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Objectives:
At the end of the class, the student should be able to:
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1. Vision
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The rods and cones of the eye are able to convert light
into neural impulses because they contain light-sensitive
photopigments, chemicals that are activated by light energy.
When a rod is not receiving light input, its photopigment
molecules are stable. However, when light strikes the rod,
this incoming light energy splits the photopigments apart. As
the photopigments break up, they set off a complex chain of
chemical reactions that change the rate at which the neurons
of the visual system fire action potentials.
Optic Nerve. This is the structure that conveys visual
information away from the retina to the brain. With no rods and
cones in this spot, each of our eyes has a blind spot, which is a
point in our visual field that we cannot see.
Fovea. This is the point of highest visual acuity; cones
are concentrated here.
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F. Audition
Pinna -The very outside of the outer ear. The pinna acts
as a funnel to gather sound waves.
2. Middle Ear – part of the ear behind the eardrum and in front
of the oval window, including the hammer, anvil and stirrup.
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end. The inside of the tube contains a fluid-filled canal called the
cochlear duct.
Round Window is a membrane that relieves pressure
from the vibrating waves in the cochlear fluid.
Organ of Corti refers to the sensory receptor in the
cochlea that transduces sound waves into coded neural impulses.
Basilar membrane. is the structure in the cochlear duct
that contains the hair cells, which convert sound waves into
action potentials.
Hair Cells are neurons that grow out of the basilar
membrane and convert sound waves into action potentials.
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L. Tactile
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Q. Depth Perception
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References:
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