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- 6. Endings that respond to stretching skin
- 7. Ballistic movement of the eyes from one fixation point to another
- 10. Mild pain causes the release of this neurotransmitter
- 11. Small rounded projections on the tongue
- 13. Ganglion cells that only respond to one single cone allowing for precise vision
- 14. A theory that we perceive color through the relative rates by three kinds of cones
- 19. Not one sense, but many
- 21. Taste that comes from foods with stronger more earthy flavors
- 23. Involved in peripheral and night vision
- 25. Perception of the frequency of a sound wave
- 27. Contains three fluid filled tunnels
- 28. Theory that we perceive certain pitches when the entire basilar membrane vibrates
- 29. Nerves that project to the nucleus of the tractus solitarius in the medulla
- 34. A protein substance that causes inflammation
- 35. Taste that comes from higher acidic foods
- 36. Adjusts in order to focus the pupil
- 37. Eight percent are red-green color blind
- 38. Impaired ability to recognize or identify faces
- 39. The intensity of a sound wave
- 40. Cells of the tongue are taste receptors
- 42. Self created
- 43. Tympanic membrane
- 45. A small area in the retina that aids in detailed vision processing
- 47. Pathway that helps us detect certain sounds
- 48. Senses that include hearing, touch, pain, and vestibular sensation
- 50. Expectation of harm actually causing feelings of pain and discomfort
- 52. Reduce pain and increase itch
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- 1. Gives the eyes their color
- 2. Light enters it
- 3. Pathway which helps us determine where sounds originate in our enviornment
- 4. cells Send messages to ganglion cells
- 5. An area of the skin connected to a particular spinal nerve
- 7. Have the largest amount of papillae near the tip of the tongue
- 8. The sense of smell
- 9. Decreased response to a stimulus as a result of recent exposure to it
- 12. A response to tissue damage due to release of histamine
- 15. The ability to respond in some way to visual information after extensive damage to area v1
- 16. Neurons that respond to many types of stimuli
- 17. Neurons that respond best to moving stimuli
- 18. Neurons that respond best to visual details and color
- 20. A theory that the cortex compares the responses from different parts of the retina to determine the brightness of color
- 22. The combination of taste and smell
- 24. Cells in the eye that send inhibitory messages which stop the retina from sending messages to the brain that are unnecessary at a given moment
- 26. Rear surface of the eye
- 29. Nonadjustable focuses pupil
- 30. Chemical that releases energy when struck by light
- 31. Theory that the spinal cord receives messages from pain receptors, and input from touch receptors and from axons descending from the brain
- 32. A structure of flesh and cartilage attached to the side of the head
- 33. The sense that detects the direction of the tilt and amount of acceleration of the head
- 38. Chemicals released by an animal that effect the behavior of the other members of the same species
- 41. Determined by the number of firing cells
- 44. Blindness that impairs the ability to perceive the direction or speed of movement
- 46. Merkel's disks respond to light
- 49. Cells that are the auditory receptor cells
- 51. Involved in visual acuity and color vision
- 53. Experience evoked by a harmful stimulus