1. The most finely detailed vision occurs when an image falls on a pit in the retina called the _______________.

2. The only cells of the retina that generate action potentials are the _______________ cells.

3. The retinal dark current is due to the flow of _______________ in and out of the receptor cells.

4. The gelatinous membranes of the macula sacculi and macula utriculi are weighted by calcium carbonate and protein granules called _______________.

5. Three rows of _______________ in the cochlea have V-shaped arrays of stereocilia and tune the frequency sensitivity of the cochlea.

6. The _______________ is a tiny bone that vibrates in the oval window and thereby transfers sound vibrations to the inner ear.

7. The _______________ of the midbrain receives auditory input and triggers the head-turning auditory reflex.

8. The apical stereocilia of a gustatory cell are known as _______________.

9. Olfactory neurons synapse with mitral cells and tufted cells in the _______________, which lie inferior to the frontal lobes.

10. In the phenomenon of _______________, pain from the viscera is perceived as coming from an area of the skin.

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