Chapter 31 Sec 3 The Peripheral Nervous System & Sec 4 The Senses
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- 2. fluid-filled part of inner ear; contains nerve cells that detect sound
- 5. the sensory receptor, sensory neuron, motor neuron, and effector that are involved in a quick response to a stimulus
- 8. part of the peripheral nervous system that regulates activities that are involuntary, or not under conscious control
- 9. small opening in the iris that admits light into the eye
- 10. innermost layer of the eye; contains photoreceptors
- 11. tough transparent layer of the eye through which light enters
- 12. photoreceptor in the eyes that is sensitive to light but can’t distinguish color
- 13. colored part of the eye
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- 1. sense organs that detect taste
- 3. one of three structures in the inner ear that monitor the position of the body in relation to gravity
- 4. in the eye, photoreceptor that responds to light of different colors, producing color vision
- 6. structure in the eye that focuses light rays on the retina
- 7. part of the peripheral nervous system that carries signals to and from skeletal muscles