General concepts
Theory that the spinal cord contains a gate that controls pain
Gate control theory
Area where optic nerve leaves the eye
Blind spot
Detect color and detail; work in bright light
Cones
Highness or loudness of sound
Pitch
Sense of taste
Gustation
Conversion of physical energy (light/sound) into neutral signals
Transduction
Seeing black, white, gray; work in dim light
Rods
Complete color blindness
Monochromatism
Determines the location of sound
Sound localization
Fewer taste buds; less sensitive to flavor
Nontaster
When focusing on one voice in a noisy room
Cocktail party effect
Distance between waves; determines color
Wavelengths
Missing one cone type; red-green color blindness
Dichromatism
Number of sound waves per second; determines pitch
Frequency
Have more taste buds; sensitive to flavor
Supertasters
The sense of body part position and movement
Kinesthesis
Nearsightedness
Light-sensitive back layer of the eye
Retina
How loud or soft a sound is
Loudness
Average number of taste buds
Medium taster
Condition where senses are cross-wired
Synesthesia
Carry visual info from retina to brain
Ganglion cells
Height of wave; determines brightness
Amplitude
Damage to outer/middle ear
Conduction deafness
Detective different taste types
Taste receptors