General Senses
Eye
Ear
Taste/Smell
Misc
100
What is a general sense organ? (What makes it different from a special sense organ?)
Found throughout the body in multiple areas. Not localized.
100
This part of the eye contains the photoreceptors
The Retina
100
The part of the ear that we see.
Pinna
100
What are the taste receptors called
Taste-buds
100
What is the anatomy term for the ear drum?
tympanic membrane
200
What main sensation do free nerve endings perceive?
Pain.
200
This is caused by the optic nerve.
Blind spot
200
The part of the ear that normally gets pierced.
Lobule
200
What are the receptors called in the nose?
Olfactory Receptors
200
This eye disease is characterized by the lens becoming milky.
Cataracts.
300
What do Meissner's Corpuscles perceive?
Light fought
300
Jelly-like substance in the posterior chamber. (between lens and retina)
Vitreous Humor
300
Help with equilibrium.
Semicircular canals
300
Name the five primary tastes
sweet, sour, bitter, salty, umami
300
Why are senses important?
Survival
400
Explain the two point discrimination lab to me and why different areas are more sensitive than others.
When two objects quit feeling like just one. More nerve endings present.
400
This part of the eye is what is affected by pink eye.
conjunctiva
400
Shaped like a snail shell and is the organ that contains the mechanoreceptors for hearing.
Cochlea
400
Where are most of the sweet receptors located on the tongue. (use anatomical terms)
anterior portion (tip)
400
Where are mechanoreceptors found? How do they work
In the skin and ear. They respond to movement or pressure.
500
Name one of the two types of general sense receptors that are not found in the skin.
Golgi tendon receptors or muscle spindles.
500
The name for old sightedness
Presbyopia
500
Name all three ossicles in order.
Malleus, Incus, Stapes
500
What is a way that someone can lose their sense of smell?
Trauma that breaks the olfactory nerves, or desensitization like snorting too much cocaine.
500
How do chemoreceptors work? Where are they found?
React to chemical stimuli. Found in the nose and tongue
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