Anatomy of the Eye
Anatomy of the Ear
Functions of the Eye
Functions of the Ear
Random questions
100

The nerve that takes nerve impulses from the retina to the brain.

Optic nerve

100

Prominent skin-covered flap located on the side of the head

Pinna

100

What type of stimulus does the eye receive

Light

100

Detection of head position when the body is stationary is termed

Static Equalibrium

100

The word associated with taste is called

Gustation

200

Aperture of the eye. Where the light enters.

Pupil

200

This structure is commonly known as the eardrum

Tympanic membrane

200

Lacrimal gland produces

tears

200

Angular acceleration is known as what type of equilibrium

Kinetic 

200

This nerve innervates the muscles in the face

Facial

300

Outer coating of tough, fibrous connective tissue.

Sclera

300

Drains fluid from the middle ear into the throat behind the nose.

Auditory tube

300

The ciliary body is used for

accommodation

300

Receptor cells for hearing and equilibrium

Hair cells

300

This nerve, in general, would control the tongue

Glossopharyngeal

400

Area of the retina of most detailed vision.

Fovea

400

Which two nerves are located inside the inner ear?

Vestibular and Cochlear nerve

400

Rod cells only perceive what type of light 

Dim light

400

The membranous labyrinth associated with Linear Acceleration

Utricle and Saccule

400

What is the other name for the auditory tube

Eustachian or pharyngotympanic

500

Fluid that fills the anterior chamber of the eye.

Aqueous humour

500

Where, anatomically, is the "labyrinth" of the inner ear.

HINT; Remember Skull Anatomy

Petrous part of the temporal bone

500

Unlike the fovea centralis, the optic nerve has fewer rods and cones that produce

Blind spot

500

The Receptor Organ for Kinetic Equilibrium 

Crista(e) ampullaris

500

What are the 3 names of the ear ossicles and their associated "nicknames"

Malleus (hammer), Incus (anvil), Stapes (Stirrup)