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Quizzes this week • Thursday (tomorrow!): Cranial Nerves and Autonomic Nervous System • Friday: Terminology Worksheet on back of notes Review Youtube • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71pCilo8k 4M The General & Special Senses Chapter 8 What are the 5 senses? What are the 5 senses? • • • • • Hearing (technical name = Audition) Sight (technical name = Vision) Smell (technical name = Olfaction) Taste (technical name = Gustation) ? What are the 5 senses? • • • • • Hearing (technical name = Audition) Sight (technical name = Vision) Smell (technical name = Olfaction) Taste (technical name = Gustation) NOT Touch? What are the 5 senses? • • • • • Hearing (technical name = Audition) Sight (technical name = Vision) Smell (technical name = Olfaction) Taste (technical name = Gustation) Balance (technical name = Equilibrium) Introduction Senses – our perception of what is “out there” • 2 groups – General senses • Includes senses that are not specific • Receptors not specialized or free nerve endings • Pass information through spinal nerves – Special senses • Highly specialized receptors • Found within complex sense organs • Pass information through cranial nerves to cerebral cortex Receptors • Sensory receptors are transducers – Change stimuli into electro-chemical impulses – Specific receptors can transduce only certain types of stimuli Receptors Figure 18-01 Interpretation of Sensory Information • Occurs in cerebral cortex • Depends on the area of the cerebral cortex that receives the information Central Processing and Sensory Adaptation • Sensory adaptation – the loss of sensitivity after continuous stimulation – Occurs in some types of receptors • Role – prevents brain from being overloaded with unimportant information Receptors of the General Senses • Pain – Referred pain – adjacent nerve sensations such as left arm pain in heart attack – Phantom pain - adjacent nerve sensations such as left arm sensation when left arm has been amputated • Thermoreceptors detect changes in temperature • Mechanoreceptors respond to pressure & touch • Chemoreceptors detect chemicals in solution – Blood composition – (Smell) – (Taste) Figure 18-02 Referred Pain The Special Senses Olfaction (the nose) • Olfactory receptors – Can detect at least 50 different primary smells – Located in the roof of nasal cavity – Molecules dissolve in the mucus or lipids of the epithelium – Olfactory neurons pass through the roof of the nasal cavity and synapse in the olfactory nerve – Olfactory tracts go directly to the cerebral cortex Olfactory Receptors Figure 18-06a Human Anatomy, 3rd edition Prentice Hall, © 2001 Navy SEAL Team 6 has attained international prominence for one reason: They were responsible for killing Osama bin Laden. They are American heroes. Yet, their own government betrayed them. Several days after the bin Laden operation, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. — in a pathetic attempt to spike the football and gloat — publicly revealed their central role in the raid. His revelations put a giant target on the backs of every Navy SEAL Team 6 member. A covert unit, whose mission is to operate in the murky shadows, was exposed as the group that eliminated al Qaeda’s chief mastermind. Mr. Biden’s reckless actions — followed by President Obama’s own words acknowledging the secret unit’s operation — jeopardized the Navy SEALs’ safety. Jihadists bent on revenge began an intense manhunt. The hunters now became the hunted. Upon hearing of Mr. Biden’s disclosure, SEAL members were stunned. Many of them immediately contacted family members, warning them to eradicate all personal information from social-media sites. Aaron Vaughn, one of the SEALs eventually killed in the ambush, told his mother, Karen Vaughn, to delete every reference to SEAL Team 6 from her Facebook and Twitter accounts. Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/9/kuhner-who-betrayed-navyseal-team-6/#ixzz2sIOUXisT Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter Olfactory Receptors Figure 18-06b http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= pM7H0Wud_Y0 Taste (the tongue) • Taste receptors are in the taste buds – Can detect 5 primary tastes • Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami – – – – Located in papillae on the surface of the tongue Taste buds contain the taste receptors Molecules dissolve in saliva Cranial nerves relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex Taste Areas of the Tongue – traditional but “wrong” Figure 18-07a http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=FSHGucgnvLU &feature=PlayList&p=56 D05189EFBACBB1&ind ex=0&playnext=1 http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=lyXA4aNnR3w &feature=PlayList&p=56 D05189EFBACBB1&ind ex=1 http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=RIXtM2u-H8&feature=PlayList&p= 56D05189EFBACBB1&i ndex=3 Modern concept of a taste map • Taste researchers have known for many years that these tongue maps are wrong. The maps arose early in the 20th century as a result of a misinterpretation of research reported in the late 1800s, and they have been almost impossible to purge from the literature. In reality, all qualities of taste can be elicited from all the regions of the tongue that contain taste buds. At present, we have no evidence that any kind of spatial segregation of sensitivities contributes to the neural representation of taste quality, although there are some slight differences in