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Tasted receptors are also called :

Gustatory receptors

Sensory receptors that sense tissue damage are known as _______, or pain receptors

Nociceptors

Sensory receptor for body position

Proprioceptor

Sensory receptor for touch, temperature, and pain

Cutaneous

Sensory receptor for vision, hearing, taste.

Special sense

Which are considered cutaneous sensations?

Nociception, touch, pressure, heat, cold

Auditory ossicles in order from tympanic membrane to oval window

Malleus, incus, stapes

An elongated eyeball creates a condition called ______. A shorter-than-normal eyeball creates a condition called ______.

Myopia, hyperopia

The feeling that the room is spinning, when it's not, is called ______.

Vertigo

Which structures senses changes in the speed of an elevator or car?

Saccule and utricle

List the structures that light passes through the eye in order

Cornea》anterior chamber》pupil》lens》vitreous chamber

Over many years, unprotected exposure of the eyes to sunlight without wearing good sunglasses can cause ______.

Cataracts

Fibers carrying visual signals exit the eye at the optic nerve. This area, known as _______ ________, had no photoreceptors, so is also called the blind spot.

Optic disc

Pain, touch, pressure and thermoreception are all types of ____ senses

Somatesthetic

Which are considered parts of the vestibular apparatus?

Semicircular canals, utricle, otolith organs, saccule

List the structures of the eye in order as aqueous humor flows, starting with the structure that produces it.

Cilia body》posterior chamber》pupil》anterior chamber》canal of Schlemm

The receptive fields of a cutaneous receptor is

Where simulation if that receptor occurs

a genetic defect that prevents the normal function of cones is called______.

color blindness

Which structures are considered part of the vascular tunic of the eye, or the uvea?

Iris, ciliary body, choroid

Stimulus for chemoreceptro

chemical

stimulus fo photoreceptor

light

stimulus for thermoreceptor

temperature

stimulus for mechanoreceptor

distortion of cell membrane

Cones are concentrated in the _____ ______, the depressed center of the macula lutea

Fovea centralis

taste and olfactory receptors are:

exteroceptors

a pathological perception of a ringing sound is call _____.

tinnitus

which of these body parts has the highest sensory acuity?

palm of hand

most people recognize five major categories of taste, including:

unami, salty, bitter

list the structures in order of action potentials traveling from the eyes to the visual cortex.

optic nerve, optic chiasma, optic tract, lateral geniculate colliculi, optic radiation, occipital lobe

thr primary olfactory cortex is found in the ____ lobe.

temporal

which are cells found in the olfactory epithelium?

stem cells, supporting cells, olfactory receptors

with aging, the lens becomes less flexible. This difficulty in accommodation is called _____

presbyopia

reading an eye chart tests one's:

visual acuity

complex tastes are perceived by:

different levels of activity of each of the five different taste categories

the five major categories of taste are salty, _____ unami, sweet, and __________.

bitter and sour

list the structures through which olfactory signals pass through, in order.

olfactory receptors, cribriform plate, olfactory bulb, primary olfactory cortex

when light passes from air to water, it is bent, or:

refracted

which are characteristics of cold receptors?

they are found in the upper dermis, near the epidermis; they have free nerve endings; they outnumber warm receptors

which are characteristics of taste buds?

they consist of many specialized epithelial cells; they have microvili that extend through a pore; they remain bathed in saliva

a condition called _____ occurs when different areas of the cornea (or lens) have a different refraction index than other areas

astigmatism

changes in rotational speed are sensed by the __________ ____________

semicircular canals

cochlear implants:

sense sound and transmit signals to the cochlea

swelling and an increase in the growth of blood vessels of the choroid often cause a form of blindness called:

macular degeneration

when the flow of aqueous humor is blocked, and intraocular pressure increases, photoreceptors can be damaged. this condition is called _________

glaucoma

List the pathway of electrical signals from the photoreceptors to the optic nerve

rods and cones; bipolar cells; amacrine cells; ganglion cells; optic nerve

which situation exemplifies sensory adaptation?

ten minutes after entering a cold lake, the water feels warmer

which are final destinations of gustation signals?

insula; prefrontal cortex; postcentral gyrus

the auditory tube connects the _____ to he ______

middle ear; nasopharynx