Receptor Classification
This receptor detects light
What is photoreceptor
What is tongue, soft palate, pharynx, and epiglottis?
These are the three ossicles
What is malleus, incus, and stapes?
This controls night vision, black and white vision, and peripheral vision.
What is the rods?
This causes a patient with Bell’s palsy lose taste on part of their tongue
This receptor detects temperature
What is thermoreceptor?
This papilla type does NOT contain taste buds
What is filiform?
This is the structure the stapes pushes against
This structure is the blind spot
What is the optic disc?
This is why macular degeneration affect central vision
What is the macula controls central detailed vision?
This receptor detects pain
What is nociceptor?
This cranial nerve goes to the posterior tongue.
What is CN IX?
This converts sound vibrations into electrical nerve signals
What is cochlea?
This controls color vision, detailed vision, and central vision.
What is cones?
This is why diabetes can affect sensory receptors in the feet
What is damage to nerves and receptors will cause numbness and loss of sensation?
This receptor detects chemicals
What is chemoreceptor?
This cranial nerve goes to the anterior tongue
What is CN VII?
If there is loud noise permanent hearing loss can occur to die damage of these.
What is hair cells?
When lens change shape to focus on near or distant objects
What is accommodation?
When a patient turns their head quickly this structure in their head can cause dizziness
What is semicircular canals?
This receptor detects pressure or stretch
What is mechanoreceptor?
This cranial nerve goes to the pharynx and epiglottis
What is CN X?
These are the five major senses
What is touch, smell, hear, sight, and taste?
This structure controls the amount of light entering the eye
What is Iris?
If a patient got their limb amputated and they claim they can still fell pain what are they experiencing
What is phantom limb pain?