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This document is about sensation and movement including topics such as: stimulus, sensory reception, sensory transduction, signal transduction pathway, sensory adaptation, human ear, vertebrate eye, muscle organisation, contraction muscle fibers, sarcomeres, myosin and actin, action potential, muscle structure, Ca2+ ions, T-tubule, sarcoplasmic reticulum, sliding filament model, etc.

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Chapter 50 Sensation and Movement in Animals

Sensory reception vocabulary




Sensory reception and response

, The human ear




The vertebrate eye




Fovea: the region of the eye where photoreceptors are most highly concentrated.
Sclera: name is given to the tough layer that forms the "white" of the eye
Lens: changes shape to focus light on the retina.
Pupil: name is given to the opening that allows light into the interior of the eye. The opening
through which light initially passes

The retinal molecule changes shape when it absorbs light
Blind spot (vertebrates): region of the retina that contains no photoreceptors.

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