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| slows the heart; increases the mobility of the GI tract |
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| trigeminal V, hypoglossal XII |
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| fatal if both are damaged |
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| Oculomotor III, trochlear IV, abducens VI |
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| involoved in rolling the eyes (3 nerves) |
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| olfactory I, optic II, vestibulocochlear VIII |
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| is damaged often in boxing or trauma to the base of the nose |
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| the only nerve leaving the head and neck region |
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| major motor nerve of facial expression |
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| tasting; anterior 2/3 of the tongue |
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| vagus, glossopharyngeal, oculomotor, facial |
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| focusing the lens of the eye for accommodation |
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| responsible for corneal reflex "blinking" in response to light touch of the eyeball |
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| damage to this nerve causes loss of balance |
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| regulates blood pressure and secretion of parotid gland |
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| is unique in that it has a spinal component |
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| helps protrude the tongue |
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| opens the eyelid (the eye) |
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| comes from the olfactory mucosa of the nose |
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| main sensory nerve of the upper face (touch, temperature, pain) |
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| most important mixed nerve |
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| sensation of hunger and GI discomfort |
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| tasting; posterior 1/3 of the tongue |
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| damage to this nerve causes Bell palsy |
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| constriction of eye pupil |
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| facial VII, glossopharyngeal IX, vagus X |
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| glossopharyngeal IX, vagus X, accessory XI, hypoglossal XII |
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| cranial nerves involved in swallowing |
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| the clear outer part of the eye's focusing system located at the front of the eye |
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| the skin covered structure that protects the front of the eye; limits light entering the ye; spreads tears over the cornea |
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| the colored part of the eye |
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| the clear part of the eye posterior to the iris that helps to focus light on the retina; allows the eye to focus on near objects |
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| the small, sensitive area of the retina that gives central vision; contains the fovea |
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| the bundle of more than 1 million nerve fibers that carry visual messages from the retina to the brain |
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| the opening at the center of the iris. size can be adjusted to control the amount of light entering the eye |
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| the light-sensitive tissue lining the back of the eyeball; sends electrical impulses to the brain |
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| the tough outer white coat of the eye |
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| the clear gel filling inside of the eye, helps reinforce the eyeball |
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| a layer of blood vessels feeding the retina with oxygen and nutrients |
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| attaches the lens to the ciliary body |
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| in the anterior segment, provides nutrients to the lens and the cornea |
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| cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitrous body |
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| 4 optical components of the eye |
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| drains the aqueous humor of the eye |
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| collectively called the ossicles |
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| passage between the nasopharynx to the middle ear |
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| inner ear/ cochlea/ cochlear duct |
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| vibrates as sound waves hit it; transmits vibrations to the ossicles |
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| contains receptors for the sense of equilibrium |
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| acts as a pressure release valve for increased fluid pressure in scala tympani; bulges into tympanic cavity |
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| auricle and external auditory canal |
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| two structures composing the outer ear |
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| conducts air waves to the tympanic membrane |
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| glands; found in external auditory canal |
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| allows pressure in the middle ear to be equalized with the atmospheric pressure |
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| fluid, bathes the organ of corti |
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| COCHLEA/COHLEAR DUCT/ORGAN OF CORTI |
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| Structure of the inner ear, involved in hearing |
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| Fluid, bathes the membranous labyrinth |
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| Transmits the motions of the stapes to the fluid in scala vestibule |
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| VESTIBULE/SEMICIRCULAR DUCTS |
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| Structures of the inner ear, NOT involved in hearing |
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| Hair cells of organ of Corti rest on this membrane |
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| Carries auditory information to the brain |
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