Describe the differences between special & general senses

Q: Name the senses that begin to function in utero:

A: There are different senses present in the human body. These senses are developed even before the…

Q: Label the parts of the visual pathway. Projection fibers Nasal parts of visual elds Nasal bers…

A: Answer: Introduction: The visual pathway starts with the retina photoreceptors and ends in the…

Q: Describe the receptors for taste and smell.

A: Step 1 The sensory system is a component of the nervous system which is specialized to pick up…

Q: Explain on what is the sense of audition (hearing) based on?

A: Audition (Hearing) Hearing, or audition, is that the transduction of sound waves into a neural…

Q: Identify the parts of the cortex that process the different senses and those that control movement…

A: The nervous framework is the major controlling, administrative, and conveying framework in the body.…

Q: What are the chemical senses? Explain in steps the process of tasting  and the process of smelling

A: The chemical sensory systems are mostly associated with the nose and mouth. The senses work…

Q: Differentiate between general senses and special senses.

A: Sensation is the physical process during which sensory systems respond to stimuli and provide data…

Q: Explain the significance of sensory transduction and sensory adaptation.

A: The brain is the central processing controlling unit of the body. Nervous coordination and signaling…

Q: Explain the difference between the chemical senses

A: Humans have five basic senses. These are touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste. These senses are…

Q: Night vision begins with the stimulation of

A: Night vision is the ability to see in low-light conditions. Whether by biological or technological…

Q: Explain how the organization of receptors for the general senses and the special senses affects…

A: The senses in human body can be categorized into general and special senses. Special senses…

Q: Name the five types of special senses present in the human body.

A: Special senses are the senses that have specialized organs devoted to them. The distinction between…

Q: Which ability would be most impaired with damage to the vestibular senses? discriminating salt from…

A: The vestibular system is made up of components of the inner ear and the brain Vestibular diseases…

Q: A. Starting with the optic nerve, trace the action potential from the right temporal visual field to…

A: The retina of the eye has the photoreceptor cells namely rods, and cones. The photoreceptor cells…

Q: Despite the presence of the blind spot, you do not consciously experience a “hole” in your vision.…

A: The blind spot is where the blood vessels and optic nerve leaves the eyeball. The optic nerve and…

Q: Explain the relationship between the chemical senses

A: Senses can be of two types - chemical and non-chemical. Chemical senses account for the taste and…

Q: Visual stimuli in the upper-left visual field will be processed in what region of the primary visual…

A: Visual information from the retina is relayed through the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus…

Q: Briefly explain how the ear converts vibrations to nerve impulses and discriminates between sounds…

A: Introduction: Sound can be defined as any vibration of molecules that is audible and perceived by…

Q: Explain the difference between a general sense and aspecial sense.

A: In the human body, there are two types of senses namely: general senses and special senses.  To…

Q: How should I describe the systems responsible for the senses

A: The sensory system, which is a part of the nervous system, helps animals to interact with their…

Q: Distinguish between the senses of static and dynamic equilibrium.

A: The equilibrium in the body is maintained by receptors in the saccule and utricle inside the head.…

Q: Tectorial membrane Stereocilia Inner hair cell Outer hair cell Supporting cells Sensory and motor…

A: Ear is the hearing organ. It collects the sound and send the message to the auditory vesicle in the…

Q: A person with damage to the ventral stream of visual processing might have problems with what? O…

A: Visual stream of a person is a pathway which carries information which is visual to temporal lobe of…

Q: Describe the functions of all sensory systems or the steps involved in detecting sensory stimuli.

A: The sensory system includes receptors in specialized cells and organs that recognize changes in the…

Q: Successful hearing depends on the proper functioning of three organs.

A: Introduction: Hearing refers to the awareness of the presence of sounds and placing meaning to that…

Q: Vestibular duct Tectorial membrane Spiral ganglion Cochlear duct Hair cells Vestibular membrane…

A: Cochlea   The inner part of the ear that involves in hearing is known as cochlea. It is spiral in…

Q: Differentiate the major classes of general senses.

A: The human body consists of 2 types of senses that include: special senses general senses Special…

Q: Fill in the blank:  The olfactory interpreting centers are located deep within the temporal lobes…

A: The brain is the part of the central nervous system. The brain and spinal cord are the components of…

Q: Name and define the stages of processing for our special senses.

A: There are three stages of special sensory processing. 1. Perception:- It is defined as activation of…

Q: Peripheral senses are also involved in proprioception and let us know where our body parts are in…

A: Control and coordination is the significant aspect in the life of every organism. Organisms respond…

Q: sense of smell the most important?

A: yes smell is one of the sense organ and important in our day to day life activities Smell is an…

Q: Explain the pain pathway and how morphine alters the concious perception of pain

A: Pain can be defined as a somatic and emotional sensation that is unpleasant in nature. It is…

Q: shortly say how is hearing similar to the sense of balance (both static and dynamic)?

A: Sense organs are essential for animals to get signals from their environment and modify their…

Q: What happens after damage limited to area MT? What may occur if MT is intact but area V1 is damaged?…

A: Prosopagnosia is face blindness. It is a cognitive disorder of perception of face. In this,…

Q: Discuss one disorder of a special sense.

A: The sense gustation (taste), olfaction (smell), audition (hearing), balance (equilibrium), and…

Q: A patient comes into the ER complaining of loss of vision. When tested, he seems to be missing…

A: Damage to the optic chiasm can results in visual field loss. The outside bits of the visual field…

Q: Explain how acuity is influenced by receptive field size and by lateral inhibition.

A: Introduction: Acuity is defined as the behavioral ability to resolve fine image details.

Anatomy and Physiology of Special Sensory Organs

Sensory organs can be labeled as special sensory structures that permit sight, hearing, odor, and flavor. Sensory structures permitting proprioception, touch, thermal, and pain perception can be classified as more advanced sensory organs. The sensory neurons are trained to find out modifications in the external and internal conditions so that a person's body can react to that change. A stimulus is the first signal that is recognized by any sensory receptor of the body. Stimulus is an impulse generated when there is a change in the surroundings of a person. For example, a heated environment will alert the brain through the thermal sensory organs and generate a reflex accordingly.

Sensory Receptors

The human sensory system is one of the most complex and highly evolved structures, which processes a myriad of incoming messages. This well-coordinated system helps an organism or individual to respond to external stimuli, appropriately. The sensory receptors are an important part of the sensory system. These receptors are specialized epidermal cells that respond to external environmental stimuli. These receptors consist of structural and support cells that form the peripheral unit of the receptor and the neural dendrites which receive and detect the external stimuli.