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Galena Park High School

A&P. Galena Park High School. Special Senses. Instructor: Terry E. Jones. A&P. Galena Park High School. I. Function. A . Sensory 1. Provide a continuous flow of data for the brain to interpret 2. Vital in maintaining homeostasis. A&P. Galena Park High School.

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Galena Park High School

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  1. A&P Galena Park High School Special Senses Instructor: Terry E. Jones

  2. A&P Galena Park High School I. Function A. Sensory 1. Provide a continuous flow of data for the brain to interpret 2. Vital in maintaining homeostasis

  3. A&P Galena Park High School II. The Senses Vision Hearing Smell Touch Taste Balance

  4. A&P Galena Park High School III. Vision Facts 1. 70%of all sensory receptors are used for vision 2. Nerve tract to the optic center have over a million fibers

  5. A&P Galena Park High School 3. Eyes need the most “learning” in their development 4. Eyes can be fooled into seeing things that are not what they appear to be 5. Most humans are visual learners first.

  6. A&P Galena Park High School External Structure 1. Eyelids a. Covers eyes to keep objects out b. Keeps moisture in 2. Eyelashes – a. Protects the eye from debris b. Ciliary sweat glands are between the eyelashes

  7. A&P Galena Park High School 3. Meibomian glands a. Secrete and oily substance to lubricate the eye b. Located at the edges of the eyelids

  8. A&P Galena Park High School 4. Lacrimal Glands a. Secrete slightly salty tears to moisturize and kill bacteria b. Lacrimal canals collect tears and send them to the nasal cavity c. Excess tear production causes tears to flow out of the eys.

  9. A&P Galena Park High School 5. External Homeostasis a. Cojnuctivitis –Inflammation of the linings of the eyelids b. Pinkeye – Common bacterial infection of the conjunctivitis. Eye turns pinkish

  10. A&P Galena Park High School C. Internal Structures 1. Eyeball-Hollow sphere a. Filled with fluid called humors b. Has three tunics or layers 1. Outer tunic – Sclera a. The white area of the eye b. Cornea –clear tissue in front

  11. A&P Galena Park High School 2. Middle Tunic - Choroid a. Holds the lens and iris in place b. Controls how much light gets in 3. Inner Tunic - Retina a. Contains the photoreceptors b. Rods - most on sides, helps us see gray tones and at night c. Cones – help us see colors

  12. A&P Galena Park High School 2. Optic Nerve a. One mass of fibers in each eye b. There are no photoreceptors where they are attached c. Gives a blind spot in each eye, but because they are not in the center our eyes cover in the blank areas.

  13. A&P Galena Park High School 3. Homeostasis of the Eye a. Color Blindness 1. Certain color cones are absent 2. Sex linked genetic trait 3. Effects men more than women 4. People learn to compensate

  14. A&P Galena Park High School b. Cataracts 1. Effect the lens 2. Lens gets thick and inflexible 3. Causes a hazy view of things 4. Cure is a lens transplant

  15. A&P Galena Park High School c. Glaucoma 1. Liquid part of the eye does not circulate properly 2. Pressure builds in eye crushing the retina and optic nerve 3. Causes blindness

  16. A&P Galena Park High School d. Macular Degeneration 1. Build up debris or growth of blood vessels between the choroid tunic and the retina 2. Causes detachment of the retina and blindness 3. Treated with lasers and medicine

  17. A&P Galena Park High School f. Nearsightedness 1. Things close are in focus 2. Far things out of focus because rays of light are focused in front of the retina 3. Correction is a concave lens in glasses

  18. A&P Galena Park High School g. Farsightedness 1. Things far are in focus 2. Close things out of focus because rays of light are focused behind the retina. 3. Correction is a convex lens in glasses

  19. A&P Galena Park High School IV. Hearing and Balance A. Outer Ear 1. Pinna – a. Ear on outside of head b. Collects sound waves 2. External Auditory Canal a. 1” long and ¼” wide b. Secretes ear wax

  20. A&P Galena Park High School 3. Tympanic Membrane a. Also called ear drum b. Sound waves vibrate the ear drum c. Ear drum separates outer and middle ears

  21. A&P Galena Park High School B. Middle Ear a. Also called the auditory cavity b. Connected to back of throat by the auditory tube c. Colds and infections of the throat can effect the ear through the tube

  22. A&P Galena Park High School d. Three bones transmit the sound waves from the membrane to the inner ear 1. Hammer (malleus) 2. Stirrup (stapes) 3. Anvil (incus)

  23. A&P Galena Park High School C. Inner Ear a. Also called the auditory cavity b. Three linked cavities filled with fluid c. The shapes we see in books are the shapes of the cavities not solid structures

  24. A&P Galena Park High School d. The cavities 1. Vestibule 2. Cochlea 3. Semicircular Canals

  25. A&P Galena Park High School e. Basic Hearing 1. Sound waves are amplified by the ossicles 2. Hairs in the cochlea , move differently for different sounds 3. The hairs convert the waves into impulses that travel to brain for interpretation (temporal lobe)

  26. A&P Galena Park High School D. Homeostasis 1. Otitis media a. Inflammation due to throat infection b. Sometimes ear drum is slit so pressure is reduced and the ear can drain – a tube is inserted

  27. A&P Galena Park High School 2. Hearing Loss a. The tiny hairs are destroyed or damaged b. Can not be replaced c. Causes are: Exposure to loud noise, ear wax buildup, ear infections

  28. A&P Galena Park High School V. Sense of Smell Chemoreceptors – (olfactory) 1. Located on the top of each nasal passage 2. Bathed in a mucus covering 3. Chemicals in air stimulate the receptors

  29. A&P Galena Park High School 4. Receptors join olfactory fibers which become the olfactory nerve (I) 5. Smells are long lasting in our memory

  30. A&P Galena Park High School B. Homeostsais 1. Very few problems with smell. 2. Loss is usually related to a head injury to the olfactory cortex. 3. Lack of zinc in the diet can cause loss of smell, quickly solved when zinc is added to diet

  31. A&P Galena Park High School VI. Sense of Taste Chemoreceptors – (taste buds) 1. Most located on the tongue 2. Some on roof of the mouth 3. Some on the cheeks

  32. A&P Galena Park High School 4. Impulses from stimulation travel to the brain via 3 nerves a. Facial nerve – back of tongue b. Glossopharyngeal nerve c. Vagus Nerve

  33. A&P Galena Park High School 5. Taste Sensations a. Sweet b. Sour c. Bitter d. Salty

  34. A&P Galena Park High School VI. Sense of Touch A. Somatosensory(Mechanoreceptors) 1. Pain 2. Pressure 3. Temperature 4. Touch

  35. A&P Galena Park High School C. Sending the Signal 1. Receptors get the initial stimulus 2. Sensory nerves flow into larger tracts of nerves 3. Messages generally received in the somatosensory area of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum 4. Responses sent out according to required action

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