Receptor Classification
Taste and Smell
Hearing and the Ear
Eye and Vision
Clinical Connection
100

This receptor detects light

What is photoreceptor 

100
This is where taste buds are located, at least two

What is tongue, soft palate, pharynx, and epiglottis?

100

These are the three ossicles

What is malleus, incus, and stapes?

100

This controls night vision, black and white vision, and peripheral vision. 

What is the rods?

100

This causes a patient with Bell’s palsy lose taste on part of their tongue

What is damage to the facial nerve (CN VII)?
200

This receptor detects temperature

What is thermoreceptor?

200

This papilla type does NOT contain taste buds

What is filiform?

200

This is the structure the stapes pushes against

What is oval window?
200

This structure is the blind spot

What is the optic disc?

200

This is why macular degeneration affect central vision

What is the macula controls central detailed vision?

300

This receptor detects pain

What is nociceptor?

300

This cranial nerve goes to the posterior tongue.

What is CN IX?

300

This converts sound vibrations into electrical nerve signals

What is cochlea?

300

This controls color vision, detailed vision, and central vision.

What is cones?

300

This is why diabetes can affect sensory receptors in the feet

What is damage to nerves and receptors will cause numbness and loss of sensation?

400

This receptor detects chemicals

What is chemoreceptor?

400

This cranial nerve goes to the anterior tongue

What is CN VII?

400

If there is loud noise permanent hearing loss can occur to die damage of these.

What is hair cells?

400

When lens change shape to focus on near or distant objects

What is accommodation?

400

When a patient turns their head quickly this structure in their head can cause dizziness

What is semicircular canals?

500

This receptor detects pressure or stretch

What is mechanoreceptor?

500

This cranial nerve goes to the pharynx and epiglottis

What is CN X?

500

These are the five major senses

What is touch, smell, hear, sight, and taste?

500

This structure controls the amount of light entering the eye

What is Iris?

500

If a patient got their limb amputated and they claim they can still fell pain what are they experiencing

What is phantom limb pain?

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