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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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Heat
Cold
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Heat
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Pain
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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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Stimulus
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taste
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taste sound
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taste sound light
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taste sound light pressure
Stimulus
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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
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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
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Retinal
Opsin
Rhodopsin
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Rods Cones
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