Chp 16 Smart book

The sclera _____

Is made of dense connective tissue Provides for eye shape

Olfactory receptors _____

Perceive odors

The area that a receptor cell gathers information from is called a ____£

Receptor field

What structure is the "white" of the eye?

Sclera

Gestation is the sense of

Taste

A feature common to all receptors is _____

ability to respond to a stimulus

Receptors of the human body convert stimulus energy into _____

an electrical signal

Which cavity of the eyeball is divided into an anterior and posterior chamber?

anterior cavity

What chamber is between the iris and the cornea?

anterior chamber

Gustatory cells are _____

chemoreceptors

What is the largest structure of the vascular tunic?

choroid

What structure is filled with pigment from melanocytes?

choroid

The iris is continuous with the _____

ciliary body

The limbus is the junction between the sclera and the _____

cornea

Which are a part of the fibrous tunic?

cornea and sclera

The outmost layer of the eye is called the _____ tunic.

fibrous

What structure is the dividing line between the anterior and posterior chambers?

iris

Tactile receptors are a type of _____

mechanoreceptor

If stimulated over a period of time, ________ receptors lose sensitivity over time.

phasic

What type of receptor can undergo adaptation?

phasic

Most of the eye is _____ the orbit of the skull.

receded into

Some individuals experience pain in their left shoulder during a heart attack. This is an example of _____

referred pain

_____ occurs when impulses from an organ are perceived as originating from the skin.

referred pain

Which part of the eye is an attachment site for extrinsic eye muscles?

sclera

Receptors for general senses are usually _____

simple in structure

Receptors for general senses are distributed throughout the _____ and viscera

skin

Localization and sensitivity are easily determined in a ______ receptive field.

small

Taste buds are found on the tongue and _____

soft palate

Mechanoreceptors located in the skin and mucous membranes are called _____ receptors.

tactile

Which are the characteristics of the cornea?

transparent and avascular

The vascular tunic of the eye is also called the _____

uvea