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Chapter 52: Sensory Systems


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Chapter 52: Sensory Systems

p. 1022: stimulation, transduction, transmission, interpretation, mechanoreceptors, chemoreceptors, photoreceptors, free nerve endings, exteroceptors

p. 1023: interoceptors

p. 1024: stimulus-gated ion channels, receptor potential

p. 1025: cutaneous receptors, thermoreceptors, cold receptors, warm receptors, nociceptors, phase, tonic, hair follicle receptors, Meissner's corpuscles, Ruffini endings, touch dome endings (Merkel cells), Pacinian corpuscles

p. 1026: muscle spindles, proprioceptors, Golgi tendon organs, carotid sinus, aortic arch, baroreceptors

p. 1027: taste buds, papillae (singular, papilla)

p. 1028: peripheral chemoreceptors, central chemoreceptors

p. 1029: lateral line system, hair cells, cupula, stereocilia, kinocilium

p. 1030: statocyst, statoliths, endolymph, perilymph, utricle, saccule, otolith membrane

p. 1031: semicircular canals, ampullae (singular, ampulla), cupula, vestibular apparatus

p. 1032: lagena, Weberian ossicles, tympanic membrane (eardrum), outer ear, ossicles, malleus (hammer), incus (anvil), stapes (stirrup), middle ear, Eustachian tube, oval window, inner ear, cochlea, cochlear duct, vestibular canal, tympanic canal, round window

p. 1033: basilar membrane, tectorial membrane, organ of Corti

p. 1035: attenuated, sonar, echolocation

p. 1036: eyespot, sclera, cornea, iris, pupil, lens, retina, suspensory ligament, ciliary muscles

p. 1038: rods, cones, fovea, inner segment, outer segment, photopigments, rhodopsin, opsin, cis-retinal, carotene, photopsins, absorption maximum, diurnal, bipolar cells, ganglion cells, horizontal cells, amacrine cells, all-trans retinal

p. 1039: dark current, bleaching reaction, G proteins, phosphodiesterase

p. 1040: lateral geniculate nuclei

p. 1041: color blindness, trichomats, dichromats, protanopia, parallax, binoccular vision

p. 1042: infrared, pit vipers, pit organs, electric fish, ampullae of Lorenzini

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