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Mechanoreceptor |
stimulated by changes in pressure or body movement |
movement |
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Thermoreceptor |
stimulated by changes in the external or internal tempeture |
temperature |
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Pain Receptors |
stimulated by damage or oxygen deprivation to the tissues |
pain or damage |
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Chemoreceptor |
stimulated by changes in the chemical concentrations of substances |
chemical changes of substances |
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Photoreceptors |
stimulated by light |
light |
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Referred Pain |
brain can't distinguish between somatic pain and visceral nociceptors because they are in the same spinal cord tract |
somatic pain and visecral nociceptors |
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Glaucoma |
blockage of aqueos humor drainage |
drainage |
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Ciliary Body |
behind the iris, contains the ciliary muscle |
iris, ciliary muscle |
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Accommodation |
the ciliary body controls the shape of lens in focusing |
changing shape of the lens, helps focus objects on the retina ( ciliary body) |
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Meissner Corpuscles |
in dermal papillae of hairless skin |
hairless skin |
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Merkel Disk |
deepest epidermis |
deepest |
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Root Hair Plexus |
around hair follicle |
follicle |
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Pacinian Corpuscles |
deep in dermis |
deep |
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Ruffini Endings |
found in dermis and hypodermis |
dermis and hypodermis |
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Krause End Bulbs |
found in superficial dermis |
superficial |
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Rods |
night vision and peripheral vision |
no color |
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Cone |
distinguish color |
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Optic Disk |
where the optic nerve leaves the eye, the blind spot |
leaves eye, blind spot |
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Refraction |
the lens, with help from the cornea and humors, focuses images onto retina |
focus image of retina, help from cornea and humors |
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Myopia |
near sightedness |
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Hyperopia |
far sightedness |
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Cataract |
clouded lenses |
clouded |
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Macular Degeneration |
damage to the macula lutea in the fovea centrails leading to blindness |
blindness |
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Diabetic Retinopathy |
damage to retinal blood vessels leading to blindness |
retinal blood, blindness |
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Detached Retina |
sharp blow seperates the retina from the choroid |
seperates |
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Perilymph |
between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth |
tympanic, between labyrinth |
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Endolymph |
within the membranous labyrinth |
membranous labyrinth |
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Semicircular Canals |
equilibrium |
equal |
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Vestibule |
equilibrium |
filled with perilymph, equal |
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Cochlea |
hearing |
filled with endolymph, listening |
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Tip |
low pitches |
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Base |
high pitches |
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Volume |
amplitude of the sound wave, louder sound create more pressure and then faster vibrations of the basilar membrane |
sound wave |
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Conduction Deafness |
occurs from mechanical blockage of the sound waves |
mechanical blockage, sound waves |
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Nerve Deafness |
disruption of the neutral pathway, most often because stereocillia have been worn away |
stereocilia have been worn away |
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Tinnitus |
ringing in the ear |
ringing |
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Cochlear Implants |
directly stimulate the auditory nerve |
stimulate auditory nerve |
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Ampulla |
enlarged base of each of the three canals |
enlarged base |
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Vertigo |
dizzness and a sensation of rotation |
dizzness |
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Presbyopia |
the lens of the eye does not accomodate as well |
needs corrective lenses or surgery, lens of eyes |
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Presbycusis |
age related hearing decline, atrophy of organ corti |
atrophy |
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Otosclerosis |
over growth of bone, staples adhere to the oval window |
most cause of conduction deafness in adults, dizzness and inability to maintain balance |