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| simple neural pathways (touch, pain, temperature, proprioception, chemical/pressure detection) |
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| complex neural pathways with receptors housed in specialized organs (gustation, olfaction, vision, audition, equilibrium) |
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| when the part of the body where the pain is felt is different from the part of the body where the painful stimulus is applied |
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| always active (ex: pain receptors |
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| usually inactive, turned on with stimulation (provides information on the rate of change of a stimulus) |
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| Location of the Olfactory Receptors |
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| the olfactory epithelium lining the roof of the nasal cavity |
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| when the olfactory nerves adapt to a repeated stimulus |
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| sensitve to low illumination and motion; insensitive to most colors of light |
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| stimulated by moderate or bright light and reponds to different wavelengths, or colors, of light (visual acuity) |
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| where the optic nerves exit the eyeball ("blind spot") |
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| motion sickness occurring when the CNS receives conflicting sensory information from the inner ear, eyes, and other receptors |
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| maintains long term control by secreting hormores with long lasting effects |
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| What hormone is secreted by the Thymus? |
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| What hormone is secreted by the Pineal gland? |
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| What hormone is secreted by the Parathyroid glands? |
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| Parathyroid hormone (PTH) |
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| "master gland;" hypophysis |
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| Lobes of the Pituitary Gland |
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| adenohypophysis (anterior lobe), neurohypophysis (pars nervosa; posterior lobe) |
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