Eye
Ear
Smell
Taste
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100
Transparent part of the fibrous tunic through which light enters the eye.
What is the CORNEA
100
What is the organ of hearing and where would you find it?
Organ of Corti located in the cochlea
100
What lobe of the brain is directly connected to our sense of smell?
Frontal Lobe
100
What is another name for taste?
Gustation
100
This produces tears
Lacrimal Glands
200
Part of the eye that absorbs excess light from reflecting within the eye.
What is the CHOROID
200
Name the three ossicles in order and tell what their function is.
Malleus Incus Stapes To amplify sound
200
Someone who cannot smell may have this disorder? Also, what can cause one to lose their sense of smell?
What is Anosmia Brain Injury, Alzheimers, Parkinsons, Radiation
200
What are the four papillae and which does not contain tastebuds despite it's abundance in the tongue?
Fungiform Filiform (does not contain) Foliate Circumvallate
200
Number of taste buds (approximate)
What is 10,000
300
Type of photoreceptor that detects dim light and helps with our peripheral vision
What are the RODS
300
What are otoliths and where would you find them?
Calcium salts that roll/reorient in the semicircular canals. They allow you to perceive that you are in a different orientation in space.
300
What type of receptor is used in our sense of smell?
Chemoreceptor
300
Talk about how our sense of taste can be influenced by other senses.
Answer will vary
300
Why did it take so long to decode our sense of smell?
Other senses are more pressing and common to have disorders
400
What type of muscle helps reduce the amount coming into the eye by constricting?
What are the circular smooth muscles.
400
What nerve is responsible for our sense of hearing?
Vestibulocochlear
400
What gland secretes mucus so that odorants can bind to receptors?
Bowman's Gland
400
What bone helps anchor the tongue?
What is the hyoid bone.
400
What is the fovea centralis
High concentration of cones, highest point of visual acuity
500
Put the following in the order in which light enters the eye. Retina Lens Vitreous Aqueous Cornea
Cornea Aqueous Lens Vitreous Retina
500
The human range of hearing is...
20-20000 Hz
500
What bone do receptor neurons pass from the nasal cavity to the olfactory tract?
What is the cribiform plate.
500
What function does the Von Ebners Gland serve and what papillae would you find such a gland?
Circumvallate (foliate also)
500
Where is aqueous humor recycled and what problem occurs when this is blocked?
Canal of Schlemm, Glaucoma
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