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First, it encounters the protective, transparent covering called the _________.
cornea
Second, it enters the opening to your eye, your ___________.
pupil
The pigmented portion around your eye opening is called the __________.
iris
The light particle next makes its way through a jelly-like substance _________ _______ that buffers the focusing portion of your eye or the _______.
amaeus humor / lens
After being focused and inverted, the light particle penetrates another, more viscous, jelly-like substance that supports the shape of your eyeball, the _________ _______.
viscular humor
Next, the light particle is transmitted to the back layer of the eye called the ______ where the light receptors are found.
retina
The _______ is the section of receptors that is responsible for visual acuity, and the _______ ______ is the point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye.
fovea / blind spot
The receptors responsible for color vision are the ______, and the receptors responsible for peripheral and night vision are called the ______.
cones / rods
Within the layer of light receptors, information is passed from the receptors to the ______ and _______ cells before entering the ________ nerve, which sends visual stimuli to the _________ lobe for further processing.
ganglion, bipolar, optic, occipital
Hering proposed the ________-_______ theory of color vision based upon the occurence of ________ _______.
opposite-paired, negative action
Sound waves are components of another sense, _________.
audition
List the four basic touch sensations:
warmth, cold, pain, pleasure
List the four basic tastes:
sweet, sour, salty, bitter
What sense is most associated with memory?
smell
_______ drugs are those that have chemicals that change perceptions and moods.
psychoactive
Continued use of these types of drugs produces ________.
tolerance
People who stop taking these types of drugs may experience _________.
withdrawal
The intense craving for the effect that these drugs produce coupled by the need to dispel the pain associated with stopping use indicate a drug _________ or _________.
dependence / addiction
inhibit or reduce the activity of neurotransmitters
depressants
excite or increase the activity of neurotransmitters
stimulants
mimic the activity of neurotransmitter or distort the perception of sensory input of neurons
hallucinogens
Which stage of sleep includes paradoxical sleep and vibrant dreams?
REM
Which stage of sleep contains alpha waves?
Stage 1
Sleep runs in cycles. Demonstrate the cycle with numbers...
123432 REM