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BIOLOGY OF HUMAN AGING
CHAPTER 8
The Special Senses
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Eye and Associated Structures
• 70% of all sensory receptors are in the eye
• Most of the eye is protected by a cushion of fat and the bony orbit
• Accessory structures include eyebrows, eyelids, conjunctiva, lacrimal apparatus, and extrinsic eye muscles
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Conjunctiva
• Transparent membrane that:– Covers the whites of the eyes as the ocular
conjunctiva– Lubricates and protects the eye
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Lacrimal Apparatus
• Consists of the lacrimal gland and associated ducts
• Lacrimal glands secrete tears
• Tears– Contain mucus & antibodies– Drain into the nasolacrimal duct
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Lacrimal Apparatus
Figure 15.6
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Extrinsic Eye Muscles
Figure 15.7a, b
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Structure of the Eyeball
• A slightly irregular hollow sphere with anterior and posterior poles
• The wall is composed of three tunics – fibrous, vascular, and sensory
• The internal cavity is filled with fluids called humors
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Structure of the Eyeball
Figure 15.8a
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Fibrous Tunic
• Forms the outermost coat of the eye and is composed of: – Opaque sclera (posteriorly)– Clear cornea (anteriorly)
• The sclera protects the eye and anchors extrinsic muscles
• The cornea lets light enter the eye
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Vascular Tunic: Choroid Region
• Has three regions: choroid, ciliary body, and iris
• Choroid region– A dark brown membrane – Supplies blood to all eye tunics
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Vascular Tunic: Ciliary Body
• A thickened ring of tissue surrounding the lens
• Composed of smooth muscle bundles (ciliary muscles)
• Anchors the suspensory ligament that holds the lens in place
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Vascular Tunic: Iris
• The colored part of the eye
• Pupil – central opening of the iris– Regulates the amount of light entering the eye
during: • Close vision and bright light – pupils constrict
• Distant vision and dim light – pupils dilate
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Sensory Tunic: Retina
• A delicate two-layered membrane
• Pigmented layer – the outer layer that absorbs light and prevents its scattering
• Neural layer, which contains:– Photoreceptors that transduce light energy
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Sensory Tunic: Retina
Figure 15.10a
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The Retina: the Optic Disc
The optic disc:– Is the site where the optic nerve leaves the eye– Lacks photoreceptors (the blind spot)
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The Retina: Optic Disc
Figure 15.10b
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The Retina: Photoreceptors
• Rods:– Respond to dim light– Are used for peripheral vision
• Cones:– Respond to bright light– Have high-acuity color vision – Are found in the macula lutea – Are concentrated in the fovea centralis
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Inner Chambers and Fluids• The lens separates the internal eye into anterior
and posterior segments
• The posterior segment is filled with a clear gel called vitreous humor that:– Transmits light– Supports the posterior surface of the lens – Holds the neural retina firmly against the pigmented
layer
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Anterior Segment
• Composed of two chambers– Anterior – between the cornea and the iris– Posterior – between the iris and the lens
• Aqueous humor– A plasma like fluid that fills the anterior
segment
• Supports, nourishes, and removes wastes
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Anterior Segment
Figure 15.12
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Lens
• A biconvex, transparent, flexible, avascular structure that:– Allows precise focusing of light onto the retina
• Lens epithelium – anterior cells that differentiate into lens fibers
• With age, the lens becomes more compact and dense and loses its elasticity
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Refraction and Lenses
• When light passes from one transparent medium to another its speed changes and it refracts (bends)
• Light passing through a convex lens (as in the eye) is bent so that the rays converge to a focal point
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Problems of Refraction
• Emmetropic eye – normal eye with light focused properly
• (nearsighted) – the focal point is in front of the retina– Corrected with a concave lens
• (farsighted) – the focal point is behind the retina– Corrected with a convex lens
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Problems of Refraction
Figure 15.18
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Adaptation
• Adaptation to bright light (going from dark to light) involves:– Dramatic decreases in retinal sensitivity – rod
function is lost– Switching from the rod to the cone system –
visual acuity is gained
• Adaptation to dark is the reverse– Cones stop functioning in low light
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Age-related changesVisual problemsSlight shrinkage and degeneration of some cells. Increase in the amount of connective tissues. Reduced blood supply. Loss of fat and elastic tissues thinning of the skin in the eyelids (bags).Dry cornea irritation and inflammationProduction of tears by the lacrimal gland is reduced with aging.
