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The pigmented, involuntary muscle that acts as the diaphragm of the eye |
Iris |
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Bony cavities & membranes of the inner ear that house the hearing an equilibrium receptors |
Labyrinth |
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The elastic doubly convex structure in the eye that focuses the light entering the eye on the retina |
Lens |
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Receptors within the membrane sacs of the vestibule; essential to our sense of static equilibrium |
Maculae |
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Specific receptors for the sense of taste |
Taste buds |
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Receptors sensitive to mechanical pressures such as touch, sound, or contractions |
Mechanorecptors |
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Receptors of the sense of smell |
Olfactory receptors |
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Within the membranes of the cochlea; it contains the hearing receptors or hair cells |
Organ of corti |
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The three bones of the middle ear |
Ossicles |
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Specialized receptors cells that respond to light energy |
Photoreceptors |
