Objective: Before you start reading the chapter/notes for the following

topics, focus on the following concepts/questions and check whether they

are obtained after doing your reading assignment.
STUDY GUIDE: SPECIAL SENSES
What are the two kinds of senses (2)? Give examples for each.
What are the components of the sensory apparatus?
What is general sense/special sense?
Describe the human eye.
What are the accessory structures of the eye? Describe each.
What are the extrinsic muscles of the eye? Describe their function.
What are the layers of the eyeball? (3) Describe each.
Describe the structure and function of the retina.
Compare the rods from cones.
What is the function of the lens.
What are the two chambers of the eyeball? What are the functions of the humors?
Describe the pathway of impulses from the retina to the sensory area in the
occipital lobe.
What are the some of the abnormalities involving the lens? How are they
corrected?
What are the divisions of the human ear? What are their functions?
Name the structures associated in each division.
Name the bones in the middle ear. What are their functions?
Differentiate static from dynamic equilibrium.
Describe the mechanism for hearing.
Where are the receptors for sense of smell located?
What is the pathway of impulses to the brain?
Where is the sensory area for sense of smell located?
Where are the taste buds located?
What are the different types of taste buds?
What are the pathways to the brain for the sense of taste(3)?
What are the basic taste sensations?
Describe the following: strabismus, ophthalmia neonatorum, presbyopia,
presbycusis, otosclerosis
in tabular form: Summarize the components of the sensory apparatus.
SENSATION/COMPO
RECEPTOR
PATHWAY TO
SENSORY AREA
NENTS
THE BRAIN
IN THE
CEREBRUM
VISION
OLFACTION

GUSTATORY
AUDITION
EQUILIBRIUM