Parts of the eye.
What is the eye's clear protective outer layer?
Cornea.
What is the eye is used for twilight vision and is necessary for peripheral vision?
The Rods.
What is the name of our biological clock?
The Circadian Rhythm.
What type of processing begins with sensory receptors and moves up to the brain?
Bottom-up Processing.
What parts are in the outer ear?
The Helix and the Cochlea.
What part of the eye does light enter?
The Pupil.
What part of the eye gives color detection and is good for daylight vision.
The Cones.
When do you exspereince reoccuring vivid dreams and you are paralyzed?
REM or Paradoxical Sleep.
What type of processing is guided by mental processes?
Top-down Processing.
What parts are in the middle ear?
The Ear drum, Hammer (Mallus), Anvil (Incas) and Stapes.
What part of the eye is a ring of muscle tissue that forms the colored portion?
What part of the eye carries nureal impulses from the eyes to the brain.
The Optic Nerve.
What is the sleep stage called that is all stages except for REM sleep?
NREM Sleep.
What is the transforming of energy, to detect sights, sounds or smells?
Transduction.
What parts are in the inner ear?
Oval window, Cochlea and the Auditory Nerve.
What part of the eye changes shape to allow focus?
The Lens.
What occurs when the optic nerve leaves the eye.
A ¨Blind Spot¨.
What is it called when REM sleep increases due to REM deprivation?
REM Rebound.
Absolute Threshold.
What part of the ear is responsible for auditory transduction?
The Cochlea.
What part of the eye contains rods and cones for visual information?
The Retina.
Where do the cones cluster in the eye?
The Fovea.
What is the pair of cell clusters that control our cirdadian rhythm called?
The suprachiasmatic Nucleus or (SCN).
What is the minimum diffrence between two stimulus to be detected half the time?
Diffrence Threshold.
What part of the ear transmits auditory information to the Oval Window.
The Stapes.