Eye muscles
Middle/inner ear structures
Receptor cells and sensory tissues
Miscellaneous vision questions
Miscellaneous hearing & equilibrium questions
100
what muscle abducts the eyeball.
lateral rectus
100
The name of this group of bones.
Ossicles.
100
receptors found throughout body
general (somatosensory)
100
what are the 2 types of photorectors
cones and rods
100
what is another name for the eardrum?
tympanic membrane
200
what muscle elevates, abducts and laterally rotates the eyeball.
inferior oblique
200
What structure serves as the boundary between the outer ear and middle ear?
Eardrum / tympanic membrane
200
receptors localized in complex sense organs
special
200
what is macula?
a dark spot in the retina
200
These ring-like structures on the left side of the image are partly responsible for our sense of equilibrium.
Semicircular canals.
300
what eye muscle contributes to abduction and medial rotation of the eye?
superior rectus
300
The technical term for our "blind spot".
Optic disc.
300
what does the external auditory meatus do?
funnel sound waves to eardrum
400
This muscle contracts in response to bright light.
Radial muscle(s) of the iris.
400
What two structures does the ora serrata denote the boundary between?
Ciliary body and retina
400
what are chemoreceptors?
a sensory cell or organ responsive to chemical stimuli.
400
what are the suspensory ligaments?
fibers that hold lens in place
500
The name of the "hairs" that bend to facilitate hearing and equilibrium.
Stereocilia.
500
what is the eye made up of?
3 tunics
2 intraocular fluids
3 intrinsic muscles
2 photorecptors
500
what are the 3 ossicles in the middle ear?1
malleus, stapes, incus