anatomy & physiology
Anatomy and Physiology Tenth Edition by Patton
Chapter 24
Special senses
Instructions
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Quick Check
1. List the special senses.
2. Discuss how a receptor potential is generated in olfactory cells.
3. Discuss how a receptor potential is generated in gustatory cells.
4. Trace the path of a nervous impulse carrying (1) olfactory and (2) gustatory sense information form its point of origin to that area of the brain where interpretation occurs.
5. List the five “primary” taste sensations.
6. Locate on the tongue where taste buds are detected.
7. List the three anatomical divisions of the ear
8. Identify the three auditory ossicles
9. Name the divisions of both the membranous and bony labyrinths
10. Name the specific sense organ responsible for hearing
11. Name the layers, or coats, of the eyeball
12. Identify the layers of the retina
13. Name the four processes that function to focus a clear image on the retina
14. Outline the steps of the rhodopsin cycle
Review questions
1. Define vertigo. How is vertigo treated?
2. Name two involuntary muscles in the eye. Explain their functions.
Critical thinking questions
1.Describe the neural pathways for taste and smell. What would be most likely to stimulate a memory: the taste of apple pie of the smell of apple pie? Defend your answer.
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