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5 Senses

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Sensation   Physical intake of information, sensory info, physiological/ physical, intake  
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Perception   Mental organizations and interpretations of sensation, neural signals, psychological/ mental  
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Photoreceptors   Light sensitive cells located on retina that convert light energy into neural impulses  
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Retina   Inner surface back of eyeball contains sensory receptors that transduce light into neural signals  
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Fovea   Center of reinta, cone are densely packed  
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Cornea   Thick, transparent outer layer  
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Lens   Light bent inward and focus to form an image  
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Visual process   Begins with electrical signals by sensory in retina  
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Photopigments   Protein molecules that become unstable and split aprat when exposed to light  
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Iris   Smooth circular muscle surrounding the pupil (where light enters the eye)  
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Rods   - Rod- shaped - Night vision - 120 mil. rods - Located throughot retina - Low acuity - High sensitivity - Does not detect color  
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Rods are everywhere except?   In fovea  
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Cones   - Cone - shaped - Daytime vision - Color - 6 mil. - Concentrated in fovea - High acuity - Low sensitivity to light  
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Basic taste sensations   Process salty, sweet, sour, bitter, and umani (savory flavor)  
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Taste buds   Sensory organs in the mouth that contain the receptors for taste  
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Where is audition first processed?   Hair cells in cochlea  
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Where is vision first processed?   Rods and cones  
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Where is smell first processed?   Olfactory mucous neurons  
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Where is taste first processed?   Receptor cells on tongue (taste buds)  
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Where is touch first processed?   End of receptor neurons in skin  
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Audition   Hearing; sense of sound perception  
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Sound wave   Pattern of changes in air pressure during period of time; it produces the perception of a sound  
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Amplitude   Determines a sounds loudness in decibels  
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Frequency   Determines the pitch of a sound; measured in Hertz (Hz) Number of wave peaks per minute  
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Eardrum   Thin membrane that makes the beginning middle ear; sound waves cause it to vibrate  
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Vestibular sense   - Perception of balance - Determined by receptors in inner ear - Carsickness  
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Fast Fibers   For sharp, immediate pain  
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Slow fibers   For chronic, dull, steady pain  
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Trichromatic theory   Color vision results from activity in three types of cones  
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Blue- violet light   Cones is most sensitive to short wave lengths  
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Yellow- green light   Most sensitive to medium wavelengths  
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Red- orange light   Most sensitive to long wavelengths  
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Which color is perceived in both long and medium wavelengths?   Yellow is perceived in long (red) and medium (green) wave lengths  
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Tactile stimulation   Pressure, temperature, pain  
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Temporal coding   Mechanisms for encoding low- frequency auditory stimuli which firing rates of cochlea hair cells match frequency of sound wave  
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Only sense that bypasses the thalamus   Smell  
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