Eye muscles
Middle/inner ear structures
Receptor cells and sensory tissues
Miscellaneous vision questions
Miscellaneous hearing & equilibrium questions
100
Why is this layer named the vascular tunic?
Blood Vessels
100
The name of this group of bones.
Ossicles.
100
What is the name of the fluid found between the two labyrinths?
Perilymph
100
What is the name of the gland that produces tears?
Lacrimal Gland
100
Which of the organs of Corti membranes moves as a response to fluid waves?
Basal
200
What two structures do the fibers of the suspensory ligament connect?
Lens and Ciliary Body
200
What is the technical term for ear canal?
External acoustic canal
200
What is the piece of cartilage that pulls on the eye?
What is the trochlea?
200
What does rectus mean?
Straight
200
These ring-like structures on the left side of the image are partly responsible for our sense of equilibrium.
Semicircular canals.
300
What is the function of the lens?
Controls focal distance
300
What structure serves as the boundary between the outer ear and middle ear?
Tympanic Membrane
300
What is the main function of the aqueous humor?
nourishes and protects the eye
300
The technical term for our "blind spot".
Optic disc.
300
What about the fluid found within the membranous labyrinth?
Endolymph
400
This muscle contracts in response to bright light.
Radial muscle(s) of the iris.
400
What is the function of the auricle?
Catch sound and narrow it down into the canal
400
two types of photoreceptors
Rods: dim-light
Cons: bright-light
400
What is the name of the hole/opening that’s size is controlled by the iris muscles?
Pupil
400
What are the three components of the organ of Corti?
Basilar Membrane, Hair Cells, and Tectorial Membrane.
500
Which extrinsic muscles are innervated by the three cranial nerves associated with eye movement?
Oculomotor, Trochlear, and Abducens
500
Three main structures of the inner ear?
Cochlea, Vestibule, and semicircular canal
500
The name of the "hairs" that bend to facilitate hearing and equilibrium.
Stereocilia.
500
What is the macula lutea?
Center of the retina and has the highest density of cones.
500
Which of the membranes is most directly involved in the bending of the hair cell stereocilia?
The tectorial