Sensation/Perception
How an organism receieves or detects stimuli
Sensation
Suspends the Lens in the Eye
Suspensory Ligament
Determines Pitch
Frequency
Name all 5 of the different tastes a human consume
Sweet, Salty, Sour, Bitter, Umami
True or False: Researchers have been able to distinguish 12 different olfactory receptor cells
False
The interpretion of senses
Perception
Muscle in the eye that expands and contracts
Determines loudness
Amplitude
Transduction for chemical senses must come in contact with _______ to experience gustation
Saliva
Mucus
The subject becomes used to the stimuli over time after repeated use. Often leads to dependency
Signal Adaption
The Optical Nerve
Thin membrane that connects your middle ear to your inner ear
Ear Drum
Location of your brain in which taste stimuli is processed
Gustatory Cortex
What part of the brain is the olfactory bulb located?
The frontal lobe
Trying to make sense of the world around by not focusing on the small compontents, instead by percieving objects as a part of a greater whole
Gestalt Psychology
The outermost layer of the eye
The Cornea
Snail like structure that connects your ear to your auditory nerve
Cochlea
Name the grooves in your tongue that your taste buds are located in.
Papilla
What other portions of the brain does the Olfactory nerve travel through on the way to the limbic system
Name 3 of the 6 Gestalt Principals
Figure and Ground, Continuation, Closure, Similarity, Proximity, Symmetry
Light passes through these cells prior to hitting the rods and cones
Ganglion Cells & Bipolar Cells
Name the three smallest bones in the human body
Hammer, Anvil, and the Styrup
What is the chemical purpose of taste evolutionary?
Identification of safe and unsafe molecules
What are the two types of fibers that pain travels through up the spine into the central nervous system
A-Delta Fibers
C-Fibers