The Senses
Across
- 1. sensitive to presence of certain chemicals
- 4. the sense organ of taste
- 5. sensitive to change in intensity or color of light
- 7. far sightedness of old age
- 8. increased pressure in the eye
- 10. sense of smell
- 13. a sore throat spread to the ear causing an ear infection
- 15. these cells generate the nervous impulses ultimately interpreted by the brain as taste
- 16. transparent circle on fibrous layer
- 19. hearing loss caused by nerve impairment common in the elderly
- 21. sense of gravity
- 22. makes up most of the vascular layer
- 23. sensitive to change in temperature
- 25. mucus membrane that lines the eyelids
- 26. makes up the inner most part of the eye
Down
- 2. sensitive to physical injury
- 3. sensitive to mechanical stimuli that change their position or shape
- 6. sense of motion
- 9. tube connects the throat with the middle ear
- 11. distinguish between different colors but only in light
- 12. lens become milky during UV exposure
- 14. colored structure of the eye
- 17. used to see in dim and dark light
- 18. white of the eye
- 20. vibration waves that travel through the fluid of the inner ear
- 24. black center of the iris