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20 Cards in this Set
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Muscle spindles and tendon organs are examples of ____________.
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Proprioceptors
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Proprioceptors are located in the __________ & ___________.
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Muscles and tendons
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Type II cutaneous mechanoreceptors are located :
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Deep in the dermis & in deeper tissues of the body
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The organ that has the broadest area of referred pain is the _____________.
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Kidney
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The degree of muscle stretch is detected by __________ ____________.
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Muscle spindles
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A type of pain felt from the puncture of a needle is called ______________ ________________.
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Fast pain
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What is the function of the Pacinian corpuscle?
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Pressure
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What is the function of the hair root plexus?
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Touch
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The olfactory receptors are examples of _________________.
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Chemoreceptors
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Nerve fibers that synapse with hair cells in the organ of Corti (hearing-smails tail) unite to form part of the ___________ nerve.
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Vestibulocochlear
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___________________ ______________ is associated with equilibrium.
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Vestibular apparatus
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The anterior cavity contains ____________ ___________.
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Aqueous humor
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The point of greatest visual acuity is the ____________ ___________.
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Central fovea
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Intraocular pressure is primarily due to the _____________ ______________.
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Aqueous humor
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Which cranial nerve carries visual impulses tot he brain?
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Optic Nerve - II
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Sound waves are translated into nerve impulses in the _____________.
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Cochlea
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The frequency of a sound vibration
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Pitch
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The area where the optic nerve exits the eye
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The Blind spot
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In humans, both eyes focus on only one set of objects. What is this called?
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Binocular vision
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Located on the posterior region of the tongue
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Vallate papillae
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