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4-14-11
Final exam: May 2, 7:30 pm
Duane G1B30
Mandatory for all students
Sensory----> CNS---> output
Sensory systems
special senses--vision, hearing, taste, smell,
equilibrium
somesthetic senses-- pressure, touch, pain,
temperature
Categories--mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors,
nociceptors, chemoreceptors, electromagnetic
Sensors-modality--each sensor responds to only one type
of stimulus
intensity--stimulus frequency
location--where in body is the stimulus
Summary of physiology of auditory system
1. Sound waves vibrate tympanic membrane
2. Vibration of middle ear bones
3. Vibration of oval window
4. Vibration of basilar membrane
5. Hairs of Corti bent, causing graded potential
6. Action potentials generated
7. Primary auditory center, secondary
8. General integrative area