Roots Pertaining to the senses
Hearing
What is audi/o
These receptors are found in the skin and also in the muscles, joints, and internal organs
These receptors are located in the taste buds
What is Gustation
Sensation
What is -esthesia
Glands in the external canal produce a waxy material
What is cerumen
The study of hearing - full term using a root word
what is audiology
this sense concentration of these receptors in different areas - high on the finger, lips, and tongue
These receptors are located in the nose
What is Olfaction
Pain
what is -algesia
Connects the middle ear with the outer ear and the middle ear
What is auditory tube
Tube, auditory tube
What is salping/o
this sense receptor is location beneath the skin and in deeper tissue
what is pressure
These receptors respond to movement created by sound waves
What is hearing
Sense of smell
what is -osmia
The inner ear is described as ______ which means "maze"
What is the labyrinth
Ear
What is ot/o
this sense receptor is for heat and cold which is located in the skin and also in the hypothalamus
What is temperature
What is Equilibrium
Sense of taste
What is -geusia
The sense of equilibrium is localized in the
What is the vestibular tibule
Tympanic cavity
What is tympan/o
These receptors are to help the body with awareness of body position
What is proprioception
What is vision
Use a suffix and provide full term - Sensitivity to cold
What is cryesthesia
Nerve impulse are transmitted from the ear to the brain by way of the _____________
what is vestibulocochlear nerve