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ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
HEARING, TASTE, AND SMELL
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Anatomy
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02/05/2010

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Term
EQUILIBRIUM RECEPTORS IN THE INNER EAR ARE CALLED THE WHAT?
Definition
VESTIBULAR APPARATUS
Term
2 FUNCTIONS OF THE VESTIBULAR APPARATUS
Definition
STATIC AND DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM
Term
THE MACULEA PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN WHAT TYPE OF EQUILIBRIUM?
Definition
STATIC
Term

RECEPTORS IN THE VESTIBULE THAT:

 

REPORT THE POSITION OF THE HEAD

 

SEND INFO VIA THE VESTIBULAR NERVE

Definition
MACULAE
Term
HAIRS OF THE MACULEA ARE IMBEDDED IN THE _______ _______
Definition
OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE
Term
TINY BONES THAT FLOAT IN GELL AROUND THE (MACULEA) HAIR CELLS
Definition
OTILITHS
Term
MOVEMENT CAUSES OTILITHS TO _____ THE HAIR CELLS
Definition
BEND
Term
CRISTA AMPULLARIS IS PLAYS A ROLE IN WHAT TYPE OF EQUILIBRIUM
Definition
DYNAMIC
Term

RECEPTORS IN THE SEMICIRCULAR CANALS

TUFTS OF HAIR CELLS

CAPULA (GELATINOUS CAP) COVERS THE HAIR CELLS

Definition
CRISTA AMPULLARIS
Term

ACTION OF ANGULAR HEAD MOVEMENTS:

THE CAPULA _____ THE HAIR CELLS.

AN IMPULSE IS SENT VIA THE _____ _____ TO THE ______.

Definition

STIMULATE

VESTIBULAR NERVE

CEREBELLUM

Term

WHAT IS:

LOCATED W/IN THE COCHLEA

AND

HAS RECEPTORS THAT ARE HAIR CELLS ON THE BASILAR MEMBRANES

Definition
THE ORGAN OF CORTI
Term

WHAT HAS

 

Gel-like tectorial membrane is capable of bending hair cells
 Cochlear nerve attached to hair cells transmits nerve impulses to auditory cortex on temporal lobe
Definition
ORGAN OF CORTI
Term
Vibrations from sound waves move the ______ ______
Definition
TECTORIAL MEMBRANE
Term

 

Hair cells are bent by the membrane
An action potential starts in the cochlear nerve
Continued stimulation can lead to adaptation
ARE ALL WHAT?
Definition
MECHANISMS OF HEARING
Term
WHERE ARE OLFACTORY RECEPTORS LOCATED
Definition
THE ROOF OF THE MOUTH
Term

 

Neurons with long cilia
Chemicals must be dissolved in mucus for detection
ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF WHAT?
Definition
OLFACTORY RECEPTORS
Term
Impulses are transmitted via the ______ ______
Definition
OLFACTORY NERVE
Term
_______ of smells is made in the cortex
Definition
INTERPRETATION
Term

 

Taste buds house the ______ organs
Definition
RECEPTOR
Term

 

Location of taste buds
Definition

 

Most are on the tongue
Soft palate

     Cheeks

Term
The tongue is covered with projections called what? 
Definition
PAPILLEA
Term
_______ papillae—sharp with no taste buds
Definition
FILIFORM
Term
______ papillae—rounded with taste buds
Definition
FUNGIFIORM
Term
________ papillae—large papillae with taste buds
Definition
CIRCUMVALLATE
Term
Taste buds are found on the sides of
Definition
PAPILLEA
Term
________ cells are the receptors for taste buds
Definition
GUSTATORY
Term

WHAT CELLS HAVE:

 

Gustatory hairs (long microvilli)
Hairs are stimulated by chemicals dissolved in saliva
Definition
GUSTATORY CELLS
Term

 

Impulses are carried to the _______ complex by several cranial nerves because ______ ______ are found in different areas
Definition

GUSTATORY

TASTE BUDS

Term
Impulses are carried to the gustatory complex by WHICH cranial nerves
Definition

 

Facial nerve
Glossopharyngeal nerve
Vagus nerve
Term
WHAT ARE THE 4 TYPES OF TASTE RECEPTORS?
Definition

 

Sweet receptors  (sugars)
Sour receptors
Bitter receptors
Salty receptors
Term

 

Saccharine
Some amino acids
ARE ASSOCIATED W/ WHAT TASTE RECEPTORS
Definition
SWEET
Term

ACIDS

 

ARE ASSOCIATED W/ WHAT TASTE RECEPTORS?

Definition
SOUR
Term

ALKALOIDS

 

AREA ASSOCIATED W/ WHAT TASTE RECEPTORS

Definition
BITTER
Term

METAL IONS

 

ARE ASSOCIATE W/ WHAT TASTE RECEPTORS

Definition
SALTY
Term
WHAT ARE formed early in embryonic development
Definition
SPECIAL SENSES
Term
_______ are outgrowths of the brain
Definition
EYES
Term
____ special senses are functional at birth
Definition
ALL
Term

WHAT senses use chemoreceptors

AND

 

Stimulated by chemicals in solution
Definition
TASTE AND SMELL
Term

 

Smell can ______ a large range of chemicals
Definition
DIFFERENTIATE
Term
 WHAT senses complement each other and respond to many of the same stimuli
Definition
TASTE AND SMELL
Term
“crossed eyes” results from unequal pulls by the external eye muscles in babies
Definition
STRABISMUS
Term
conjunctivitis resulting from mother having gonorrhea.  Baby’s eyelids are swollen and pus is produced
Definition
Ophthalmia neonatorum
Term

WHAT DO:

 Strabismus

Ophthalmia neonatorum

Presbyopia

HAVE IN COMMON?

Definition
THEY ARE EYE PROBLEMS
Term
“old vision” results from decreasing lens elasticity that accompanies aging
Definition
PRESBYOPIA
Term

WHAT CONDITION IS CHARACTERIZED BY:

ear ossicles fuse

Definition
Otosclerosis
Term
type of sensorineural deafness
Definition
Presbycusis
Term

 WHAT DO

Presbycusis

Otosclerosis

HAVE IN COMMON?

Definition
THEY ARE BOTH EAR PROBLEMS
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