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Chapter 16: Sense Organs


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Chapter 16: Sense Organs

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receptor

552

sense organ

552

receptor potential

552

sensation

552

modality

552

sensory projection

552

adaptation

553

phasic receptor

553

tonic receptor

553

chemoreceptor

553

thermoreceptor

553

nociceptor

553

mechanoreceptor

553

photoreceptor

553

general senses

553

special senses

553

interoceptor

553

proprioceptor

553

exteroceptor

553

first-order neuron

554

second-order neuron

554

third-order neuron

554

fast pain

554

slow pain

554

somatic pain

554

visceral pain

556

referred pain

556

bradykinin

557

substance P

557

analgesic

557

enkephalins

557

endorphins

557

gustation

558

taste bud

558

lingual papilla

558

filiform papilla

558

foliate papilla

558

fungiform papilla

558

vallate papilla

558

taste cell

558

supporting cell

558

basal cell

558

taste hairs

558

taste pore

558

olfaction

560

olfactory mucosa

560

olfactory neuron

560

olfactory hairs

560

olfactory bulb

561

olfactory tract

562

sound

562

pitch

563

frequency

563

loudness

563

amplitude

563

impedance matching

568

tympanic reflex

568

tip link

569

binaural hearing

571

conduction deafness

572

sensorineural deafness

573

static equilibrium

573

dynamic equilibrium

573

kinocilium

573

otoliths

573

chromatophores

580

outer segment

582

inner segment

582

scotopic vision

582

photopic vision

582

blind spot

584

pupillary constrictor

585

pupillary dilator

585

photopupillary reflex

585

consensual light reflex

585

refraction

586

emmetropia

586

near response

586

convergence

586

accommodation

587

near point

588

rhodopsin

588

retinal

588

opsin

588

photopsin

588

cis-retinal

589

trans-retinal

589

bleaching

590

dark current

590

receptive field

591

light adaptation

591

dark adaptation

591

duplicity theory

591

blue cones

592

green cones

592

red cones

592

color blindness

592

stereoscopic vision

592

optic chiasma

593

optic tracts

593

hemidecussation

593

lateral geniculate body

593

optic radiation

593

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