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The vascular, pigmented middle tunic of the eyeball
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Choroid
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A vision receptor that is sensitive to color
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Cone
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The part of the eye that light rays pass through first as they enter the eye
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Cornea
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Membrane that lines the eyelids
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Conjunctiva
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Another name for the "blind spot", the region where the optic nerve connects to the eye
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Optic Disk
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Innermost coat of the eyeball, the nervous tissue layer that include the receptors for the sense of vision
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Retina
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A vision recetor that functions well in dim light
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Rod
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Structure that alters the shape of the lens for accomodation
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Ciliary Muscle
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The watery fluid that fills much of the eyeball in front of the crystalline lens
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Aqueous Humor
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Two sets of muscle fibers that regulate the amount of light entering the eye
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Iris
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The jelly-like material located behind the crystallinelens that maintains the spherical shape of the eyeball
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Vitreous Body
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A pigment needed for vision
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Rhodopsin
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The depressed area in the retina that is the point of clearest vision
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Fovea Centralis
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The fluid contained within the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear
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Endolymph
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The bone that interacts with the tympanic membrane
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Malleus
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Another name for the projecting part, or auricle, of the ear
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Pinna
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The channel connecting the middle ear cavity with the pharynx
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Eustachian Tube
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The fluid of the inner ear contained within the bony labyrinth and surrounding the membranous labyrinth
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Perilymph
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Cilitated receptor cells that detect sound waves
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Organ of Corti
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The skeleton of the inner ear
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Bony Labyrinth
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The sense of knowing the position of the head in relation to gravity
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Static Equilibrium
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Smaal crystals that activate maculae
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Otoliths
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The receptor cells in dynamic equilibrium
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Cristae
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Two small chambers containing maculae
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Vestibule
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The branch of the vestibulocochlear nerve that carries hearing impulses
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Cochlear Nerve
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The nerve that carries visual impulses from the retina to the brain
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Optic Nerve
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The branch of fifth cranial nerve that carries impulses of pain, touch, and temperature from the eye to the brain
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Ophthalmic Nerve
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The largest of the three cranial nerves that carry motor fibers to the eyeball muscles
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Oculomotor Nerve
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The sense of knowing the position of one's body and the relative positions of different muscles
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Proprioception
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The sense of body movement
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Kinesthesia
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A person who lacks cones in the retina will experience
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Color Blindness
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The organ of the Corti is the receptor for
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Hearing
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Receptors that detect changes in temperature
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Free Nerve Endings
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A term related to the sense of taste
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Gustatory
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Alterations in the lens' shape to allow foe near or far vision
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Accomodation
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The term lacrimation refers to the secretion of
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Tears
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Pain killers are released from certain regions of the brain are
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Endorphins
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