sensitivity across the tongue and palate, especially in rodents. Figure 18-07b Taste Buds Figure 18-07c Taste Bud Equilibrium & Hearing (the ear) • External ear – The auricle directs sound waves into the external auditory meatus to the tympanic membrane • Middle ear – Contains the auditory ossicles • Malleus, incus, stapes – Connected to throat by the eustachian tube • Inner ear Figure 18-09 The Ear Human Anatomy, 3rd edition Prentice Hall, © 2001 Figure 18-10b The Middle Ear The Inner Ear • Separated from the middle ear by the oval window • Consists of a series of canals filled with fluid The Inner Ear – Semicircular canals • Contains receptors for head position – Cochlea • Contains the organ of Corti, the organ of hearing Figure 18-12b The Inner Ear The Semicircular Canals • Detects balance • Arranged at right angles to each other • Contain hair cells are embedded in gelatinous material with fluid over it • Detect movement of the head – Bends the hairs, creating nerve impulses Hair Cells in the Semicircular Figure 18-12c Canals The Organ of Corti • Detects sound waves • Consists of hair cells on a basement membrane • Tips of hairs touch the tectorial membrane • When the basement membrane vibrates, the hair cells are bent, sending a nerve impulse Figure 18-16d Organ of Corti Figure 18-16e Organ of Corti Summary of Hearing 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Sound waves enter the external auditory meatus Tympanic membrane vibrates Auditory ossicles vibrate Oval window vibrates Fluid in inner ear vibrates Basement membrane moves Hairs rub against the tectorial membrane Nerve impulse is sent along the auditory nerve to the brain Diseases of Hearing • External Otitis, the most common disorder of the outer ear, also know as Swimmer’s ear. The process develops due to loss of the protective cerumen (wax) and excessive moisture in the ear canal. • Otitis Media is one of the most common diseases of children, due to chronic middle ear infection. Treatments: antibiotics, otomyringotomy (surgical insertion of rigid “ear tubes”). • Conductive Hearing Loss, usually due to otosclerosis, progressive fixation of the stapes due to aging or disease. Vision (the eye) • Accessory structures – Eyelids protect the eye • Conjunctiva lines the eyelid • Lacrimal gland produces tears – Extrinsic muscles move the eyeball Figure 18-18b The Eye Structure of the Eye • Consists of 3 tunics (layers) – Outer tunic – outermost layer • Includes the cornea & sclera – Middle tunic • Includes the choroid coat, ciliary body, and lens, iris & pupil – Inner tunic (retina) – inner layer • Contains the rods & cones (photoreceptors) • Includes the optic disc (blind spot), Figure 18-20b The Eye Figure 18-20a Tunics of the Eye Inner Tunic through an ophthalmoscope Figure 18-22c The Cavities of the Eye • The lens separates the interior of the eye into 2 cavities – Anterior cavity in front of the lens • Contains aqueous humor – Glaucoma – Posterior cavity behind the lens • Contains vitreous humor Figure 18-23 Cavities of the Eye The Vascular Tunic • Contains many blood vessels & nerves • The iris controls the size of the pupil • Suspensory ligaments attach the lens to the ciliary body – Controls the shape of the lens • Allows focusing on near & distant objects • Cataract Figure 18-20c The Pupil The Retina • Cones allow for sharp color vision in bright light – 3 types, each with a different pigment The Retina • Rods provide for vision in dim light – Most dense at the periphery of the retina – Contain the pigment rhodopsin Visual Receptors Figure 18-22a1 http://www.youtu be.com/watch?v= f0JpsTgy6ck Summary of Vision 1. Light rays enters through the pupil 2. Light rays cross in the lens 3. Retina receives reversed & upside down image 4. Rods & cones are stimulated 5. Optic nerve carries impulse to the brain Visual fields Abnormal Vision • Astigmatism Occurs when the transparent media of the eye (includes the cornea, crystalline lens) are inconsistently or irregularly shaped. Causes blurred vision at far and near distances. Abnormal Vision • Cataracts A clouding and hardening of all or part of the transparent lens located inside the eye, most often caused by the aging process, UV light exposure, etc. Abnormal Vision • Glaucoma A condition characterized either by increased intraocular pressure- "high blood pressure of the eye" -that can result in damage to the optic nerve and to retinal nerve fibers, or by significant decreased intraocular pressure. Abnormal Vision • Hyperopia Farsightedness. A condition in which rays of light are focused behind the retina, so distant objects appear clearer than near ones. Abnormal Vision • Presbyopia Caused by the loss of elasticity in the lens inside the eye as part of the aging process, resulting in a gradual decline in a person’s ability to focus on close objects or to see small print. Virtually everyone is affected after the age of 40. Abnormal Vision • Myopia Near sightedness. A condition in which light rays are focused in front of the retina instead of on it, so near objects appear more clear than far ones. Abnormal Vision • Macular degeration Common eye age-related disease that causes deterioration of the macula, the central area of the retina, the paper-thin tissue at the back of the eye where light-sensitive cells send visual signals to the brain. Sharp, clear, “straight ahead” vision is processed by the macula. Abnormal Vision • Retinoblastoma Malignant tumor of the retina. Inherited form is caused by a genetic abnormality in the Rb gene.