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Sensory system-Body Structureand function

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A specialized area of the sensory neuron that detects a specific stimulus receptor
The five types of sensory receptors chemoreceptors, pain receptors, thermoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, photoreceptors
What are the 4 components involved in the perception of a sensation stimulus, receptor, sensory nerve, special area of the brain
The process by which the brain, after receiving a sensation, refers that sensation back to its source projection
the sense of orientation or position proprioception
Gustatory sense sense of taste
Nearsightedness myopia
farsightedness hyperopia
The 3 parts of the ear external, middle ear, and inner ear
The inner ear structure concerned with hearing cochlea
The four basic taste sensations sweet, salty, sour, and bitter
The muscle of the eye that controls the size of the pupil intrinsic eye muscle
the cranial nerve II optic nerve
the two characteistics of sensation projection and adaptation
type of receptors for touch and pressure mechanoreceptors
Receptor for heat and cold thermoreceptors
The receptors for balance mechanoreceptors
The middle ear has a passageway connecting it to the pharynx or throat eustachian tube
The photoreceptors for color vision cones
The photoreceptors for night vision rods
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