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Introduction
Special senses
Sensory receptors located in head
Nose – smell
Tongue – taste
Eyes – vision
Ears – hearing and equilibrium
Touch is a generalized sense
Stimulus nervous system brain response
Chemicals must be
dissolved in mucus
Very
Good!
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Tongue
Tongue
Tongue
Back
Activation of Cranial
taste cells nerves
structures
Back
Laterally
Medially
Image upside
Image turned
down on retina
right-side up
Retina converts Occipital
light to nerve Optic Optic lobe of
impulse nerve chiasm cerebrum
Nice job!
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Vision Testing
Professionals include
Ophthalmologist – medical doctor who is an eye
specialist
Reyeght
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Cochlea
Hearing receptors
Organ of Corti – organ of hearing
Ear
Hearing Loss
Symptom of a disease, not a normal part of aging
Conductive hearing loss Sensorineural hearing loss
Interruption in Sound waves not perceived
transmission to inner ear by brain as sound
Causes Causes
Obstruction of ear canal Hereditary
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