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| What are the 2 types of senses? |
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Definition
| General Somatic Senses and Special Senses |
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| What are 3 examples of general somatic senses? |
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Definition
| Touch (tactile), temperature and pain. |
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| What are the 5 special senses? |
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Definition
| Vision/sight, gustation (taste), olfaction (smell), hearing and equilibrium (balance) |
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| Which 2 special senses are chemical senses? |
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Definition
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| What are the 5 primary taste sensations? |
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Definition
| Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Salty and umani |
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Term
| What chemicals are associated with sour taste? |
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Definition
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| What chemicals are associated with sweet taste? |
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Definition
| Carbohydrates, proteins and fats |
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| What chemicals are associated with bitter taste? |
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Definition
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| What chemicals are associated with salty taste? |
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Term
| What are the 2 nerves that sends sensory info to the brain from the tongue? |
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Definition
| Glossopharyngeal and facial nerve |
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Term
| What are lingual papillae? |
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Definition
| Small fingerlike projections on the surface of the tongue |
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Term
| What is the receptor for gustation? |
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Definition
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Term
| Where are taste buds located? |
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Definition
| On the papillae - on surface of tongue, cheeks, and throat |
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Term
| Where are the receptors for smell located? |
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Definition
| In nasal cavity, near the ethmoid bone. |
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Term
| What are the receptors for olfaction? |
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Definition
| Olfactory nerve and olfactory foramina. |
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Term
| What is an olfactory cell? |
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Definition
| Neurons which have immobile cilia at the ends called olfactory hairs. |
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Term
| How does the olfactory cell detect an odorant? |
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Definition
| The odorant (chemical) in air gets stuck in the mucus layer, where the olfactory hairs are located and thus detect the odorant. |
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Term
| What are the 5 accessory structures for vision? |
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Definition
| Eyebrows, eyelids, conjunctiva, lacrimal apparatus, and extrinsic eye muscles |
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Term
| What is the lacrimal apparatus? |
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Definition
| A system which produces and drains tears consisting of lacrimal glands, lacrimal ducts, lacrimal canals, lacrimal sacs, and nasolacrimal ducts. |
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Term
| What is the lacrimal gland? |
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Definition
| An exocrine gland located under the frontal bone that secretes tears |
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