Learning Activity # 7- Chapters 10 and 11

 

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  1. Define the following and give examples of each: thermoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, chemoreceptors, and pain receptors.


  2. What are the four primary taste sensations?


  3. List the three layers of the eyeball. List all structures in each layer and give the function of each structure.


  4. List the three parts of the ear. List structures found in each part and give the function of each structure.


  5. Describe where hearing receptors are located.


  6. Define rod cells and cone cells. What does each detect?


  7. Give the function of the following: Pacinian corpuscles, Meissner's corpuscles.


  8. How do enkephalins and endorphins block pain?


  9. Where are equilibrium receptors located in the ear?


  10. What layer of the eye is pigmented?


  11. Where is gustatory information interpreted?


  12. Where is visual information interpreted?


  13. Describe the structure of the lacrimal apparatus. What is its function?


  14. List the components of the visual pathway in their correct order.


  15. List the components of the hearing pathway in their correct order.


  16. What is the difference between a somatic sense and a special sence. Give examples of somatic senses and special senses.


  17. List three pigments associated with cone cells. What color is each pigment associated with?


  18. What is referred pain?


  19. What is glaucoma?


  20. What endocrine organ produces aldosterone and cortisol? What is the function of aldosterone and cortisol?


  21. Give the function of each of the following: insulin, glucagon, ADH and PTH.


  22. List the hormones produced by the anterior pituitary. What is the function of each?


  23. What gland produces calcitonin? What is the function of calcitonin?


  24. Describe the location of each of the following: thymus, thyroid, pituitary, and adrenal gland.


  25. What gland produces epinephrine and norepinephrine? What is the function of epinephrine and norepinephrine?


  26. The secretion of thyroid hormone is primarily controlled by what?


  27. What hormones stimulated the body to conserve water?


  28. Describe the location of the pancreas and the pineal gland.


  29. What is the target of ADH?


  30. What is the target of thyroid hormone?


  31. What hormone does the pineal gland secrete?


  32. What is the target of oxytocin?


  33. What two hormones does the pancreas secrete?


  34. What two hormones are needed for breastfeeding?


  35. What are the targets of LH and FSH?