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Balance
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-vestibular apparatus: chambers and canals full of fluid in inner ear that are responsible for the position and movement of the head
-semicircular canal and vestibule -when head moves the fluid canal lags, causes capula to bend hair cells and stimulate them |
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Motion Sickness
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caused by mismatch sensory input from vestibular apparatus and eyes
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Seasickness
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vestibular apparatus tells the brain your head is rocking back and forth
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Smell
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resides in a small patch of tissue in the roof of each nasal cavity
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How do we smell?
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1. odor detected in nasal cavity
2. dissolves in the mucus 3. binds to receptors 4. if threshold is reached, message is carried to the 2 olfactory bulbs of the brain |
