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18 Cards in this Set
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Accommodation
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The focusing of light rays on the retina by the lens
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Chemoreceptor
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A sensory receptor that is stimulated by certain chemicals
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Choroid (membranelike)
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The middle layer of the eyeball
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Cochlea (snail)
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The coiled portion of the inner ear containing the receptors for hearing
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Cones
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Photoreceptors for color vision
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Cornea
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Transparent window through which light enters the eye
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Dynamic equilibrium
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Maintenance of balance when the head and body are in motion
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Mechanoreceptor
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A sensory receptor that is stimulated by certain mechanical forces such as pressure or touch
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Organ of Corti
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The sense organ in the inner ear containing the receptors for hearing
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Photoreceptor
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A sensory receptor that is stimulated by light
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Projection
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The process by which the brain makes a sensation seem to come from the body part being stimulated
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Referred pain
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The projection of pain to a site different than the source of the pain
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Retina
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The inner layer of the eye,which contains the photoreceptors
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Rods
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Photoreceptors for black and white vision
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Sclera
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The outer layer of the eye
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Semicircular canals
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The portion of the inner ear containing the receptors for dynamic equilibrium
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Sensory adaption
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The decrease in the information of impulses by a receptor when repeately stimulated by the same stimulus
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Static equilibrium
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The maintenance of balance when the head and body are not in motion
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