Ceruminous glands are found in this portion of the ear _________________ and secrete _______________.
1. outer ear
2. cerumen or ear wax
Cranial nerve number V is the _______________ nerve. It is the great sensory nerve of the face and head. It senses impulses from the eye, upper jaw, and lower jaw, it also supplies motor fibers to the muscles of mastication.
Trigeminal nerve
The lacrimal glands produce
tears
Within the retina, there are rods and cones. They are the receptors for vision. The rods help you to see ________________ and the cones help you to see ____________.
1. Black and White
2. Color
The following fall under the category of _____________ senses.
smell, hearing, equilibrium, taste
special senses
The outer portion of the ear is called?
pinna/auricle
These sensory receptors are scattered all over the body and include the receptors for touch, pressure, temperature, position and pain.
general senses
The ___________ is a muscle that regulates the size of the pupil.
Iris
The ____________ of the eye is the visible pigmented part. It has 2 sets of muscle fibers that govern the size of it’s central opening which is called the ___________.
1. Iris 2. Pupil
The following word parts are all pertaining to the __________.
Ocul/o, opt/o, opthalm/o
eye
1. in the middle ear cavity
2. connects the middle ear with the pharynx.
The Glossopharyngeal nerve supplies motor impulses to the ______________
Tongue
The membrane that lines the eyelid and covers the eye itself is the _________________.
Conjunctiva
The name of the watery fluid that fills much of the eyeball anterior to the lens
Aqueous Humor
Name and point to the lobes of the brain.
Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital
The coiled part of our inner ear that contains the organ for actual hearing?
Cochlea
These sensory receptors include vision, smell, taste, hearing and equilibrium
special Senses
What is the purpose of the aqueous humor?
lubrication and maintenance of eye shape
The lens of the eye can adjust for near or far distance vision. This process is called ______________.
Accommodation
Name the 3 bones of the middle ear
malleus, incus, stapes
Sensory receptors in the inner ear keep us from falling by helping with balance or ___________.
Equillibrium
Give example of sensory adaptation
answers may vary
THe inner most layer of the eye that contains rods and cones; where vision occurs.
Retina
Name at least 3 structures that protect the eye.
1. Skull bones (eye orbit)
2. Eyelids
3. Eyelashes and Eyebrows
4. Conjunctiva (membrane that lines the eyelid
5. lacrimal glands (produce tears)
A receptors loss of sensitivity because of continuous stimulation is called _______________.
Sensory Adaptation
The outer ear consists of the ________ which is the visible projecting portion and the external auditory canal – which is where the _____________ glands secrete wax. At the end of the external auditory canal is the ____________________, or eardrum
1. Pinna
2. Ceruminous
3. Tympanic Membrane
A _______ is something that occurs in the environment that awakens a sensory nerve.
stimulus
Name the outermost layer of the eye, often called the white of the eye, made of tough connective tissue.
Sclera
Middle layer of eye composed of delicate
connective tissue and blood vessels
choroid
There are 12 cranial nerves. You need to correctly list at least 8 of the 12.
1-olfactory, II-optic, III-Oculomotor, IV-Trochlear, V-Trigeminal, VI-Abducens, VII- Facial, VIII-Vestibulocochlear, IX-Glossopharyngeal, X-Vagus, XI- Accessory, XII-Hypoglossal