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15 Cards in this Set
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sight
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visual
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hearing
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auditory
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touch
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tactile
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smell
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olfactory
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taste
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gustatory
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kinesthetic
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sense that enables a person to be aware of the position and movement of body parts without seeing them.
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Stereognosis
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is a sense that allows a person to recognize an object's size, shape, and texture.
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Three components of any sensory experience
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reception, perception, and reaction
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Reception begins with
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stimulation of a nerve cell called a receptor, which us usually designed for only one type of stimulus, such as light, touch, or sound.
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The actual perception or awareness of unique sensations depends on
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the receiving region of the cerebral cortex, where specialized brain cells interpret the quality and nature of sensory stimuli.
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A person's ____ _ ____ influences how well stimuli are perceived and interpreted
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level of consciousness
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Normal Hearing: The ear
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transmits to the brain an accurate pattern of all sounds received from the environment, the relative intensity of these sounds, and the direction from which they originate
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Normal Vision: The eye
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Transmits to the brain an accurate pattern of light reflected from solid objects in the environment and transformed into color and hue
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When a nerve impulse is created
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it travels along pathways to the spinal cord or directly to the brain
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Most common types of sensory alterations are
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sensory deficits, sensory deprivation, and sensory overload
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