FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER 16 TERMS

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER 16 TERMS

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-Guarantee passing score -99 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: 'meaty' taste produced by amino acids such as aspartic and glutamic acids,

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umami

Question 2: produced by metal ions such as sodium and potassium

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salty Question 3: forms a cup-shpaed outgrowth of the diencephalon called the optic vesicle

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retina

Question 4: pupillary constriction in response to light is called

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photopuillary reflex

Question 5: weakly developed in humans. form parallel ridges sides of tongue, degenerate by age 2 or 3 years

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foliate papillae

Question 6: adjustable diaphram that controls the diameter of th epupil

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iris Question 7: if the stimulus is prolonged, the firing of the neuron gets slower over time, and with it, we become less aware of the stimulus.

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sensory adaption Question 8: are limited to the head, are innervated by the cranial nerves, and employ relatively complex sense organs. The special senses are vision, hearing, equilibrium, taste, and smell

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special senses

Question 9: organ of hearing

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cochlea Question 10: refers to whether a sound is loud or soft, a light is bright or dim, a pain is mild or excruciating and so forth.

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intensity Question 11: largest neurons of the retina, single layer close to the vitreious body, second order neurons

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ganglion cells

Question 12: central opening

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pupil

Question 13: visible electromagnetic radiation

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light

Question 14: passage leading through the temporal bone to the tympanic membrane

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auditory canal (external acoustic meatus) Question 15: structure that combines nervous tissue with other tissues that enhance its response to a certain type of stimulus.

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Sense organ Question 16: generate a burst of potentials when first stimulated. then quickly adapt and sharply reduce or stop signaling even if the stimulus continues.

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phasic receptors Question 17: shaped like mushrooms, 3 taste buds, mainly on the apex. widely distributed but concentrated at the tip and sides of the tongue. respond to food texture

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fungiform papillae Question 18: composed of flattened, tightly compressed, transparent cells called lens fibers

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lens

Question 19: consists of smooth muscle cells that ncircle the pupil

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pupillary constrictor

Question 20: tensor tympani pulls the tympanic membrane inward and tenses it, while the stapedius reduces the motion of the stapes.

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tympanic reflex Question 21: pathways followed by sensory signals to their ultimate destinations in the CNS

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projection pathways Question 22: resembles a peeled grape, consists of three regions, choroid, ciliary body, and iris.

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uvea Question 23: associated w/spoiled foods and alkaloids such as nicotine, caffeine, quinine, and morphine. often poisonous,

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bitter Question 24: these secrete an oil that coats the eye and reduces tear evaporation

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tarsal glands Question 25: phasic receptors chiefly for vibration, deep pressure, tickle, found in dermis, joint capsuls, periosteum, breasts, genitals and some viscera

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lamellar corpuscles

Question 26: consists of the retina and beginning of the optic nerve

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inner layer (tunica interna)

Question 27: any audible vibration of molecules.

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sound