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precise detailed answers ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Peripheral nervous system - correct answer✔✔Consists of nerve fibers that carry
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information between the CNS and other parts of the body ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Afferent division - correct answer✔✔Detects, encodes, and transmits peripheral signals to
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the CNS
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Sensory receptors - correct answer✔✔Found on all sensory organs and are specialized cells
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(neurons) that detect stimuli ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Transduction - correct answer✔✔Converting broad data into impulses ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Sensation - correct answer✔✔Acquisition of the information
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Perception - correct answer✔✔How we interpret sensations ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Stimulus

Transduction

Conduction

Perception - correct answer✔✔Four steps to perception ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Stimulus - correct answer✔✔Broad data
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Transduction - correct answer✔✔Conversion of information to an impulse ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||

,Conduction - correct answer✔✔How the impulse travels toward the CNS via sensory ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




neurons



Perception - correct answer✔✔Our interpretation ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Photoreceptors - correct answer✔✔- Receive light ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




- Found only in the retina of the eye
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- 2 types (rods and cones)
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Rods and cones - correct answer✔✔What are the two types of photoreceptors
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Rods - correct answer✔✔Primarily responsible for vision and dim light and detect motion
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Periphery



Cones - correct answer✔✔Detect detail and color. Primarily active in bright light conditions
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Back of eye ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Color vision ||\\//||




Extrinsic muscles - correct answer✔✔Move the eye ball ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Medial and lateral canthus, lacrimal caruncle, conjunctiva - correct answer✔✔Parts of the
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eyelid

, Medial and lateral canthus - correct answer✔✔Corner where upper and lower eyelids meet
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Lacrimal caruncle - correct answer✔✔Pinky, fleshy portion of inner corner (where gunk
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builds up)
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Conjunctiva - correct answer✔✔Membrane lining both the upper and lower lid and the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




eyeball



Lacrimal apparatus - correct answer✔✔Tear producing structure
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Lacrimal glands, canaliculi, lacrimal sac, nasolacrimal duct - correct answer✔✔Parts of the
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lacrimal apparatus ||\\//||




Lacrimal glands - correct answer✔✔Superior lateral portion of eye
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Produce glands ||\\//||




Canaliculi (lacrimal canals) - correct answer✔✔Excess tears drain out of here
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Lacrimal sac - correct answer✔✔Nasal cavity area
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Nasolacrimal duct - correct answer✔✔Tears run out of nose ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Outer, middle, and inner - correct answer✔✔Three layers of the eyeball
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Cornea and sclera - correct answer✔✔Parts of the outer eyeball
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