Types of Senses
Sight
Sound
Smell,Taste & Touch
Disorders
100
Special Sense
What is a sensory organ located in one well defined region of the head?
100
Has many similarities to a camera?
What is the eye?
100
Responsible for hearing and maintaining equilibrium
What is the ear
100
The gustatory sense
What is taste
100
Swimmer's ear
What is external otitis
200
General Senses
What has sensory receptors that are widely distributed throughout the body?
200
Controls the amount of light that enters the eye
What is the pupil
200
Responsible for sensing sound
What is the cochlear
200
Sweet, sour, salty and bitter
What are the four main tastes
200
Commonly seen in infants and children
What is otitis media
300
Cutaneous senses
What has sensory receptors located in the skin?
300
Receives and interprets the rays of light into images
What is the retina?
300
Marks the end of the external ear
What is the tympanic membrane?
300
Arises from the receptors located in the olfactory region.
What is smell
300
Increased pressure in the fluid of the eye which interferes with optic nerve function
What is glaucoma?
400
Visceral senses
What has to do with perception of the internal organs?
400
Used for protection from light, foreign particles and impact from injury
What is the eyelid
400
Tiny bones of the ear
What are ossicles?
400
Closely related
What are taste and smell?
400
Inflammation of the membrane that lines the eye
What is conjunctivitis?
500
Sensory receptors
What detects changes in the environment?
500
An organ of vision separated into two chambers of fluid that help to protect the eye.
What is the eye ball?
500
Connects the nose and throat to the middle ear
What is the eustachian tube?
500
Located mostly in the fingertips and tongue, these small round bodies detect pressure on the skin.
What are touch receptors?
500
Clouding of the lens caused by protien
What is cataract?
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