What are the bones of the inner ear?
The eyes are different shape, they may be too long or shoo short.
What might cause a person to need corrective lenses?
What is an extra special sense?
The Sclera, Choroid and Retina
What are the three tissue layers of the eye?
Helps with vision in low light- responsible for black and white
What is Rods?