Impulse
Brain
Eyes
Ears
100
What part of the neuron receives impulses?
Dendrite
100
Which lobe of the brain is responsible for interpreting visual signals?
Occipital lobe
100
What type of cells are rods and cones?
Photoreceptors
100
What are the two functions of ears?
Hearing and Balance
200
What is depolarization?
Opening of sodium channels
200
Which part of the brain is responsible for breathing and heart rate?
Medulla
200
What is the function of the lens?
Focus light
200
What are the three main sections of the ear?
Inner, middle, and outer ear
300
What is the covering of an axon that helps aid in impulse transmission?
myelin
300
What is the function of the cerebellum?
Balance
300
What is the gel substance in the eye?
Vitreous humor
300
What is the part of the inner ear responsible for hearing?
Cochlea
400
What is the function of the sodium/potassium pump?
3Na in and 2K out
400
What is the function of the corpus callosum?
Connect two hemispheres
400
What muscles move the lens?
Capillary muscles
400
What are the three small bones of the middle ear?
malleus, incus, stapes
500
What does it mean for an impulse to be an electrochemical signal?
Electrical charge made by distribution of chemicals
500
What is the function of the frontal lobe?
Reasoning and judgement
500
What is the fovea?
Spot of high cone concentration with highest visual acuity
500
How do you know where your head is positioned in space?
Otoliths respond to gravity and disturb hairs which send neural signals.
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