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48 Cards in this Set
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Odorants |
Chemical sensory receptor |
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Sty |
Inflammation |
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Glaucoma |
High pressure- improper drainage of aqueous humor; pain, blindness
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Emmetropia |
Normal vision |
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Near point vision |
The closest point an object can come to eye and still be focused |
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Dark Adaptation |
Lighted room to dark food- after time you can see; rods |
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Myopia |
Nearsighted
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Hypertopia |
Farsighted |
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Presbyopia |
Lose focus when objects are close- aging |
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Astigmatism |
Odd curve of lens/cornea |
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Cataracts |
Clouding of the lens; hazy |
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What are basal cells? |
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What is the function(s) of basal cells? |
Replace taste buds every 7 to 10 days |
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What is the relationship between the limbic system and the olfactory cortex? |
Emotions and smell |
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Be able to state the location of taste buds |
Epithelium of tongue, mouth, hard palate, lips and throat. |
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List the primary taste |
Salty Sweet Sour Bitter Unami |
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If the taste serves in survival, then how does it aid in survival? |
Bitter = poison |
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Conjunctiva |
Location: lines the eyes and out part of eyes Function: |
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Lacrimal Apparatus |
Location: Function: secretes tears |
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What is the function of lysozyme found in tears? |
Prevent infection |
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Functions of choroid |
Prevents reflection of light inside cells |
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What is the location and function of the suspensory ligaments |
Connect ciliary body to lens |
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What is the relationship between photoreceptors and the fovea centralis |
Highest cones, few rods |
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What is the relationship between photoreceptors and the fovea centralis? |
Highest cones, few rods |
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Know the location of the aqueous and vitreous humor in relation to chambers of the eye |
Vitreous: vitreous chamber Aqueous: posterior, anterior chambers |
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Function of the vitreous humor |
maintain intraocular pressure- holds shape of eye, hold lens/retina in place; jelly |
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List in order the focusing system of the eye |
Cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitreous humor |
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What is the function of cones? |
Color receptor; see absolute best |
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Know the structure of rods |
Rhodopsin- opsin, retinal |
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List events the result in vision in rods |
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List the three types of cones |
Blue, red, green |
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What is the image focused with someone with myopia |
nearsighted |
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What is the image focused with someone with hyperopia |
Farsighted |
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What is the function of the auricle? |
Fleshy part; takes sound wave and directs into EAC |
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List the auditory ossicles in order as sound waves hit |
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What is the function of the auditory tube? |
Equalizes pressure so middle ear air = external air |
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List the fluids found within the ear, and the location for each type of fluid
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perilymph: aqeous fluid, inside bony labyrinth
endolypmph: labrynth, viscous fluid |
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Function of choclea
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sensory receptors for hearing
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Liste the parts of the cochlea-
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cochlear duct
cochlear nerve Scala vestibuli scala tympani scala media |
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What is the function of sterocilia |
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Relate high, medium and low pitch sounds to the basilar memebrane |
Beginning=high End=low |
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What is the function of the round window? |
Absorbs energy and stops waves from moving |
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List in order the parts of the ear that sound waves hit starting with the auricle |
Auricle EAC Tympanic Membrane Ossicles Oval Window Cochlea HAir Cells Auditory Nerves Brain |
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Function of the vestibulocochlear nerve |
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What is the function of the utricle and the saccule? |
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Where are the otoliths located within the ear?
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utricle/saccule, otolith membrane
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What is the function of the ampulla and the semicircular canals? |
Equalibrium- static, dynamic |
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Function of the organ of corti |
Hearing happens |
