Exam 12: Nervous System III: Senses

In hyperopia, the eyeball is too short and the focal point is in front of the retina.

The hearing receptors are most closely associated with the

A cochlear implant treats

Tears contain an enzyme that reduces the risk of eye infection.

Glaucoma is usually caused by

A sensation is ______, and projection of a sensation is the ______.

Pain receptors

The painkiller sold as Ziconotide comes from a

Lorelei thinks of the days of the week and months of the year as particular colors. She has

Impulses from the spiral organ travel on the vestibulocochlear nerve.

Anosmia is loss of

Referred pain occurs when the brain projects the sensation back to the original source in the body from which the pain originated.

Light breaks down rhodopsin.

The color receptors in the retina are most sensitive to light waves that are

A curvature defect of the lens or cornea in which some parts of an image are in focus on the retina and other parts are blurred and vision is distorted is called

The conjunctiva is a layer of tissue that lines the inner surface of the eyelids and covers most of the anterior surface of the eye.

The taste receptor that amino acids such as glutamic acid activate is

Taste receptors are

The auditory ossicles are in the inner ear.

Arnold enters a darkened movie theater on a sunny summer afternoon. It takes many minutes for his eyes to adapt to the darkness because