Eyes
The layer of the eye in which light is focused on
What is the retina?
The outer most part of the ear that helps funnel sound into the acoustic meatus
What is the pinna/auricle?
The report of the position of the head
What is static equilibrium?
Where most gustatory receptors are located.
What is the tongue?
Stimulated by chemicals in solution
What are chemoreceptors?
Part of the vascular layer, this structure made of smooth muscle holds onto the lens.
What is the ciliary body?
The ossicle attached to the eardrum.
What is the hammer/malleus
The inner ear organ associated with dynamic equilibrium
What are the semi-circular canals?
What bitter receptors bond and respond too.
What are alkaloids?
Chemicals must be dissolved in it for detection
What is mucus?
An area on the retina where the highest concentration of cones and provides the sharpest vision.
What is the fovea centralis?
Picked up by short stiff hair cells towards the front of the cochleae
What are high frequencies?
Floating in a gel around the hair cells their movements causes the hair cells to bend
What are otoliths?
sharp projection with no taste buds
What are filiform papillae?
Part of the cortex responsible for interpreting information sent from chemoreceptors from the nose
What olfactory cortex?
Caused by shortened eye shape this homeopathic imbalance causes the focal plane to be to far back.
What is hyperopia?
This gel-like membrane is capable of bending hair cells
What is the tectorial membrane?
Receptors in the vestibule that reports on the position of the head
What is a maculae?
What salty receptors respond to.
What are metal ions?
“crossed eyes”; results from unequal pulls by the external eye muscles in babies
What is Strabismus?
A homeostatic imbalance results from decreasing lens elasticity that accompanies aging
What is presbyopia?
The part of the spiral organ of corti in which hair cells are located on
What is the basilar membrane?
Tuft of hair cells covered with cupula, this equilibrium organ plays a key role as dynamic equilibrium receptors located in the semicircular canals
What are crista ampullaris?
Large papillae with taste buds
What are circumvallate papillae?
conjunctivitis resulting from gonorrhea in the mother; baby’s eyelids are swollen, and pus is produced
What is Ophthalmia neonatorum