Eye Anatomy
Vision
Ear Anatomy
Hearing and Balance
Smell and Taste
100
The primary cell type found in the fovea centralis.
What is a cone cell?
100
The three types of cone cells.
What are blue, green, and green/red cone cells?
100
The most superficial part of the ear.
What is the auricle/pinna?
100
The inner ear structure(s) responsible for dynamic equilibrium.
What are the semicircular canals?
100
The two major groups of organic molecules that usually correspond to bitter taste.
What are toxins and medicines?
200
The role of the lacrimal apparatus.
What is the secretion and draining of tears?
200
The part of the brain responsible for interpretation and mixing of colors.
What is the occipital lobe?
200
The cranial bone containing the osseous labyrinth.
What is the temporal bone?
200
The part of the brain responsible for auditory perception.
What is the auditory cortex in the temporal lobe?
200
The five basic taste sensations.
What are sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami?
300
The anatomical cause of astigmatism.
What is unequal curvature of the cornea or lens?
300
The reflex triggered by sudden bright light.
What is the photopupillary reflex?
300
The three ossicles.
What are the malleus, incus, and stapes?
300
The result of tectorial membrane movement.
What is the stimulation of hair cells to cause perception of sound?
300
The term used to describe the coolness or heat of a food.
What is chemesthesis?
400
The three layers (or tunics) of the eyeball wall.
What are the fibrous, vascular, and nervous tunics?
400
The definition of convergence.
What is the reflexive movement of the eyes medially?
400
The role of ceruminous glands.
What is the secretion of earwax?
400
The specific part of the cochlea that contains hair cells.
What is the spiral organ of Corti?
400
The definition of chemoreception.
What is the response to chemicals in solution via ligand-gated ion channels?
500
The three roles of the pigmented layer of the retina.
What are prevention of light scattering, removal of debris, and storage of vitamin A?
500
The requisite condition for an optical illusion.
What is a discrepancy between perceived images and objective reality?
500
The three components of the inner ear.
What are the cochlea, vestibule, and semicircular canals?
500
The role of maculae.
What are the receptor cells found within the vestibule that contribute to static equilibrium?
500
The result of the physical proximity of the olfactory cortex to the limbic system.
What is the close connection of most odors to powerful emotional memories?
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