Sight
What is Stereoscopic Vision
Using both eyes to perceive objects in the 3rd dimension.
Why is Saliva important to taste?
It provide the fluid in which food molecules dissolve
Taste and smell both use what type of receptors
Mechanoreceptors
Photoreceptors
Chemoreceptors
Thermoreceptors
Chemoreceptors
True or false, semicircular canals help with your dynamic equilibrium
True
Define Sensation
input about the physical world obtained by our sensory receptors
What does your Iris do?
It is contractile fibers that controls the amount of light coming into the eye.
What are Taste Hairs?
Chemo sensitive structures that trigger impulses to the brain
What does 'olfactory' mean?
relating to the sense of smell
The snail shaped organ that house the hair cells that send impulses to your brain is called the...
Cochlea
Define Perception
perception is the process by which the brain selects, organizes, and interprets these sensations
What is your retina?
A layer at the back of the eye, sensitive to light
What are Taste Buds?
Consist of taste receptor cells and supporting cells
Put the following words in order to demonstrate the pathway a smell takes from your nasal pathway to your brain.
Tract : Limbic System : Receptors : Bulb
Receptors, Bulb, Tract, Limbic System
What are the receptor cells for hearing called? Where are they located?
Hair cells. They are found in the cochlea.
What is 'referred pain'
when the pain you feel in one part of your body is actually caused by pain or injury in another part of your body
True or false, the pigment rods uses is Rhodopsin
True
What are Taste cells?
They have taste hairs that sense particular chemicals
Where are olfactory receptor smells located?
Nose
The three little bones in your middle ear are called the...
Auditory ossicles.
True or false, Pain is a special sense
False
True or false, cones are predominantly used in dim light
False. Cones are mostly used to see color and distinct images.
What are the five types of taste?
Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour, Salty
Why is it that when you can't smell well (like you have a cold) that you lose part of your sense of taste as well?
Smell and Taste are both chemoreceptors that are closely linked. Your brain uses both streams of information to analyze and sense different flavors.
What is the Auricle?
It's the outer funnel of your ear (the part you actually call your ear)
What is the difference between general and special senses?
Special senses have receptors only in the facial region (i.e. smell, taste, sight, hearing)