Special Senses

Eye Anatomy

100

This is the scientific name for the white part of the eyeball.

What is the sclera?

200

These structures shade our eyes from the sun, and protect them from dirt and debris.

What are eylashes?

300

This is the blood vessel rich, middle layer of the eye.

What is the choroid?

400

This structure is responsible for producing tears.

What is the lacrimal gland?

500

This is the name of the layer of clear sclera tissue covering the front of the eye.

What is the cornea?

Eye Physiology

100

These are the color sensing cells of the retina.

What are cones?

200

This condition of the eyeball is contagious conjunctivitis caused by bacteria or viruses.

What is a pink eye?

300

These are the gray detecting cells of the eye.

What are the rods?

400

This is the name of the muscle that opens and closes the pupil depending on light conditions. (Controls the size of the pupil)

What is the iris?

500

This is the biconvex, crystal-like, clear structure which can change shape to focus light precisely onto the posterior, internal eye.

What is the lens?

Vision

100

These are the grey-scale sensing cells of the retina.

What are rods?

200

This is the name of the nerve emerging from the back of each eyeball.

What is optic nerve?

300

This is the name of the condition caused by an irregular cornea that scatters light.

What is astigmatism?

400

This is the lobe of the brain that is involved in processing visual information from the eyes.

What is the occipital lobe?

500

T or F: 70% of all sensory receptors are located in the eye.

True

Ear A & P

100

This is the name of the most external and visible portion of the ear.

What is the auricle (outer ear)?

200

This structure is where sound is first sensed as sound waves.

What is the tympanic membrane (eardrum)?

300

These are the names of the 3 smallest bones of the body (located in the middle ear).

What are the malleus (hammer), incus (anvil), and stapes (stirrup)?

400

This is the lobe of the brain which processes auditory information from the ears.

What is the temporal lobe?

500

This is section of the inner ear that translates sound waves into electrical impulses.

What is the cochlea?

Misc.

100

This is the shape or form that sound travels in.

What are waves?

200

This is the name of the hole (in the middle of the iris) that opens and closes depending on the light conditions.

What is the pupil?

300

This is the stimulus detected by the tongue/taste buds.

What are chemicals in food and beverages?

400

This is an eye condition in which the normally clear and pliable lens becomes cloudy and stiff, producing blurry vision.

What is a cataract?

500

These receptors detect the amino acid glutamate which is responsible for "beef taste".

What is umami?