Chapter 15: Special Senses

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accommodation

amplification

amplitude

ampulla

anatomical plane

angular acceleration

apex

astigmatism

audition

auditory ossicle

auditory tube

auricle

balance

base

basilar membrane

bipolar layer

bipolar neuron

bitter

bony labyrinth

cerebrospinal fluid

ceruminous gland

chemoreceptor

ciliary muscle

cis retinal

cochlea

cochlear duct

cochlear nerve

cone

convergence

cornea

cribriform plate

crista ampullaris

cupula

dendrite

depolarization

dilate

dilator pupillae

dynamic balance

electromagnetic spectrum

emmetropia

endolymph

ethmoid bone

Eustachian tube

external auditory meatus

eyeball

facial nerve

far point of vision

filiform

focus

foliate

fovea centralis

frequency

fungiform

ganglionic cell

gelatinous mass

glossopharyngeal nerve

glutamate

G-protein

gustation

gustatory hair

gustatory pore

hair cell

helicotrema

hyperopia

hyperpolarization

image

incus

inhibitory postsynaptic potential

inner ear

intensity

lens

ligand-gated channel

light

linear acceleration

loudness

macula

malleus

mastoid sinus

medial rotation

melanin

membranous labyrinth

microvillus

middle ear

myopia

near point of vision

neurotransmitter

odorant

olfaction

olfactory bulb

olfactory cilia

olfactory cortex

olfactory epithelium

olfactory hair

olfactory nerve

olfactory neuron

olfactory tract

opsin

organ of Corti

osseous labyrinth

otoliths

outer ear

oval window

papilla

perilymph

periosteum

photoreceptor

pigmented retina

pinna

pitch

presbyopia

pressure wave

pupil

reflect

refract

refractive index

resonance

resonant frequency

retina

retinal

rhodopsin

rod

round window

saccule

saliva

salty

scala tympani

scala vestibuli

semicircular canals

sensory retina

sour

special sense

sphericity

sphincter pupillae

spiral organ

stapedius

stapes

static balance

stationary position

suspensory ligament

sweet

tastant

taste

taste bud

taste cell

tectorial membrane

temporal lobe

tensor tympani

timbre

trans retinal

transducin

tympanic membrane

umami

utricle

vallate

vestibular membrane

vestibule

vestibulocochlear nerve

vision

vitamin A

wavelength