Overview of the Senses
Which lobe of the brain deals with vision?
What is occipital lobe?
Hearing receptors are found in this part of the ear.
What is the cochlea?
Red, green, and blue are colors detected by this part of eye.
What are cones?
What are the 5 taste sensations?
What are sweet, salty, bitter, sour, umami
The component labeled B in the ear.
What is the auditory canal?
Which lobe of the brain deals with smell?
What is the frontal lobe?
The range of human hearing is _____ to ____ Hz.
What is 20 to 20,000?
This part of the eye detects light.
What are rods?
This part of the body processes an emotional response to taste.
What is the limbic system?
The component labeled E in the ear.
What is the cochlea?
What kind of receptors tell the brain you're in pain?
What are chemoreceptors and mechanoreceptors?
The pinna and auditory canal are found in this part of the ear.
What is the outer ear?
The area of the eye with the sharpest vision is the ______.
What is fovea centralis?
Three things are known to damage the sense of smell.
What are alcohol, smoking, hot foods?
The component labeled B in the eye.
What is the cornea?
This process is when we become less sensitive to a consistent stimulus.
What is sensory adaptation?
Ossicles and the eustachian tube are found in this part of the ear.
What is the middle ear?
Where the optic nerve attaches to the retina is called the _____.
What is the blind spot?
Summarize the mechanism of taste.
What is ingested food activates receptor cells in the taste buds → receptors send messages to the brain → the limbic system and cerebrum process taste information?
The component labeled D in the eye.
What is the optic nerve?
This is the location of where pain messages are processed.
What is cerebral cortex?
When the eustachian tubes open to allow middle ear pressure to equalize with atmospheric pressure, this process occurs.
What is ears popping?
Preventing infections and lubricating the eye are functions of _____.
What are tears?
Summarize the mechanism of smell.
What is odor molecules bind to receptors in the nose → a signal is sent to the brain → the brain processes odor information?
The component labeled AB in the eye.
What is the iris?