Across
- 3. a condition that may result from damage to the inferior temporal cortex
- 4. perceived by the otoliths falling onto hair cells in the direction that the body is tilted
- 7. failure of the bones of the middle ear to transmit sound waves property to the cochlea
- 8. a drug that has no pharmacological effects, but often relieves pain due to the power of believe
- 9. auditory receptor cells
- 12. 3 types of cones and each respond to certain wavelengths
- 13. abundant in the periphery of the retina
- 14. respond to light touch
- 15. what covers the taste receptors
- 17. expectation of harm actually causes a person feelings of pain, discomfort, or sickness
- 18. a condition where they cannot identify faces
- 21. where visual information is processed
- 22. the combination of taste and smell
- 23. where auditory information is processed
- 28. savory taste associated with the amino acid gluatamate
- 29. found primarily in the fovea
- 30. when receptors of a sensory system respond to a wide range of stimuli and contribute to the perception of each of them
- 34. top of the nasal cavity
- 35. damage to the cochlea, hair cells, or auditory nerve that causes a permanent impairment in hearing in one to all ranges of frequencies
- 37. sense of smell
- 38. perceived by the jelly-like substance in the semicircular canals pushing against hair cells
- 39. where the optic nerve sends information from the right eye to the left hemisphere and info from the left eye to the right hemisphere
- 40. when certain pitches are perceived because the entire basilar membrane vibrates in synchrony with a sound
- 41. for low frequency sounds the apex of the basilar membrane vibrates in synchrony with the sound wave
- 42. includes the pinna
- 43. detects the direction of tilt and amount of acceleration of the head
- 45. respond to temperature and pain
- 47. respond to stretching of the skin
- 51. frequent or constant ringing in the ear
- 52. eardrum
- 56. an opening in the center of the eye in which light enters
- 57. a reduced response to one stimulus because of exposure to another
- 59. opiates that reduce pain by inhibiting substance p, self-created
- 60. contains three fluid-filled tunnels
- 61. what vibrates after the hammer, anvil, and stirrup are vibrating
- 62. number of compressions per second of a sound, measured in hertz
- 63. structures located within the grooves of the papillae
Down
- 1. chemicals released by an animal that affect the behavior of other members of the same species, especially sexually
- 2. whatever excites a particular type of nerve generates a special energy unique to that nerve
- 5. drugs such as morphine that block dull, prolonged pain
- 6. rear surface of the eye, which is lined with visual receptor cells
- 10. perception of the intensity of a sound wave
- 11. a set of receptors located near, but separate from, the olfactory receptors
- 16. a band of tissue that gives eyes their color
- 19. a blurring of vision for lines in one direction
- 20. intensity of a sound wave
- 24. a limited area of the body where each sensory spinal nerve connects to
- 25. structure that exists within the cochlea
- 26. respond to movement of hairs
- 27. when each receptor responds to only a small range of stimuli
- 31. we perceive color in terms of pair opposites
- 32. detects sudden displacements or high frequency vibrations
- 33. perception of the frequency of a sound wave
- 36. compression of air, water, or another medium
- 44. decreased respone to a stimulus as a result of recent exposure to it
- 46. the cortex compares the responses from different parts of the retina to determine the brightness of color
- 48. primary taste cortex
- 49. when the spinal cord receives messages from pain receptors, but also input touch receptors and axons descending from the brain
- 50. when each area along the basilar membrane of the cochlea can only respond to a specific frequency
- 53. coolest taste test ever
- 54. the point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye, because it has no visual receptors
- 55. tone deafness, a person cannot detect small changes in frequency
- 58. a structure of flesh and cartilage attached to the side of the head