Sensory & Motor Systems. Some vocabulary: Sensation Action potentials that reach the brain via...

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Some vocabulary:

Sensation

Action potentials that reach the brain via sensory neurons

Perception

The brain’s awareness of sensations

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Sensory transduction

Change in membrane potential of a receptor cell (receptor potential)

Integration

Processing of information via the summation of graded potentials

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Light touch

Touch

Light touch

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Light touch

Touch

Strong pressure

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Strong pressure

Heat

Cold

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Light touch

Touch

Strong pressure

Heat

Cold

Pain

Mechanoreceptors

Pressure, touch, stretch, motion, sound

Muscle spindle

Sretch

Hair cells

Motion

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Pain receptors (nociceptors)

Thermoreceptors

Chemoreceptors

Gustatory receptors (taste)

Olfactory receptors (smell)

Electormagnetic receptors

Photoreceptors

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Sensory transduction

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Stimulus

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taste

Stimulus

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taste sound

Stimulus

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taste sound light

Stimulus

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taste sound light pressure

Stimulus

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taste Transduction

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taste Transduction

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taste Transduction Ca++

Na+

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tasteNeurotransmitter

release

Ca++

Na+

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tasteNeurotransmitter

release

Ca++

Na+

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tasteAction

potential

Ca++

Na+

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Anatomy of the Eye

Lens

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Iris

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Pupil

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Cornea

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Suspension ligaments

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Sclera

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Choroid

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Retina

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Optic nerve

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Central artery &

vein

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Optic disc

(blind spot)

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Fovea

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Aqueous humor

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Vitreous humor

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Structure and Function of the Retina

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Retinal

Opsin

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Retinal

Opsin

Rhodopsin

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Rods Cones

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