Dramatic Somatic
Part of the eye that allows light to pass through the iris.
What is the pupil
The ear receives its sensations from these types of receptors.
What are mechanoreceptors?
What type of sensory receptors are located in your eyes?
photoreceptors
These receptors detect solute concentrations.
What are osmoreceptors?
Five primary taste sensations.
What are sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami?
What is the sclera?
When a sound is louder this part of the wave is larger.
What is amplitude?
The sense of knowing where your body is without seeing it.
What is proprioception?
A phenomenon of visceral pain we feel coming from some other body part than the part being stimulated.
What is Referred pain?
These chemicals trigger the taste of bitterness.
What are plant compounds or plant toxins?
Liquid found in the posterior chamber of the eye.
What is vitreous humor
The three auditory ossicles (bones) of the middle ear.
What are the malleus, incus, and stapes (Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup)
These modified receptor give us our spicy taste.
What are nociceptors?
The adjustments of sensory receptors to continuous stimulation.
What is sensory adaptation
These yellowish-brown masses that cover the upper parts of the nasal cavity have receptors for smell.
What are the olfactory organs/bulbs?
This part of the eye contains the visual receptor cells and lies on the back of the eye.
What is the retina
Membrane-covered opening between the inner ear and the middle ear.
What is the round window?
Binocular vision gives us this ability.
What is depth perception?
This is the region of the brain that has all of your body's sensory sensations.
The somatosensory cortex.
These chemical messengers don't have a 'scent' but are used for attraction.
What are pheromones?
Light-sensitive biochemical in the rods.
What is rhodopsin
These are the organs of dynamic equilibrium.
What is semicircular canals