a&p ch11

sight, hearing , and balance taste smell

heat, cold pain nausea hunger thirst  and touch

• chemoreceptor
• photoreceptor
• thermoreceptor
• mechanoreceptor

covers the exposed part of the eye

glands that produce tears

• sclera
• choroid
• retina

white outermost layer

the clear anterior portion of the eye that allows light to enter the eye

contains the capillaries that nourish the eye

contains the visual receptors for the eye

• rods
• cones

black and white vision

color vision

cones of vision for color and is the area of the eye with the greatest visual clarity

filled with aqueous hunos

filled with vitreous humus

• occulomotor nerve
• trochlear nerve
• abducens nerve

inflammation of the conjunctiva aka pinkeye

lens loses its flexibility and transparency

increased pressure of fluids of the eye

farsightedness

nearsightedness

tympanic membrane

• malleus
• incus
• stapes

equalize air pressure

• cochlea
• vestibule
• semicircular canals

hearing, organs of corti

static equilibrium called macula

dynamic equilibruim

vestibulocolar