Review Special Senses 10-11

REVIEW SHEET SPECIAL SENSES 1. The function of the ____________ tube is to equalize air pressure on both sides of the tympanic membrane 2. The externally visible fleshy part of the ear is the ______________ 3. The ______________ contains receptors for hearing 4. The _________________communicates sound vibrations to the ossicles, set into motion by sound waves 5. _____________ tract damage would probably affect your ability to taste and smell. 6. The _________ is the portion of the eye concerned with image formation 7. Nearsightedness is more properly called_____________. 8. Farsightedness is called ______________ 9. ______________ is a gradual clouding of the lens which happens with aging. 10. ____________ is and increased in the pressure of the eye that comes from a blockage of the canal that drains the eye. 11. Pupils dilate, suspensory ligaments become taut, lenses become less convex when a person looks at a ___________ object. 12. The main function of the rod cell is vision is _________ light. 13. The main functions of cone cells are __________ vision 14. The ________ is the vascular light-absorbing tunic part of the eye 15. The cortical region for hearing is the ______________ lobe. 16. The ____________ is the muscular structure that manipulates the lens 17. The _________ controls the amount of light entering the eye 18. Sensory impulses are transmitted over the facial, glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves are involved in the sensation of ____________. 19. A Blood rich nutritive tunic that contains a dark pigment is the ____________. A:\review SPECIAL SENSES 00.doc 20. Lacrimal canals, nasolacrimal ducts, nasal cavity best describes a normal route for the flow of ________ from the eyes into the nasal cavity 21. Lack of one type of cone cell is called ______________. 22. The region of the tongue with the greatest sensitivity to bitter tastes is the_______, sour is the ____________, sweet is the ___________ and salty is the _________. 23. The __________ component found in tears is produced by meibomian glands. 24. The optic nerve leaves and enters the eye at the ____________. 25. The ______________ muscles depresses the eye and moves it laterally. 26. Pink eye is caused by a bacterial infection of the ______________. 27. The white of the eye is the ____________ 28. Color receptors with in the retina are sensitive to what 3 wave length of visible light. 29. Greatest visual acuity is found at the __________________. 30. _______________ is normal vision 31. ______________ is another name for the eyelid 32. _____________ is the point at which accommodation is no longer necessary. 33. Olfactory cells and taste buds are normally stimulated by substances in ______________. BE ABLE TO LABEL THE FOLLOWING DIAGRAMS ON YOUR ANSWER SHEET; EYE, EAR, TOUNGE A:\review SPECIAL SENSES 00.doc Tongue A:\review SPECIAL SENSES 00.doc EYE A:\review SPECIAL SENSES 00.doc ANSWERS TO REVIEW SPECIAL SENSES 1. AUDITORY 2. PINNA 3. ORGAN OF CORTI 4. TYMPANIC MEMBRANE 5. OLFACTORY 6. RETINA 7. MYOPOPIA 8. hyperopia 9. CATARACTS 10. GLAUCOMA 11. DISTANT 12. DIM 13. color 14. CHOROID 15. TEMPORAL 16. CILLARY BODY 17. IRIS 18. TASTE 19. CHOROID 20. TEARS 21. COLORBLINDNESS 22. BACK 23. OIL 24. BLIND SPOT 25. SUPERIOR OBLIQUE 26. CONJUNCTIVA 27. SCLERA 28. RED,BLUE, AND GREEN 29. FOVEA CENTRALIS 30. EMMETROPIA 31. PALEBRA 32. FARPOINT 33. SOLUTION A:\review SPECIAL SENSES 00.doc