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| at or near BODY SURFACE, stimuli outside body (transmit hearing, sight, smell, taste, touch, pressure, pain, temp) |
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| BLOOD VESSELS AND VISCERA, pressure, pain, fatigue, hunger, thirst, and nausea |
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| detect MECHANICAL OR PHYSICAL deformation of receptor or adjacent cells |
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| detect changes in TEMPERATURE |
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| detect TASTE in mouth, SMELL in nose, CHEMICALS in body fluid |
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| modified dendritic endings of sensory neurons, GENERAL SENSES, TACTILE SENSATIONS |
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| sense organs comprised of a variety of cells that work together to accomplish SPECIFIC receptive processes |
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| tactile sensations, PUNCTUATE DISTRIBUTION, over body surface |
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| attached to base of epidermis, SLOW TO ADAPT |
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| entwine hair follicles, detect bending of hairs, ADAPT RAPIDLY |
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| variation of Meissner's Corpuscles, CT of mucousae |
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| deep, continuous pressure, ADAPT SLOWLY, numerous dendritic endings in flat capsule |
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| low sensitivity to light, color vision |
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| night vision/peripheral vision |
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| can't distinguish between blue and yellow |
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| Positive/Negative Afterimage |
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POSITIVE-cover eyes, see bright blob
NEGATIVE- look at light background, see dark blob |
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| where nerve fibers of the retina leave the eye and enter the optic nerve |
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| region of retina insensitive to light |
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| unequal curvatures in diff parts of cornea or lens cause light to converge unevenly and cause distorted/blurred vision |
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| 3 small ear bones (malleus, incus, stapes) |
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| coiled organ, part of the ear involved in hearing |
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| damages hair cells of cochlea or cranial nerve VIII damages |
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| damage to eardrum or ossicles |
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| tuning fork to mastoid, NERVE DEAFNESS |
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| tuning fork to middle forehead, CONDUCTIVE IMPAIRMENT |
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| semicircular canals and vestibule |
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| linear changes in speed/direction, vestibule |
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| rotational movements, semicircular canals |
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| lateral/horizontal, anterior/frontal, posterior/inferior |
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