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81 Cards in this Set
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GENERAL SENSES
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SENSITIVITY TO TEMPERATURE, PAIN, TOUCH, PRESSURE, VIBRATIONS, AND PROPRIOCEPTION
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SENSATION
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INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE SENSORY RECEPTORS
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PERCEPTION
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THE CONSCIOUS AWARENESS OF A SENSATION
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EXTEROCEPTORS
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GENERAL SENSORY RECPTORS IN THE SKIN, MUCOUS MEMBRANES, AND SPECIAL SENCE ORGANS THAT PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT AND ABOUT OUR POSITION WITHIN IT
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PROPRIOCEPTION
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THE AWARENESS OF THE POSITIONS OF BONES, JOINTS, AND MUSCLES
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INTEROCEPTORS
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SENSORY RECEPTORS MONITORING THE FUNCTIONS AND STATUS OF INTERNAL ORGANS AND SYSTEMS
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THERMORECEPTOR
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A RECEPTOR SENSITIVE TO TEMPERATURE CHANGES
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MECHANORECPTORS
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RECEPTORS SENSITIVE TO MECHANICAL PRESSURES SUCH AS TOUCH, SOUND, OR SONTRACTIONS
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BARORECEPTORS
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THE RECEPTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR BARORECEPTION
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LAMELLATED CORPUSCLE
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A RECEPTOR SENSITIVE TO VIBRATION
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MUSCLE SPINDLE
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ENCAPSULATED SENSORY RECEPTOR FOUND IN SKELETAL MUSCLE THAT IS SENSITIVE TO STRETCH
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CHIASMA
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THE CROSSING OR INTERSECTION OF TWO STRUCTURES, SUCH AS THE OPTIC NERVES
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CHEMORECEOTORS
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TECEPTORS SENSITIVE TO VARIOUS CHEMICALS IN SOLUTION
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CAROITID SINUS
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A DILATION OF A COMMON CAROTIB ARTERY; INVOLVED IN REGULATION OF SYSTEMIC BLOOD PRESSURE
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LACRIMAL GLAND
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A TEAR GLAND ON THE DORSOLATERAL SURFACE OF THE EYE
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CIRCUMVALLATE PAPILLA
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ONE OF THE LARGE, DOME-SHAPED PAPILLAE ON THE SUPERIOR SURFACE OF THE TONGUE THAT FORM A V SEPARATING THE BODY OF THE TONGUE FROM THE ROOT
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LYSOZYME
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AN ENZYME FOUND IN SWEAT, SALIVA, AND TEARS THAT IS CAPABLE OF DESTROYING CERTAIN KINDS OF BACTERIA
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SCLERA
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THE FIRM WHITE BIFROUS OUTER LAYER OF THE EYEBALL; PROTECTS AND MAINTAINS EYEBALL SHAPE
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COCHLEAR DUCT
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THE CENTERAL MEMBRANOUS TUBE WITHING THE COCHLEA THAT IS FILLED WITH ENDOLYMPH AND CONTAINS THE ORGAN OF CORTI; ALSO CALLED SCALA MEDIA
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CORNEA
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THE TRANSPARENT ANTERIOR PORTION OF THE EYEBALL
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CHORIOD
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THE PIGMENTED NUTRITIVE LAYER OF THE EYE
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CILIARY BODY
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A THICKENED REGION OF THE CHOROID THAT ENCIRCLES THE LENS OF THE EYE; INCULDEA THE CILIARY MUSCLE AND THE CILIARY PROCESSES THAT SUPPORT THE SUSPENSORY LIGAMENTS OF THE LENS
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IRIS
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THE PIGMENTED, INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE THAT ACTS AS THE DIAPHRAGM OF THE EYE
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CILIARY ZONULE
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SUSPENSORY LIGAMENT THAT ATTACHES THE LENS TO THE CILIARY BODY IN THE ANTERIOR EYE
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CUPULA
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A DOMELIKE STRUCTURE
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DYNAMIC EQUILIBRUM
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SENCE THAT REPORTS ON ANGULAR OR ROTATORY MOVEMENTS OF THE HEAD IN SPACE
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PUPIL
