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41 Cards in this Set
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These receptors detect crude, poorly localized touch
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Ruffini corpuscle
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These receptors detect pressure; located in hypodermis
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Pacinian Corpuscle
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These receptors detect light touch
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Meissner's Corpuscle
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True or False: The type of stimulus that activates a particular sensory receptor is referred to as a modality
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True
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Rod/Cone
Located in the macula lutea |
Cone
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What structure separates the external ear from the middle ear?
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Tympanic membrane
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True or False: The utricle and saccule are responsible for detecting linear movement
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True
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Where are the pituitary and pineal glands located?
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In the cranium
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The ________ gland secretes cortisol and aldosterone
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Adrenal
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What hormone elevates blood calcium levels?
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Parathyroid hormone
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True or False:
Hormones are produced in the posterior pituitary gland |
False, it only STORES homones
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Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone is released in the_______
Pancreas OR Hypothalamus |
Hypothalamus
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Adrenocorticotropic Hormone is release from the ________
Thyroid OR Anterior Pituitary |
Anterior Pituitary
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Which is the anti-bacterial phagocytic cell?
Basophil OR Neutrophil |
Neutrophil
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The diencephalon hosts which three glands?
Hint: One gland is suspended by the infundibulum from this first gland, the other is on the dorsal side of the diencephalon, |
Hypothalamus, Pituitary and Pineal
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What is the effect of the hormone glucagon?
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Increases blood glucose concentration
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What is the effect of the hormone insulin?
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Decreases blood glucose concentration
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What are the three main proteins found in the plasma?
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F.A.G
Fibrinogen Albumin Globulins |
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True or False: Monocytes are the largest leukocytes
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True
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True or False: Eosinophils attack parasitic worms
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True
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True or False: Lymphocytes are the smallest white blood cells
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True
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Pain receptors; detect extreme (tissue-damaging) stimuli
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Nociceptors
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What is the STRUCTURAL type of olfactory cells?
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Bipolar
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Where are photoreceptors located?
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Retina
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This is the middle layer of the eye, it contains blood vessels as well as the iris and ciliary body of the eye
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Choroid
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This is the outermost layer of the eye, it is tough, and gives the eye its white color and shape
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Sclera
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The most anterior part of the sclera, the white of the eye you can see is called the _______
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Cornea
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This is the colored part of the eye
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Iris
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This clear structure is posterior to the pupil and fine tunes the refraction of light into the retina
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Lens
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These control the shape of the lens and contain cells that secrete aqueous humor
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Ciliary body
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Rod or Cone
Detect black and white |
Rod
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Rod or Cone
Functions in peripheral and night vision |
Rods
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Rod or Cone
Detects color |
Cones
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Rod or Cone
Forms sharp images |
Cones
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Rod or Cone
Greater in number |
Rods
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Rod or Cone
Function in central and day vision |
Cones
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Where will you find the Auricle/pinna or the external auditory meatus?
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Outer Ear
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What opening in the middle ear equalizes air pressure and drains fluid from the middle ear
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Auditory/Eustachian tube
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What are the two components of the Vestibular portion of the ear?
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Semicircular ducts (ampulla) and the vestibule
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This part of the vestibular portion of the ear detects rotational/directional movement
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Semicircular ducts
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This part of the vestibular portion of the ear detects position of head and linear movement
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Vestibule (Utricle and Saccule)
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