Study Guide: Senses
Terms you should know:
Receptor
Proprioceptors
Loudness
Sense organ
Nociceptive pain
Basilar membrane
Sensation
Neuropathic pain
Hair cells
Perception
Referred pain
Vision
Modality
Taste bud
Light
Location
Tastant
Fovea
Intensity
Olfactory cells
Blind spot
Duration
Olfactory hairs
Rods
Thermoreceptors
Olfactory bulbs
Cones
Photoreceptors
Sound
Optic nerve
Nociceptors
Pitch
Chemoreceptors
Frequency
Student’s should be able to:
List several types of somatosensory receptors
List the five different tastes
Describe the types and mechanisms of pain
Identify the properties of sound waves that account for pitch and loudness
Describe the gross anatomy of the ear
Explain how the ear converts vibrations to nerve signals and discriminates between sounds of different intensity
Describe the anatomy of the eye
Discuss the structure of the retina and its receptor cells
Explain how the optical system of the eye creates an image on the retina
Discuss how the retina converts this image to nerve signals