Nerves and Senses study guide
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1. What changes the shape of the lens? ciliary body (muscle)
2. Where are oxytocin and anti diuretic hormones Hypothalamus
produced ?
3. What transmits impulses from the retina to the optic nerve
brain and is formed by ganglion neurons?
4. What part of the brain coordinates movement? cerebellum
5. What permits air to enter or leave the middle Eustachian tube (auditory tube)
ear?
6. What are the four cavities in the brain called? ventricles (2 lateral ventricles, the
third ventricle and the fourth ventri-
cle)
7. What helps hold the retina in place? vitreous humor
8. What part of the brain regulates temperature hypothalamus
and eating?
9. What connects the cerebral hemisphere? corpus callosum
10. What regulates visual and auditory reflexes? midbrain
11. What suppresses unimportant sensations? thalamus
12. What part of the ear is the first to vibrate in tympanic membrane
response to sound waves?
13. What part of a sensory pathway do we actually sensory areas
feel sensation in?
14. eardrum
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What part of the ear transmits vibrations to the
malleus?
15. What visual change do most individuals experi- Presbyopia
ence as they age?
16. Where does the spinal cord end inferiorly? conus medullaris
17. Where does the spinal cord end superiorly? foreman magnum
18. Where are the receptors for thirst? What do the Hypothalamus and detects change in
receptors detect? body water
19. ________ is the feeling if a sensation in the area Projection
of the stimulated response.
20. What receptors in the retina detects light? Rods
21. What receptors in the retina detect color? cones
22. What part of the ear contains the receptors for cochlea
hearing?
23. What fluid in the eye nourishes the lens and aqueous humor
cornea?
24. What part of the eye contains receptors for retina
vision?
25. What pair of cranial nerves allow us to taste? glossopharyngeal and facial
26. What are the meningeal layers beginning with Outer- dura mater - lines the skull and
the outer most layer in order? vertebral canal
Middle- arachnoid membrane - made
of web like strands of connective tis-
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_jpndxn
1. What changes the shape of the lens? ciliary body (muscle)
2. Where are oxytocin and anti diuretic hormones Hypothalamus
produced ?
3. What transmits impulses from the retina to the optic nerve
brain and is formed by ganglion neurons?
4. What part of the brain coordinates movement? cerebellum
5. What permits air to enter or leave the middle Eustachian tube (auditory tube)
ear?
6. What are the four cavities in the brain called? ventricles (2 lateral ventricles, the
third ventricle and the fourth ventri-
cle)
7. What helps hold the retina in place? vitreous humor
8. What part of the brain regulates temperature hypothalamus
and eating?
9. What connects the cerebral hemisphere? corpus callosum
10. What regulates visual and auditory reflexes? midbrain
11. What suppresses unimportant sensations? thalamus
12. What part of the ear is the first to vibrate in tympanic membrane
response to sound waves?
13. What part of a sensory pathway do we actually sensory areas
feel sensation in?
14. eardrum
1/7
, Nerves and Senses study guide
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_jpndxn
What part of the ear transmits vibrations to the
malleus?
15. What visual change do most individuals experi- Presbyopia
ence as they age?
16. Where does the spinal cord end inferiorly? conus medullaris
17. Where does the spinal cord end superiorly? foreman magnum
18. Where are the receptors for thirst? What do the Hypothalamus and detects change in
receptors detect? body water
19. ________ is the feeling if a sensation in the area Projection
of the stimulated response.
20. What receptors in the retina detects light? Rods
21. What receptors in the retina detect color? cones
22. What part of the ear contains the receptors for cochlea
hearing?
23. What fluid in the eye nourishes the lens and aqueous humor
cornea?
24. What part of the eye contains receptors for retina
vision?
25. What pair of cranial nerves allow us to taste? glossopharyngeal and facial
26. What are the meningeal layers beginning with Outer- dura mater - lines the skull and
the outer most layer in order? vertebral canal
Middle- arachnoid membrane - made
of web like strands of connective tis-
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