structures in the vocal tract that change a speech sound due to their movement or position
What are articulators
100
receptors located close to the surface of the skin that respond only to the onset and offset of a stimulus
What are Meissner corpuscles
100
the name for organisms that have a keen sense of smell necessary for survival
What is macrosmatic
100
the morphological reason that pit vipers have such a sensitive IR sensory system
What is the fact that the receptors are insulated by air on either side
200
the number of cycles of a sine wave
What are hertz
200
peaks of pressure at certain frequencies of speech sound
What are formants
200
nerve fibers that carry temperature and pain information from cutaneous receptors to the spinal cord
What is the spinothalamic pathway
200
the process of renewal or replacement of chemeosensory receptors
What is neurogenesis
200
the region of the infrared spectrum containing wavelengths produced by biological stimuli like a warm rat
What is the far infrared spectrum
300
The second ossicle in the middle ear (from outside the ear inwards)
What is the Incus
300
overlap between articulation of neighboring phonemes
What is coarticulation
300
the type of pain caused by damage to tissues and joints or by tumor cells
What is inflammatory pain
300
the type of papillae that do not contain taste buds
What are filiform papillae
300
electroreceptors that respond to very low frequency AC and DC current
What are ampullary receptors
400
the fundamental frequency for a complex periodic tone with a first harmonic of 600Hz and a second harmonic of 900Hz
What 300 Hz
400
The problem in perceiving different spoken words due to there often being no physical breaks in the acoustic signal of speech
What is the segmentation problem
400
the gelatinous structure in which the stereocillia of neuromasts are imbedded
What is the cupula
400
the area of the cortex where information from the taste and smell receptors are first combined
What is orbital frontal cortex
400
the type of electroreception where an electroreceptive organism finds objects in the environment by analyzing the distortions the object creates in the electric field it generates
What is active electroreception
500
The highest frequency at which temporal coding using phase locking is possible
What is 4000Hz
500
characteristics of a speakers voice such as age, gender, emotional state, etc.
What are indexical characteristics
500
the name of the type of cells that make up the "gate" in the gate control model of pain perception
What is substantia gelatinosa
500
the two layers of an olfactory receptor
What are the superficial olfactory epithelium and the lamina propria
500
the type of adaptation that tuberous electroreceptors exhibit