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Human Body
Special Senses chapter 23
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Undergraduate 3
05/02/2010

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Sclera
Definition
Protects internal structures and maintains shape of eyeball
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Cornea
Definition
refracts light as it passes through
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Choroid
Definition
absorbs light rays
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ciliary body
Definition
regulates lens shape and secretes aqueous humor
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iris
Definition
regulates size of pupil
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Pupil
Definition
Light passes through
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retina
Definition
vision
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lens
Definition
accomodation
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lens
Definition
accomodation
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Aqueous Humor
Definition
maintains intraocular pressure, and thus eye shape; provides nutrition for lens and cornea
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Vitreous humor
Definition
keeps retina against choroid coat and maintains eye shape
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Pinna
Definition
collects sound waves and directs them into external auditory meatus
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External Auditory Meatus
Definition
passageway for sound waves
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tympanic membrane
Definition
transmits sound waves to ossicles
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auditory ossicles
Definition
amplify and transmit vibrations to inner ear
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Pharyngotympanic tube
Definition
allows equalization of air pressure on both sides of tympanic membrane
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oval window
Definition
transmits vibrations of ossicles to basilar membrane
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Round Window
Definition
a safety valve that prevents rupture of cochlear duct
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vestibule
Definition
equilibrium
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Semicircular canals
Definition
equilibrium
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cochlea
Definition
hearing
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utricle
Definition
equilibrium
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Saccule
Definition
equilibrium
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Semicircular ducts
Definition
equilibrium
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Ampllae
Definition
equilibrium
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Organ of Corti
Definition
Hearing
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Vestibulocochlear nerve
Definition
Carries sensory input from inner ear to brain
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Vestibular nerve
Definition
Carries sensory input from vestibule and semicircular canals
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Cochlear nerve
Definition
Carries sensory input from cochlea
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