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Details Title: SPECIAL SENSE Description: HEARING ,SEEING, AND TASTE Total Flash Cards: 16 Created: 02/14/2006 19:53:19	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Vitreal Chamber Definition large chamber BEHIND lens Term Ear Structures from OUTER TO INNER Definition Auditory Canal - Tympanic Membrane - M.I.S. - Oval Window - Cochlea - Organ of Corti - Round Window Term Semicircular Canal Definition inner ear 3 each make 1/2 circle help sense balance Term Tympanic Membrane Definition ear drum begins @ middle ear sound vibrates strike Tympanic Membrane and send to M.I.S. Term Wavelenghts Calculated Definition Frequencies from HIGH to LOW Term Middle Rectus Definition moves eyes toward the nose Term middle layer of eye Definition chorid cillary body IRIS Term aqueous humur Definition just inside cornea fluid filled chamber Term 3 tiny ear bones Definition Malleus (hammer) Incus (anvil) Stapes (stirrup) Term Cones Definition respond to light produce color vision activated in light Term Sclera (white of eye) Definition tough connective tissue helps maintain shape of eye attachments of muscle that moves eyes Term Lateral Rectus Definition moves eyes away from the nose Term pupil Definition where light comes in dim light - bigger bright light - smaller Term Rods Definition sensitive to all colors but do not distungish dim light - see objects but no colors Term hyeroid Definition far sighted Term viterous humor Definition transparent jelly like fluid in the vitreal chamber