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special senses
special senses
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
11/14/2010

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Term
stereogenosis
Definition
recognition of unseen object by touch
Term
olfaction
Definition
smell
Term
gustation
Definition
taste
Term
sustentacular
Definition
supporting cell
Term
bowmans gland
Definition
in nose and mouth, used to clean cilia with fluid to recieve another smell
Term
cribiform plate of ethmoid bone
Definition
thin bone in the nose
Term
olfactory nerve
Definition
I
Term
vestibularcohlear nerve
Definition
VIII
Term
helicortrema
Definition
connection of scelavestibuli and scala tympani
Term
scala vestibuli
Definition
top chamber in cochlea
Term
scala tympani
Definition
bottom chamber of cohlea
Term
cohlear duct
Definition
middle chamber of cohlea
Term
capula
Definition
gel like mass in ampullae
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kinocilium
Definition
the largest hair
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stereochilia
Definition
the hair cells
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otolith
Definition
calcium crystals, vertical and horizontal
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utricle
Definition
horizontal, upper portion
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saccule
Definition
verticle, lower portion
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ampullae
Definition
rotational acceleration, semicircular canals
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ceratonomy
Definition
fixes cornea astigmatism
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glycoma
Definition
bluid up of fluid pressure in the eyes
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canal of schlemm
Definition
circulates aqueous humor
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cataract
Definition
opeque lens, 1st surgery
Term
detached retina
Definition
seperation of sensory and pigmented layers
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fovea centralis
Definition
area of most acute cones, color
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optic nerve
Definition
II
Term
presopia
Definition
ligaments of lens not accommodating properly
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myopia
Definition
nearsightedness (distant objects blurred)
Term
hypermetropia
Definition
far-sightedness (near objects blurred)
Term
emmetropia
Definition
normal vision
Term
ciliary body
Definition
produces aqueous humor, extension of choroid
Term
choroid
Definition
between sclera and retina
Term
suspensory ligaments
Definition
hold lens in place
attached to ciliary body
Term
draw eye... label
Definition
cornea, iris, sclera, choroid, fovea centralis, retina, blind spot, vitreous chamber, suspensory ligaments, ciliary body, posterior aqueous chamber, anterior aqueous chamber
Term
draw and label ear...
Definition
external, middle, internal, with vestibular complex and cohlea
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