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Chapter 15
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Anatomy
11th Grade
02/15/2011

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exteroceptor
Definition
type of receptor that is located near the body surface
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exteroceptor
Definition
type of receptor that is located near the body surface
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visceroceptor
Definition
type of receptor that is located near an organ
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visceroceptor
Definition
type of receptor that is located near an organ
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mechanoreceptor
Definition
activated by mechanical pressure
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noiceptors
Definition
stimuli resulting from tissue damage
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golgi tendon, muscle spindles, pacinian corpuscle, ruffinis corpuscle, krause's corpuscle, meissner's corpuscle
Definition
name three of the six types of mechanorecpetors
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olfactory cilia
Definition
what lines the nasal cavity
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smell up to 1000 different smells
remember 100 smells
Definition
how many different smells a person can smell, and how many they can remember
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olfactory centers
Definition
they interpret, integrate, and apply memory storage for smell in the brain
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memories
Definition
smells can often bring back what ?
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mucus covering the nasal epithelium
Definition
receptor potentials that are generated when gas molecules dissolve in what
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taste buds
Definition
the organ that responds to taste
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papillae
Definition
the elevated projection on the tongue
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taste pore
Definition
the opening that the gustatory hairs project into
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saliva
Definition
important chemical that allows for taste
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front
Definition
what side of the tongue tastes sweet stuff.
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back
Definition
what side of the tongue tastes sour and bitter stuff
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front sides
Definition
what side of the tongue tastes salty things
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tympanic membrane
Definition
term for the ear drum
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external auditory meatus
Definition
the term for the ear canal
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malleus
incus
stapes
Definition
name the three bones of the ear
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bony labyrinth
Definition
this part of the inner ear has the vestibule, cochlea, semicirclar canals
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vibrations
Definition
sound is created by what
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retina, choroid sclera
Definition
name the three layers of the eyeball
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pupil
Definition
term for the hole in the middle of the eye
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rods and cones
Definition
photoreceptor neurons have what
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optic nerve
Definition
this creates a blind spot in each eye
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leans accommodation
refraction of light
constriction of pupil
convergence of eye
Definition
name 2 of the 4 processes of focusing light for a clear image
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