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AN OPENING IN THE CENTER OF THE IRIS THROUGHH WHICH LIGHT ENTERS THE EYE
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RETINA
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LIGHT SENSITIVE LAYER OF THE EYE; CONTAINS RODS AND CONES
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ENDOLMPH
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THE FLUID CONTENTS OF THE MEMBRANOUS LABYRITH (THE SACCULE, UTRICLE, SEMICIRCULAR DUCTS, AND COCHLEAR DUCT) OF THE INNER EAR
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RETINAL
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A VISUAL PIGMENT DERIVED FROM VITAMIN A
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EQUILIBRIUM
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BALANCE, A STATES WHEN OPPOSITE REACTIONS OR FORCES COUNTERACT EACH OTHER EXACTLY
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RODS
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ONE OF THE TWO TYPES OF PHOTOSENSITIVE CELLS IN THE RETINA
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FOVEA
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A PIT
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FIBROUS TUNIC
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THE OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE EYE, COMPOSED OF THE SCLERA AND CORNEA
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FOURTH VENTRICLE
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AN ELONGATE VENTRICLE OF THE METENCEPHALON (PONS AND CEREBELLUM) AND THE MYELENCEPHALON (MEDULLA OBLONGATA) OF THE BRAIN; THE ROOF CONTAINS A REGION OF CHOROID PLEXUE
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VISUAL ACUITY
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THE ABILITY OF THE EYE TO DISTINGUISH DETAIL
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FUNDUS
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THE BASE OF AN ORGAN; THE PART FARTHEAT FROM THE OPENING OF THE ORGAN
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VITREOUS HUMOR
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A GEL-LIKE SUBSTANCE THAT HELPS PREVENT THE EYEBALL FROM COLLAPSING IN INTERNALLY
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AQUEOUS HUMOR
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THE WATERY FLUID IN THE ANTERIOT CHAMBERS OF THE EYE
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REFRACT
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BEND; USUALLY REFERS TO LIGHT
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ACCOMMODATION
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ADAPTATION IN RESPONSE TO DIFFERENCES OR CHANGING NEEDS; ADJUSTMENT OF THE EYE FOR SEEING OBJECTS AT CLOSE RANGE
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CATARACT
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PARTIAL OR COMPLETE LOSS OF TRANSPARENCY OF THE CRYSTALLINE LENS OF THE EYE
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GLAUCOMA
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AN ABNORMAL INCREASE OF THE PRESSURE WITHIN THE EYE
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OPTIC TRACT
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THE TRACT OVER WHICH NERVE IMPULSES FORM THE RETINA ARE TRANSMITTED BETWEEN THE OPTIC CHIASM AND THE THALAMUS
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OPTIC NERVE
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THE SECOND CRAINIAL NERCE (II), WHICH CARRIES SIGNALS FROM THE RETINA OF THE EYE TO THE OPTIC CHIASM
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OPTIC CHIASM
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THE CROSSING POINT OF THE OPTIC NERVES
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ASTIGMATISM
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A VISUAL DEFECT RUSULTING FROM IRREGULARITY IN THE LENS OR CORNEA OF THE EYE CAUSING THE IMAGE TO BE OUT OF FOCUS
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CONES
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ONE OF TWO TYPES OF PHOTORECPETOR CELLS IN THE RETINA OF THE EYE; PROVIDES COLOR VISION
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LENS
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THE ELESTIC, DOUBLY CONVEX STRUCTURE IN THE EYE THAT FOCUSES THE LIGHT ENTERING THE EYE ON THE RETINA
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CONJUNCTIVA
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THE THIN, PROTECTIVE MUCOUS MEMBRANE LINING THE EYELIDS AND COVERING THE ANTERIOR SURFACE OF THE EYEBALL
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EMMETROPIA
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THE EYE THAT FOCUSES IMAGES CORRECTLY ON THE RETINA IS SAID TO HAVE THIS HARMONIOUS VISION
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MACULA
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A RECEOTOR COMPLEX, LOCATED IN THE SACCULE OR UTRICLE OF THE INNER EAR, THAT RESPONDS TO LINEAR ACCELERATION OR GRAVITY
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HYEROPIA
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FARSIGHTEDNESS
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MEATUS
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THE EXTERNAL OPENING OF A CANAL
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MEDIAL
