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Chapter 18: Sensory Organs


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Chapter 18: Sensory Organs

  1. Characteristics of Sensory Receptors p. 498

    1. Categories of Sensory Receptors p. 498
    2. Law of Specific Nerve Energies p. 500
    3. Generator (Receptor) Potential p. 501

  2. Somatic Senses p. 501

    1. Cutaneous Receptors p. 501
    2. Receptive Fields and Sensory Acuity p. 503
    3. Lateral Inhibition p. 504
    4. Proprioceptors p. 504
    5. Neural Pathways for Somatic Sensations p. 506

  3. Taste and Smell p. 509

    1. Taste p. 509
    2. Smell p. 510

  4. Vestibular Apparatus and Equilibrium p. 512

    1. Sensory Hair Cells of the Vestibular Apparatus p. 512
    2. Utricle and Saccule p. 514
    3. Semicircular Canals p. 514

  5. The Ears and Hearing p. 516

    1. Outer Ear p. 516
    2. Middle Ear p. 517
    3. Cochlea p. 518
    4. Spiral Organ (Organ of Corti) p. 519

  6. The Eyes and Vision p. 524

    1. Structures Associated with the Eye p. 524
    2. Structure of the Eyeball p. 527
    3. Refraction p. 528
    4. Accommodation p. 530

  7. Retina p. 533

    1. Effect of Light on the Rods p. 533
    2. Electrical Activity of Retinal Cells p. 535
    3. Cones and Color Vision p. 536
    4. Visual Acuity and Sensitivity p. 539
    5. Neural Pathways from the Retina p. 540

  8. Neural Processing of Visual Information p. 541

    1. Ganglion Cell Receptive Fields p. 541
    2. Lateral Geniculate Nuclei p. 541
    3. Cerebral Cortex p. 542
    4. Diagnosis of Sensory Organs p. 543
    5. Developmental Problems of the Ears and Eyes p. 543

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