Across
- 2. Dizzy feeling where you and your surroundings spin due to a problem in your inner ear. Can be caused by a medical condition, stress, or labyrinth disturbing activities
- 6. Awareness of position and movement of parts of the body using sensory organs. Helps with muscle memory and coordination
- 8. Helps maintain balance while sitting, standing, walking, etc
- 10. Allows us to judge how close objects are and how quickly they are coming
- 11. Contains the organs of balance
- 13. Perception of balance is based on sensory receptors in: the inner ear, muscles, joints, and _______
Down
- 1. System responsible for detecting head motion and maintaining balance. Consists of three semicircular canals and two otolith receptors
- 3. The result of our brain and senses working together keeps our bodies stable through our inner eye. Helps us stay upright and not feel dizzy
- 4. knowing where body parts are and why/how they are moving due to sensors in your muscles, tendons, joints, and inner ear. Helps your stay balanced and aware of position
- 5. After movements are turned into signals, signals go through brain areas called the vestibular nuclei and ______ for processing
- 7. Balance is a composition of _________, proprioceptive, and vestibular information
- 9. Sickness Feeling sick and/or dizzy due to irregular motion disturbing the sense of balance maintained in the inner ear. Feelings of queasy, dizzy, and nausea
- 12. Different parts of the body have ______ cells that turn movements into signals within your brain