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Vocabulary
About the eye/ vision
About the Ear
The Five Senses
Chance
100
The stimulation of our sense organs by the outer world.
What is Sensation.
100
A thin layer of nerve tissue that lines the back of the eye.
What is the Retina.
100
A bony tube of the inner ear, which is curled like a snail's shell and filled with fluid.
What is the Cochlea
100
The receptor cells for touch that reside in the skin are called?
What is Mechanoreceptors.
100
After leaving the retina, what is the first stop in the brain for processing of visual information?
What is the Thalamus.
200
The point at which strands of the optic nerve from half of each eye cross over to the opposite side of the brain.
What is Optic Chiasm.
200
The structure that sits behind the pupil; it bends the light rays that enter the eye to focus images in the retina.
What is the Lens.
200
Another name for the eardrum?
What is the Tympanic Membrane
200
Sensory receptors for taste that reside in the taste buds...
What is Taste Receptor Cells.
200
Gestalt law says we tend to group objects together that are near one another
What is Proximity.
300
The lowest intensity level of a stimulus a person can detect half of the time.
What is Absolute Threshold.
300
The ability of the brain to preserve percepation of objects in spite of the changes in retinal image is known as...
What is the Perceptual Constancy.
300
A membrane that runs through the cochlea; contains the hair cells
What is the Basilar Membrane
300
What are humans five basic taste qualities?
What is Bitter, Sweet, Salty, Sour, and Savory.
300
The Primary olfactory cortex resides in which lobe of the brain?
What is the Temporal Lobe
400
Receptor cells in the skin that are sensitive to different qualities such as shape grooves vibratrions and movements.
What is Mechanoreceptors.
400
Photoreceptors that function in low illumination and play a key role in night vision; responsive to dark and light contrast.
What is Rods.
400
The nerve thst receives action potentials from the hair cells and transmits auditory information to the brain.
What is the Auditory Nerve
400
Structures inside the papillae of the tongue that contain the taste receptor cells.
What is Taste Buds
400
Our bodies have natural painkillers called
What is Endorphins.
500
A complex emotional and sensory experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage.
What is Pain.
500
Photoreceptors that are responsible for color vision and are most functional in conditions of bright light...
What is Cones.
500
Structure of the inner ear involved in maintaining balance
What is Semivircular Canals.
500
A complex emotional and sensory experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage.
What is Pain
500
The ________ of a sound wave determines what we perceive as loudness.
What is the Shape