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Sensory organs anatomy
Anatomy Sensory Organs - Eyes and Ears
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04/02/2012

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The outer ear consists of what?
Definition
Pinna, antihelix, Concha, Helix, external meatus, tragus antitragus, lobule
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Pinna function?
Definition
captures sound waves and protects external meatus
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External meatus function?
Definition
directs sound to tympanic membrane
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Tragus function?
Definition
Detects sounds from behind
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Inner ear consists of ?
Definition
auditory canal, mastoid bone, ossicles, vestibular canals, eustachian tube, cochlea, tympanic membrane, vesttibule containing utricle and sacccule
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Structures of the middle ear?
Definition
tympanic membrane, ossicles, stapes, eustachian tube
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tympanic membrane description?
Definition
stretches across ear canal where middle ear begins
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Name the ossicles of the ear?
Definition
malleus, incus and stapes
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ossicles description?
Definition
vibration of sound waves against tympanic membrane sets bones into motion
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Stapes funtion?
Definition
Strikes oval window of inner ear
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Eustachian tube is located where?
Definition
from middle ear to nasopharynx
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Eustachian tube function?
Definition
equalizes pressure against the tymanic membrane
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Inner ear AKA
Definition
labyrinth
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structures of the inner ear are?
Definition
cochlea and vestibule
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cochlea function?
Definition
Oval window sets fluid in motion here, sense of sound
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Vestibule contains what?
Definition
vestibular canals, semicircular canal and the utricle and saccule - sense of balance
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Eyelids AKA
Definition
palpebrae
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Lacrimal apparatus function?
Definition
Secretes and drains tears from the surface of the eyeball.
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What are the two types of muscles of the eye?
Definition
extraocular and intraocular
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Extraocular muscles are _________?
Definition
voluntary
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Inferior oblique function?
Definition
rotates top of eye away from the nose
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Inferior rectus function?
Definition
rotates eye downward
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lateral rectus function
Definition
moves eye outward away from nose
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medial rectus function
Definition
moves eye inward, towards nose
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superior oblique description?
Definition
rotates top of eye toward nose
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superior rectus function?
Definition
moves eye upward
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trochlea description?
Definition
unique structure that holds superior oblique and limits eye rotation upward and downward
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Intraocular muscles consist of?
Definition
ciliary and iris
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Ciliary muscles are __________?
Definition
involuntary
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Ciliary muscle description and function?
Definition
radial and circular smooth muscle - helps focus lens
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Iris function?
Definition
regulates size of pupil
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The eye is the ONLY organ with what?
Definition
both voluntary and involuntary muscles
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What are the tissue layers of the inner eye?
Definition
fibrous, vascular, inner
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Fibrous tissue layer of the inner eye consists of what?
Definition
sclerae and cornea
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Sclerae description?
Definition
white of the eye
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Cornea location and description?
Definition
anterior of sclerae and covers the iris
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Vascular tissue layer of the inner eye consists of ?
Definition
Choroid, ciliary body and iris
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Choroid of the eye contains what?
Definition
blood vessels and melanin
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Ciliary body is located where?
Definition
between the retina and iris
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Ciliary muscle function?
Definition
controls lens
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What holds the lens in place?
Definition
suspensory ligaments
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Iris is attached where?
Definition
ciliary body
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Iris description?
Definition
Colored part of the eye
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Iris controls what?
Definition
pupil
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Inner tissue layer of the inner eye consists of what?
Definition
retina, optic nerve and retinal blood vessels
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Retina description?
Definition
intermost coat on back of eyeball
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Retina consists of ?
Definition
nervous tissue, rods and cones
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Retina consists of ?
Definition
nervous tissue, rods and cones
Term
Optic nerve is which cranial nerve?
Definition
second
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Retinal blood vessels function?
Definition
important blood supply to retinal surface (fundus)
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What are the two cavities of the eye?
Definition
Anterior and posterior
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Anterior cavity consists of what?
Definition
Anterior chamber and posterior chamber
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Anterior cavity is located where?
Definition
in front of the lens
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Anterior cavity contains what?
Definition
aqueous humor
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Posterior cavity is located where?
Definition
behind the lens
Term
Posterior cavity contains what?
Definition
vitreous humor
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What helps maintain intraocular pressure so eyeball does not collapse?
Definition
vitreous humor and aqueous humor
Term
Refraction description?
Definition
bending light rays to focus on retina
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What structures are responsible for refraction?
Definition
lens and cornea, aqueous and vitreous humor
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Accommodation description?
Definition
change in lens curvature
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What are two types of accommodation?
Definition
near vision and far vision
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near vision description?
Definition
ciliary muscle contracts, lens bulges
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far vision description?
Definition
ciliary muscle relaxes, lens flat
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Constriction of pupil description?
Definition
controls amount of light to provide best vision
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Convergence description?
Definition
eyes move inward to provide monocular vision of objects
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Rods do what?
Definition
Responsible for vision in dim light
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Cones do what?
Definition
Responsible for color vision
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Optic nerve description?
Definition
Carries mpulse to optic chiasma where nerves cross before ending in geniculate nuclei in brain
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