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SPECIAL SENSE
HEARING ,SEEING, AND TASTE
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Physiology
11th Grade
02/14/2006

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Term
Vitreal Chamber
Definition
large chamber BEHIND lens
Term
Ear Structures from OUTER TO INNER
Definition
Auditory Canal - Tympanic Membrane - M.I.S. - Oval Window - Cochlea - Organ of Corti - Round Window
Term
Semicircular Canal
Definition
inner ear
3 each make 1/2 circle
help sense balance
Term
Tympanic Membrane
Definition
ear drum
begins @ middle ear
sound vibrates strike Tympanic Membrane and send to M.I.S.
Term
Wavelenghts Calculated
Definition
Frequencies from HIGH to LOW
Term
Middle Rectus
Definition
moves eyes toward the nose
Term
middle layer of eye
Definition
chorid
cillary body
IRIS
Term
aqueous humur
Definition
just inside cornea
fluid filled chamber
Term
3 tiny ear bones
Definition
Malleus (hammer)
Incus (anvil)
Stapes (stirrup)
Term
Cones
Definition
respond to light
produce color vision
activated in light
Term
Sclera (white of eye)
Definition
tough connective tissue
helps maintain shape of eye
attachments of muscle that moves eyes
Term
Lateral Rectus
Definition
moves eyes away from the nose
Term
pupil
Definition
where light comes in
dim light - bigger
bright light - smaller
Term
Rods
Definition
sensitive to all colors but do not distungish

dim light - see objects but no colors
Term
hyeroid
Definition
far sighted
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viterous humor
Definition
transparent jelly like fluid in the vitreal chamber
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