Visual System
What particles of light can the eye detect?
Photons
What is the name of the hair cells within the Organ of Corti?
Stereocilia
Which system mediates your sense of taste?
Gustatory system
Neuropharmacology is the study of?
Drugs that affect the nervous system
Damage to the vestibular system can cause what?
Trouble with and maintaining balance
What concept is known as the detection of stimuli?
What is the primary receptor of general body sensation?
The primary somatosensory cortex
Which sense does not get processed by the thalamus?
Olfaction
In the reward pathway, what neurotransmitter is used?
Dopamine
Each papilla contains up to a hundred_____
Taste buds
What are the two photoreceptors within the eye?
Cones and Rods
What brain structure does the vestibular system project to?
Cerebellum
Why are smell and memory believed to be linked?
Neural connections between the olfactory nerve and amygdala
Decreased effects of the drug following repeated doses is known as?
Tolerance
What is it called when a person sees a blue tint at night?
Purjinke Shift
What is the pathway that light travels through the eye?
Cornea, Pupil, Lens, Retina
Information from the medial geniculate body sends projections to the _____?
Primary auditory cortex (A1)
Sensation of what taste is primarily driven by Na+ ions
Salt
What is the chart called that measures the dosage of a drug compared to the effect of the drug?
What receptor is known to detect pain?
Nociceptors
What is the pathway that light travels through the brain?
Ganglion cells -> optic nerve -> optic chiasm -> optic tract -> LGN of the thalamus -> primary visual cortex in the occipital lobe
What is the pathway of sound through the ear?
Pinna 🡪 auditory canal 🡪 tympanic membrane 🡪 ossicles 🡪 semicircular canals 🡪 cochlea 🡪 Organ of Corti
An injury to the olfactory system can result in reduced ability to smell what is this called
Hyposmia
Antagonist ___ the action of neurotransmitters and the agonists ____ the action of neurotransmitters
Decrease, increase
_______ refers to the placement of the substance/drug under the tongue
Sublingual