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The semicircular canals are responsible for detecting this.
What is balance/equilibrium?
A “lazy eye” is medically known as this.
What is Strabismus?
The endocrine system communicates using these chemical messengers.
What are hormones?
These receptors detect pain.
What are nociceptors?
This food item, mentioned in your notes, can trigger symptoms like flushing and headaches in sensitive individuals because of MSG.
What is beef lo mein?
The cochlea is involved with this sense.
What is hearing?
his eye disorder damages the optic nerve due to increased intraocular pressure, often leading to peripheral vision loss first.
What is glaucoma?
Endocrine glands differ from exocrine glands because they.
What is secrete internally?
The process of the brain assigning a sensation to its source is called this.
What is projection?
Which photoreceptors dominate outside the fovea centralis, making peripheral vision blurrier in bright light?
What are rods?
A cochlear implant is used to treat this type of deafness.
What is sensorineural deafness?
Blurry vision can result from irregular curvature of the cornea or lens.
What is astigmatism?
The difference between the endocrine and nervous system is mainly this.
What is speed (nervous = fast, endocrine = slower but longer lasting)?
Physiological stress increases these two vital signs immediately.
What are heart rate and blood pressure?
This hormone prepares the body for long-term stress by raising blood glucose.
What is cortisol?
What happens if you stick a Q-tip too far into your ear?
What is you can damage the eardrum or push wax deeper?
A patient suddenly reports “flashes of light” and new floaters in their vision. You suspect this emergency condition
What is retinal detachment?
Alcohol increases urination by inhibiting this hormone.
What is ADH (antidiuretic hormone)?
The adrenal medulla releases these two hormones in response to stress.
What are epinephrine and norepinephrine?
The “blind spot” in vision occurs at this structure, where no photoreceptors exist.
What is the optic disc?
The saccule and utricle are part of this sensory function.
What is static equilibrium?
Blurry vision may occur when rods dominate in this part of the retina.
What is outside the fovea centralis?
Hyperparathyroidism results in an excess of this mineral in the blood.
What is calcium?
Receptors for general senses can be found in these areas of the body.
What are the skin, muscles, tendons, and internal organs?
Sweating to reduce body temperature is an example of this control mechanism, where the body corrects deviations from normal.
What is negative feedback?