Special senses
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- Lateral Rectus
- Moves eye laterally
- Medial Rectus
- Moves eye medially
- Superior Rectus
- Elevates eye
- Inferior Rectus
- Depresses eye
- Inferior oblique
- Elevates eye and turns it laterally
- Superior Oblique
- Depresses eye and turns it laterally
- Conjunctiva
- Thin protective mucous membrane lining they eyelids and anterior surface of eyeball
- Pinna (Auricle)
- The outer ear
- Ceruminous Glands
- Secrete a waxy yellow substance called earwax
- Tympanic Cavity
- Small air-filled cavity within the temporal bone
- Ossicles
- Transmit the vibratory motion of the eardrum to the fluids of the inner ear
- Osseous
- Bony labyrinth located deep within temporal bone
- Cochlea
- The three subdivisions of the bony labyrinth
- Perilymph
- Plasma-like fluid that fills the bony labyrinth
- Membranous Labyrinth
- Suspended in the perilymph
- Chemoreceptors
- classification of the receptors for taste and olfaction
- Olfactory receptors
- Receptors for the sense of smell
- Taste buds
- Receptors for the sense of taste
- Papillae
- small peglike projections that cover dorsal tongue surface
- Presbyopia
- Decreasing lens elasticity that accompanies aging ("old vision")
- Presbycusis
- Type of sensorineural deafness
- Gustatory Cells
- Surrounded by supporting cels in the taste bud
- Gustatory Hairs
- Long Microvilli protrude through the taste pore
- Cranial nerves
- Glossopharyngeal and Vagus
- Glossopharyngeal and Vagus
- Respectively serve the other taste bud-containing areas