Do you have good sense?
Term referring to the sense of taste
gustatory
Vision disorder where eyeball is too long - can see up close, but not far away
myopia
The place where hearing receptors are located in the ear
cochlea (in the Organ of Corti)
Why we have pain in the left arm during a heart attack
referred pain
hypothalamus
Term referring to the sense of smell
olfactory
vision disorder where the lens is cloudy
cataracts
Part of the ear dealing with equilibrium
semicircular canals
pancreas
Abnormally high levels of GH (growth hormone) in adults may cause this disorder
acromegaly
The opening in the iris through which light passes
pupil
lazy eye
amblyopia
otitits media
The gland involved in the fight or flight response
adrenal glands
A hormone that turns on or off the function of another gland
trophic hormone
Why you can't smell the odors where you live, but can smell something new
sensory adaptation
farsightedness of old age - lens is stiff
presbyopia
the tube that equalizes pressure in the middle ear
Eustachian tube
When someone's blood glucose is too low, this is the hormone that is produced by the pancreas
glucagon
Anabolic steroids are a synthetic version of this hormone
testosterone
The brain's ability to determine where a sensory impulse originated
sensory projection
vision disorder where central vision is lost - usually with older age
macular degeneration
3 tiny bones in order (in the middle ear)
malleus, incus, stapes
The hormone that is produced by the thyroid in response to a high blood calcium level
calcitonin
Pancreatic beta cells produce this - if they don't work, you have Diabetes
insulin