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27 Cards in this Set
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General Senses |
Senses with receptors widely distributed throughout the body |
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Special Senses |
Senses localized within a particular organ in the head |
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Eye brows |
Protect eyes from sweat and provides shade |
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Eye lid |
Prevents entrance of foreign objects and wash eyes with tears |
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Lacrimal Gland |
Create and secrete tears |
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Vitreous humor |
Fills eyeball to help maintain its shape |
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Rods |
Provide black and white vision |
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Cones |
Provide colour vision |
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Retina |
Contains visual receptors (include rods and cones) |
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Choroid |
Supplies retina with blood and absorbs excess light |
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Sclera |
Outermost layer, contains contents of the eye |
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Cornea |
Transparent extension of sclera |
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Aqueous humor |
Maintains shape of the anterior portion of the eye; Provides nourishment to the cornea |
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Pupil |
Regulates amount of light into the eye |
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Iris |
Controls pupil |
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Lens |
Refracts light to point at retina |
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Auricle |
AKA Pinna. Gathers sound waves |
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External Auditory Canal |
Passage of Sound waves to enter the ear |
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Tympanic Membrane |
AKA eardrum. Separates exterior ear from middle ear. Vibrates in response to sound waves |
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Middle Ear |
Full of air |
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Eustachian Tube |
Passage from middle ear to pharynx. Allows equalized pressure in each ear cannel |
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Stapes |
AKA Stirrup |
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Incus |
AKA Anvil |
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Cochlea |
Contain receptors for hearing |
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Vestibule Channel |
Help with balance |
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Semicircular Channles |
Helps with balance |
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Malleus |
AKA Hammer |
