The Senses

Be able to identify the human senses and classify them as general or special

Define sensation

Define receptive field

Define receptor specificity. Support with an example

Distinguish a tonic receptor with a phasic receptor

Define adaptation. Support with an example

Identify three sensory limitations fir humans

Identify characteristics of: nociceptors, thermoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, and chemoreceptors

Identify three stimuli that nociceptors respond to

Define referred pain. Support with an example

Define phantom pain. Support with an example

identify types of tactile receptors in the skin and identify what stimulates them

Identify the anatomy of olfaction

Identify the physiology of olfaction

Identify the anatomy of gustation

Identify the physiology of gustation

Identify the cranial nerves involved with a human’s special senses

Identify the anatomy of audition and equilibrium

Describe how audition occurs

What is the Eustachian tube and what is its function

Identify the anatomy of the eye

Describe the physiology of vision

Compare and contrast rods and cones

Define: fovea, macula lutea, blind spot, optic chiasm

Be familiar with the disorders discussed in class

Know diagrams!!!!!!!!!!!!

Identify the lacrimal apparatus from lacrimal gland to nasolacrimal duct

Identify the four major tastes humans can distinguish