Sensory Mechanism Marie Černá
Five categories Mechanoreceptors - muscle spindle - hair cell in ear Pain receptors (nociceptors) Thermoreceptors Chemoreceptors - gustatory (taste) - olfactory (smell) Electromagnetic receptors - photoreceptors
Structure of the eye
Retina Photoreceptors Neurons
Cells of Retina
The effect of light on retinal
Focusing in the eye
Structure of the ear
Structure of the ear
A cross-sectional view of the cochlea with three canals
Mechanoreceptors
Mechanism of hearing Vibrations, caused by sound waves, in the tympanic membrane are conducted via 3 small bones to the oval window and create pressure waves in the cochlear fluid - perilymph. The waves pass through the vestibular canal to the apex of the cochlea, then back toward the base of the cochlea via the tympanic canal and end on the round window. Semicircular canals Cochlea
As the basilar membrane vibrates, hair cells repeatedly brush against the tectorial membrane. This stimulus causes hair cells to depolarize. Perilymph
Organs of balance
A vestibule contains two chambers: the utricle and saccule
Gustatory chemoreceptors
Olfactory chemoreceptors
Nociceptors + Thermoreceptors
Literature Biology, eighth edition, Campbell, Reece Unit seven: Animal Form and Function Chapter 50: Sensory and Motor Mechanisms Concept 50.1, 50.2, 50.3, 50.4 Pages 1087 – 1105