Receptors
It is located in the skin, muscles and the ear, their function is to detect mechanical changes.
Mechanoreceptors
The part of the ear that includes the pinna (visible ear) and auditory canal.
Outer Ear
Joints that do not allow movement
Fixed
Function of our taste buds
to receive chemical stimuli: the flavour
A genetic disease characterized by an inability to distinguish certain colours
Color blindness
It is located in the eye, their function is to detect light.
Photoreceptors
The part of the ear that includes the membranes (eardrum, oval and round window) and small bones (hammer, anvil and stirrup).
Middle Ear
Joints that allows movement
Mobile
Function of the olfactory epithelium
to receive chemical stimuli: the odour
Inability to taste
Ageusia
It is located in the skin, their function is to detect temperature changes.
Thermoreceptors
What's the term used for eyebrows, eyelids, eyelashes, ocular muscles, and lacrimal glands?
Accessory organs
It is an active organ.
Muscles
Function of the skin
to perceive many different sensations: pain, shape and texture, pressure, heat and cold.
An illness where decrease in bone mass weakens the structure of the bone and promotes bone fracture
Osteoporosis
Their function is to collect information about the environment.
External receptors
A spherical structure that includes lens, retina, choroid, scleral, fovea, optic nerve, cornea, iris and pupil.
Ocular globe
An example of cartilaginous skeleton
Embryos
Two mechanism of the ear
Hearing mechanism and balance mechanism
Inability to smell
Anosmia
Their function is to analyse the condition of the body.
Internal receptors
It is also called pain receptors
Free nerve endings
It is responsible for the movement of the bones.
Striated muscle fibre
Four mechanisms of the eyes
Regulation of the light intensity
Focusing on images
Reception and interpretation of information
Stereoscopic sight
It is an inflammation of the ear that could be external and is caused by bacteria or fungi
Otitis