REVIEW SHEET SPECIAL SENSES 10 11

1. The function of the ____________ tube is to equalize air pressure on both sides of
the tympanic membrane

2. The externally visible fleshy part of the ear is the ______________

3. The ______________ contains receptors for hearing

4. The _________________communicates sound vibrations to the ossicles, set into

motion by sound waves

5. _____________ tract damage would probably affect your ability to taste and smell.

6. The _________ is the portion of the eye concerned with image formation

7. Nearsightedness is more properly called_____________.

8. Farsightedness is called ______________

9. ______________ is a gradual clouding of the lens which happens with aging.

10. ____________ is and increased in the pressure of the eye that comes from a blockage
of the canal that drains the eye.

11. Pupils dilate, suspensory ligaments become taut, lenses become less convex when a
person looks at a ___________ object.

12. The main function of the rod cell is vision is _________ light.

13. The main functions of cone cells are __________ vision

14. The ________ is the vascular light-absorbing tunic part of the eye

15. The cortical region for hearing is the ______________ lobe.

16. The ____________ is the muscular structure that manipulates the lens

17. The _________ controls the amount of light entering the eye

18. Sensory impulses are transmitted over the facial, glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves
are involved in the sensation of ____________.

19. A Blood rich nutritive tunic that contains a dark pigment is the ____________.

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20. Lacrimal canals, nasolacrimal ducts, nasal cavity best describes a normal route for the
flow of ________ from the eyes into the nasal cavity

21. Lack of one type of cone cell is called ______________.

22. The region of the tongue with the greatest sensitivity to bitter tastes is the_______,
sour is the ____________, sweet is the ___________ and salty is the _________.

23. The __________ component found in tears is produced by meibomian glands.

24. The optic nerve leaves and enters the eye at the ____________.

25. The ______________ muscles depresses the eye and moves it laterally.

26. Pink eye is caused by a bacterial infection of the ______________.

27. The white of the eye is the ____________

28. Color receptors with in the retina are sensitive to what 3 wave length of visible light.

29. Greatest visual acuity is found at the __________________.

30. _______________ is normal vision

31. ______________ is another name for the eyelid

32. _____________ is the point at which accommodation is no longer necessary.

33. Olfactory cells and taste buds are normally stimulated by substances in
______________.

BE ABLE TO LABEL THE FOLLOWING DIAGRAMS ON YOUR ANSWER

SHEET; EYE, EAR, TOUNGE

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 Tongue

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 EYE

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 ANSWERS TO REVIEW SPECIAL SENSES

1. AUDITORY
2. PINNA
3. ORGAN OF CORTI
4. TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
5. OLFACTORY
6. RETINA
7. MYOPOPIA
8. hyperopia
9. CATARACTS
10. GLAUCOMA
11. DISTANT
12. DIM
13. color
14. CHOROID
15. TEMPORAL
16. CILLARY BODY
17. IRIS
18. TASTE
19. CHOROID
20. TEARS
21. COLORBLINDNESS
22. BACK
23. OIL
24. BLIND SPOT
25. SUPERIOR OBLIQUE
26. CONJUNCTIVA
27. SCLERA
28. RED,BLUE, AND GREEN
29. FOVEA CENTRALIS
30. EMMETROPIA
31. PALEBRA
32. FARPOINT
33. SOLUTION

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