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Chapter 43.1, Problem 1LO
How Sensory Systems Work
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1 Describe how sensory systems function; include descriptions of sensory receptors, energy transduction, receptor potential, sensory adaptation, and perception.
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Biology (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 43.1 - How Sensory Systems Work LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1...Ch. 43.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 43.1 - Prob. 1CCh. 43.1 - PREDICT Imagine that you are hiking along a bay...Ch. 43.1 - Prob. 3CCh. 43.1 - Identify five kinds of sensory receptors based on...Ch. 43.2 - Prob. 3LOCh. 43.2 - What are the functions of thermoreceptors in...Ch. 43.3 - Prob. 4LOCh. 43.3 - Prob. 1C
Ch. 43.3 - Prob. 2CCh. 43.4 - Describe the functions of nociceptors and identify...Ch. 43.4 - Prob. 1CCh. 43.4 - Prob. 2CCh. 43.5 - Prob. 6LOCh. 43.5 - Compare the structure and function of the saccule...Ch. 43.5 - Prob. 8LOCh. 43.5 - Prob. 1CCh. 43.5 - Prob. 2CCh. 43.5 - List the sequence of events involved in hearing.Ch. 43.6 - Prob. 9LOCh. 43.6 - Prob. 1CCh. 43.7 - Prob. 10LOCh. 43.7 - Prob. 11LOCh. 43.7 - Prob. 12LOCh. 43.7 - Prob. 1CCh. 43.7 - What happens when light strikes rhodopsin?...Ch. 43.7 - What is the sequence of neural signaling in the...Ch. 43.7 - What is meant by the statement Vision happens...Ch. 43 - Test your Understanding Know and Comprehend 1. A...Ch. 43 - Prob. 2TYUCh. 43 - Prob. 3TYUCh. 43 - Prob. 4TYUCh. 43 - Prob. 5TYUCh. 43 - Prob. 6TYUCh. 43 - Prob. 7TYUCh. 43 - Prob. 8TYUCh. 43 - Prob. 9TYUCh. 43 - Prob. 10TYUCh. 43 - Prob. 11TYUCh. 43 - SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY Cochlear implants...
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