Visual problemsIncrease in amount of connective tissuesDegeneration of some cellsConjuctiva become thinner and more fragileAstigmatismDeposition of calcium and cholesterol salts senile ringCiliary body produces less aqueous humor affecting nourishment and cleansing of the lens atrophy of muscle cellsGeneral decrease of photoreceptorsPhotopigement (rhodopsin) decreases with agingLipofuscins accumulates in the retinaLight flashes
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Inclusion bodies floaters may increase with agingIris become hardened with aging and atrophy of the dilator muscles senile miosisPoor drainage of aqueous humorLens become yellow and less transparent with ageLens change shapeAtherosclerosis of choroid and blood vessels of the retinaAdaptation takes longerLess light reaching the retina sensitivity to light decreases with agingSlower scanning process in the brain takes longer for older persons to identify objects
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Age-related Dysfunction
Presbyopia
Blindness
Glaucoma
Diabetic retinopathy
Cataracts
Macular degeneration
Detached retina
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The Ear
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The Ear: Hearing and Balance
• The three parts of the ear are the inner, outer, and middle ear
• The outer and middle ear are involved with hearing
• The inner ear functions in both hearing and equilibrium
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The Ear: Hearing and Balance
Figure 15.25a
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Outer Ear
• The auricle (pinna) • External auditory meatus
– Short, curved tube
Tympanic membrane (eardrum)– Thin connective tissue membrane that vibrates in
response to sound– Transfers sound energy to the middle ear ossicles – Boundary between outer and middle ears
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Middle Ear (Tympanic Cavity)
• A small, air-filled, mucosa-lined cavity – Flanked laterally by the eardrum– Flanked medially by the oval and round
windows
• Auditory tube – connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx– Equalizes pressure in the middle ear cavity with
the external air pressure
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Middle Ear (Tympanic Cavity)
Figure 15.25b
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Ear Ossicles
• The tympanic cavity contains three small bones– Transmit vibratory motion of the eardrum to the
oval window
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Inner Ear
• Bony labyrinth– Tortuous channels worming their way through the
temporal bone– Contains the vestibule, the cochlea, and the
semicircular canals– Filled with perilymph
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Inner Ear
Figure 15.27
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The Vestibule
• The central egg-shaped cavity of the bony labyrinth
• Suspended in its perilymph are two sacs: the saccule and utricle
• The saccule extends into the cochlea• The utricle extends into the semicircular canals• These sacs:
– House equilibrium receptors called maculae– Respond to gravity and changes in the position of the
head
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The Semicircular Canals
• It houses equilibrium receptors
• These receptors respond to angular movements of the head
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The Semicircular Canals
Figure 15.27
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The Cochlea
• A spiral, conical, bony chamber that:– Extends from the anterior vestibule– Contains the cochlear duct– Contains the organ of Corti (hearing receptor)
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Sound and Mechanisms of Hearing
• Sound vibrations beat against the eardrum• The eardrum pushes against the ossicles,
which presses fluid in the inner ear against the oval and round windows– This movement sets up shearing forces that
pull on hair cells– Moving hair cells stimulates the cochlear nerve
that sends impulses to the brain via vestibulocochlear nerve
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Resonance of the Basilar Membrane
Figure 15.32
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Mechanisms of Equilibrium and Orientation
• Vestibular apparatus – equilibrium receptors in the semicircular canals and vestibule– Maintains our orientation and balance in space– Vestibular receptors monitor static equilibrium– Semicircular canal receptors monitor dynamic
equilibrium
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Age-related changes
• Auricle become long, wide, and lose flexibility• Auditory meatus becomes wider and stiffer• Excessive earwax• Joints between ossicles may ossify less freely
movable problem in vibration• Degeneration of spiral organ cells• Thickening of the walls of capillaries supplying the
cochleadecrease in nutrients• Decrease in the number of nerve fibers problems in
balance and coordination
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Age-related Dysfunction
Presbycusis
Tinnitus
Deafness
Dizziness and Verdigo
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Taste& Smell
The Special Senses
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Chemical Senses
• Chemical senses – gustation (taste) and olfaction (smell)
• Their chemoreceptors respond to chemicals in aqueous solution– Taste – to substances dissolved in saliva– Smell – to substances dissolved in fluids of the
nasal membranes
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Taste Buds
• Most of the 10,000 or so taste buds are found on the tongue
• Microvilli
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Taste Buds
Figure 15.1
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Taste Sensations
• There are five basic taste sensations– Sweet – sugars, saccharin, alcohol, and some
amino acids– Salt – metal ions– Sour – hydrogen ions– Bitter – alkaloids such as quinine and nicotine
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Age-related changes
• General decrease in taste perception
• Decrease in the number of taste buds
• Decrease in volume of saliva secreted
• Increase in the ciscosity of saliva
• Atrophy of the salivary glands
• Cigarette smoking may contribute to the decrease in taste perception
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Influence of Other Sensations on Taste
• Taste is 80% smell
• Thermoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, nociceptors also influence tastes
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Sense of Smell
Figure 15.3
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Age-related changes
• There may be a decrease in the olfactory sensory cells with aging
• Loss of neurons in olfactory bulbs
• Sense of smell gradually decline gradually