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TOWARD THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY
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AUDITORY TUBE
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A PASSAGEWAY THAT CONNECTS THE NASOPHARYNX WITH THE MIDDLE EAR CAVITY; ALSO CALLED EUSTACHIAM TUBE OR PHARYNGOTYMPANIC TUBE
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AURICLE
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A BOARD, FLATTENED PROCESS THAT RESEMBLES THE EXTERNAL EAR; IN THE EAR, THE EXPANDED PROJECTION PORTION THAT SURROUNDS THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL, ALSO CALLED PINNA; IN THE HEART, THE EXTERNALLY VISIBLE FLAP FORMED BY THE COLLAPSE OF THE OUTER WALL OF A RELAXED ATRIUM
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CERUMEN
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EARWAX
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MYOPIA
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NEARSIGHTEDNESS
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COCHLEA
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A CAVITY OF THE INNER EAR RESEMBLING A SNAIL SHELL; HOUSES THE HEARING RECPTOR
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NASOLACRIMAL DUCT
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THE PASSAGEWAY THAT TRANSPORTS TEARS FROM THE NASOLACRIMAL SAC TO THE NASAL CAVITY
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EXTERNAL EAR
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THE ACRICLE, EXTERNAL ACOUSTRIC CANAL, AND TYMPANIC MEMBRANCE
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HAIR CELLS
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SENSORY CELLS OF THE INNER EAR
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INCUS
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THE CENTRAL AUDITRORY OSSICLE, SITUATED BETWEEN THE MALLEUS AND THE STRAPES IN THE MIDDLE EAR CAVITY
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OSSICLES
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THE THREE BONES OF THE MIBBLE EAR; HAMMER, ANVIL, STIRRUP
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LADYRINTH
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BONY CAVITIES AND MEMBRANES OF THE INNER EAR THAT HOUSE THE HEARING AND EQUILIBRIUM
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OTOLITH
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ONE OF THE SMALL CALCIFIED MASSES IN THE UTRICLE AND SACCULE OF THE INNER EAR
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MALLEUS
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THE FIRST AUDITORY OSICLE, BOUND TO THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE AND THE INCUS
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OVAL WINDOW
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AN OPENING IN THE BONY LABYRITH WHERE THE STAPES ATTACHES TO THE MEMBRANOUS WALL OF THE VESTIBULAR DUCT
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MEMBRANOUS LADYRINTH
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ENDOLYMPH-FILLED TUBES THAT ENCOLSE THE RECEPTORS OF THE INNER EAR
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PAPILLA
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SMALL NIPPLELIKE PROJECTION
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MIDDLE EAR
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THE SPACE BETWEEN THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL EARS THAT CONTAINS SUDITORY OSSISCLES
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STAPES
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THE AUDITORY ASSICLE ATTACHED TO THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
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PERILYMPH
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A FLUID SIMILAR TO COMPOSITION TO CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; LOCATED IN THE SPACES BETWEEN THE BONY LABYRINTH AND THE MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH OF THE INNER EAR
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PHOTORECEPTORS
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SPECIALIZED RECEPTOR CELLS THAT RESPOND TO LIGHT ENERGY
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PROJECTION FIBERS
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AXONS CARRING INFORMATION FROM THE THALAMUS TO THE CEREBRAL CORTEX
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RECEPTIVE FIELD
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THE AREA MONITORED BY SINGE SENSORY RECEPTOR
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RHODOPSIN
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THE VISUAL PIGMENT IN THE MEMBRANE DISKS OF THE DISTAL SEGMENTS OF RODS
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STATIC EQUILIBRIUM
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BALANCE CONCERNED WITH CHANGES IN THE POSITION OF THE HEAD
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TACTILE
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PERTAINING TO THE SENSE OF TOUCH
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TASTE BUDS
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RESPTORS FOR TASTE ON THE TONGUE, ROFF OF MOUTH, PHARYNX, AND LARYNX
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