The colored disc in the eye with the pupil in the center.
The iris
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What are the receptors for taste called?
Taste buds

Name the two functions of the ear.
Hearing and balance

Name the part of your body responsible for the sense of smell.
The nose!

The transparent layer, linked to the sclera.
Cornea

Name the five basic tastes.
Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami.

The part of the ear you can see, made of cartilage.
The Pinna.

Where are the olfactory receptors found?
a. in the occipital lobe of the brain
b. in the top of the nasal cavity
c. in the bottom of the nasal cavity
d. in the ears
b. in the top of the nasal cavity
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The white part of the eye
The sclera

Why is the sense of taste called a "chemical" sense?
Because it detects chemicals in the substances we eat or drink.

This is the flexible membrane that vibrates when it receives sound waves.
the Eardrum

Things must be volatile to be smelled. What does volatile mean?
Easily vaporized into the air
What are the 2 kinds of receptors in the back of the eye?
rods and cones

Taste buds can only detect chemicals that are dissolved in a liquid, such as saliva.
This part of the ear is involved in balance.
Semicircular canals.

What are the ridges in the nasal cavity called?
conchae (or turbinates)
There are three pairs of conchae: the superior, middle, and inferior conchae.
What structure in the back of the eye contains the photoreceptors?
The retina

What direction do tastebuds face?
Taste buds sit sideways in the grooves around the papillae

Name the three bones in the ear.
Malleus, incus and stapes
(or hammer, anvil and stirrup)

What are the sensory receptors in the nose that detect odors called?
olfactory receptors

The nerve that carries impulses from the eye to the brain
Optic nerve

The main nerve that carries impulses from the taste buds to the brain?
the facial nerve

The nerve that carries impulses from the cochlea in the ear to the brain.
Auditory nerve. 
The nerve that carries impulses from the nose to the brain
the olfactory nerve

What lobe of the brain processes sight?
the occipital lobe

What lobe of the brain processes the signals from taste buds?
The parietal lobe

What lobe of the brain processes signals from the ear?
the temporal lobe

What lobe of the brain processes the signals from the nose
the temporal lobe
