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-lines the inner surface of the eyelids
-Thin membrane
-Covers the visible portion of the white of the eye
-Cells produce mucus
-With age, it often thins and dries, resulting in inflammation and enlarged blood vessels. |
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-Receptors for taste and smell
-detects chemicals in solution |
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-Located in retina of the eye
-responds to light |
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-Detects changes in temperature
-Many located in the skin |
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-Detects changes in temperature
-Many located in the skin |
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-Responds to movement: Stretch, pressure, or vibration.
-Monitors body position and hearing (equilibrium) activated by movement of cilia |
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| An adequate stimulus that can generate a nerve impulse. |
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-Vision
-Hearing
-Equilibrium
-Taste
-Smell |
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-Pressure, Temperature, pain, and touch
-Position |
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-Outermost tunic, or coating.
-Made of tough connective tissue
-"white of the eye" (collagen)
-No blood vessels to add color. |
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-Second tunic of the eyeball
-Made of connective tissue w/many blood vessels |
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-Innermost tunic
-Actual "Receptor" layer
-Contains the rods and cones (generates the nerve impulses associated w/vision). |
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-Second tunic of the eyeball
-Made of connective tissue w/many blood vessels |
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| Bending of light rays as they pass from one substance to another substance. |
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| Order from exterior to interior of transparent refracting parts... |
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| Cornea, Aqueous humor, lens, virteous body. |
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