Female Reproductive Tract
Fetal Development
Senses & Hearing
Seeing
Taste & Smell
100
This is the lining of the uterus
What is the endometrium?
100
This is the rapid succession of cell divisions that produce a ball of cells
What is cleavage?
100
This occurs when a repeated stimulus leads to a decreased sensitivity
What is sensory adaptation?
100
This is the white layer of connective tissue surrounding the eye
What is the sclera?
100
These are the 5 tastes humans can discern
What are sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami?
200
These are the female gonads
What are the ovaries?
200
This stage is characterized by cell movement and results in three germ layers
What is gastrulation?
200
The eardrum, hammer, anvil, and stirrup are all in this part of the ear
What is the middle ear?
200
Focus on near or far objects is achieved by changing the shape of this
What is the lens?
200
The ends of the olfactory sensory receptors extend into this layer in the nose
What is the mucus?
300
These nourish and protect the oocyte before ovulation
What are follicles?
300
This is a membrane building the amniotic sac that surrounds and protects an embryo
What is the amnion?
300
This is our true hearing organ
What is the Organ of Corti?
300
These photoreceptors are more sensitive to light and allow us to see shades of gray in dim light
What are rods?
300
Supertasters sense this taste at about 3X the normal level
What is bitter?
400
This endocrine tissue forms in the ovary after ovulation
What is the corpus luteum?
400
This membrane surrounds the fetus and also aids in creating the placenta
What is the chorion?
400
What is the semicircular canals (3 of them), the utricle (a chamber), and the saccule (a chamber)?
What are the organs of balance?
400
These photoreceptors allow us to see color
What are cones?
400
Super tasters are more likely to suffer from this condition
What is obesity?
500
This is where fertilization occurs
What are the Fallopian tubes?
500
Implantation occurs here
What is the uterus or endometrium?
500
This potential, similar to an action potential, is generated when a stimulus is received
What is a receptor potential?
500
This is the part of the eye on which the light is focused
What is the retina?
500
The synaptic terminals of the olfactory sensory neurons are located in this structure
What is the olfactory bulb?
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