Anatomy Ch 8 - Special senses

Smell, Taste, Sight, Hearing, and Equilibrium are all a part of what?

• normal senses

• special senses

• sensory receptors

• nerve fibers

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Large Complex sensory organs

• eyelids and conjunctiva

• olfactory epithelium

• taste buds

• eye and ear

Localized clusters of receptors

• Taste Buds

• Olfactory Epithelium

• Eyes

• Ears

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What percent of all sensory receptors are in the eyes?

• 20

• 25

• 70

• 50

Each eye has how many nerve fibers that carry info to the brain?

• 1000

• over 1 million

• under 1 million

• 200

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Extrinsic eye muscles, eyelids, conjunctiva, and the lacrimal apparatus are all part of what?

• Facial Structures

• Internal structures

• Special Senses

• Accessory Structures

Meet at the medial and lateral commissure (canthus)

• Eyelids

• Eyelashes

• Conjunctiva

Tarsal glands produce an oily secretion that lubricates the eye; Ciliary glands are located between these

• Eyelids

• Eyelashes

• Conjunctiva

Membrane that lines the eyelids and eyeball

• Eyelids

• Eyelashes

• Conjunctiva

_____ : Produces _____ and is situated on lateral end of each eye

• Lacrimal gland; Lacrimal fluid (tears)

• Lacrimal fluid (tears); Lacrimal gland

• Lacrimal Canaliculi; Lacrimal fluid (tears)

• Lacrimal sac; Lacrimal gland