Vocab Chapter 6 (21-40)

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Across
  1. 1. a tiny pit located in the macula of the retina that provides the clearest vision of all
  2. 7. happens when sounds cannot get through the outer and middle ear
  3. 11. receptor cells that help us see fine details of things and tend to help us see in situations where there is light or daylight
  4. 12. the formal phrase for hearing
  5. 13. theory that sounds of different frequencies stimulate different places along the basilar membrane and that pitch is coded by the place of maximal stimulation
  6. 14. the number of repetitions of a periodic waveform in a given unit of time
  7. 16. information processing in which two or more sequences of operations are carried out simultaneously by independent processors
  8. 18. a membrane-lined cavity in the temporal bone of the skull
  9. 19. receptors in the eye which detect movement
Down
  1. 1. theory specifying that pitch is coded by the rate at which action potentials are generated by auditory neurons within the basilar membrane of the ear.
  2. 2. the subjective attribute that permits sounds to be ordered on a musical scale
  3. 3. the bony fluid-filled part of the inner ear that is concerned with hearing
  4. 4. adjustment or modification
  5. 5. Spot in vision, the area of the monocular visual field in which stimulation cannot be perceived because the image falls on the site of the optic disk in the eye.
  6. 6. any of various hypothetical or actual mechanisms within the human information-processing system that respond selectively to specific distinguishing features
  7. 8. the part of the ear that comprises the bony and membranous labyrinths and contains the sense organs responsible for hearing and balance
  8. 9. (a.k.a Young-Helmhotz trichromatic theory)- states that within your eye are tiny cells that can receive waves of light and translate them into one of three colors: blue, green, and red
  9. 10. theory that explains how the cones connect to the ganglion cells and how opposing cells are excited or inhibited by certain wavelengths of light.
  10. 15. the second cranial nerve, which carries the axons of retinal ganglion cells and extends from the retina to the optic chiasm
  11. 17. happens when there is damage in your inner ear. Audiologists can help if you have this type of hearing loss