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Chapter 10:Special Senses
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Anatomy
11th Grade
01/09/2012

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Mechanorecepters
Definition
What are changes in pressure or movement?
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Thalmus
Definition
What part of the brain regulates interpretation?
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touch and pressure
Definition
What are Messners and Pacinian Corpuscles sensitive to?
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Cortex
Definition
Where is pain interpreted?
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Visceral pain (refered pain)
Definition
If left arm is hurting and your having a heart attack what type of pain is it?
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Cleans, moistens, and warms
Definition
What does the nose do to the air by the time it has reached the lungs?
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Chemoreceptors
Definition
Taste and smell are both what type of receptors?
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Upper nasal cavity
Definition
Where are the olfactory senses located?
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Bipolar
Definition
Describe olfactory receptor cells
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Taste
Definition
The cortex parietal lobe is where _____ is located
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Facial, glosso, and vagus nerves
Definition
Name the three nerves involved in taste
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Stapes
Definition
Which ovicles sit on an oval window?
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Ossicles
Definition
Transmitting and intensifying sound vibrations is the job of what?
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Auditory Tubes
Definition
____________ maintain equal air pressure on both sides of the eardrum
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Presbyopia
Definition
__________- as you get older, your eyes can't accommodate as well
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Organ of Corti
Definition
Where are hearing receptor cells located?
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Crista ampullaris
Definition
What is the sensory in the semicircular...?
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Semicircular Canals
Definition
What part of ear do you find cupulas?
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Opens eye
Definition
What does the Levator Palpebra Superioris do?
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nearsighted
Definition
If you have myopia you are _______ and have concave lenses
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Superior rectus
Definition
________ rotates eyes up and towards the midline
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Fovea Sentratus
Definition
Sharpest vision
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