Section 2: Sensory Systems

Index of Terms

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Allodynia defined
Amacrine cells used, explained
Amacrine cell types used
Amblyopia defined
Archispinothalamic pathway/tract explained
Ascending pain suppression mechanism explained
Ascending tracts explained
Association cortex damage explained
Astigmatism explained
Auditory nerve explained
Auditory system explained
Basal cells used
Binocular fusion defined
Bipolar cell receptive field defined
Bipolar cells explained
Brain stem defined, explained, used
Calcarine cortex damage defined
Caloric nystagmus defined
Central auditory system explained
Central nervous system (CNS) explained
Cerebral hemispheres explained
CF defined
Characteristic frequency (CF) defined
Chemosensory system used
Cilia used
CNS explained, explained
Cochlea defined
Cochlear nuclei used
Color vision defined
Column cells explained
Cone-bipolar cell used
Cones used, explained
Contralesional defined
Cranial nerve root damage explained
Decibels defined
Deiter's used
Depth perception used
Dermatome defined
Descending pain suppression mechanism explained
Descending tracts explained
Diabetic retinopathy explained
Diencephalon defined, explained
Discriminative touch used
Dissociate anesthesia defined, used
Dorsal stream explained
Double pain senssation explained
Ear drum used
Endogenous opioids explained
Endolymph defined
Extraocular motor nuclei explained
Extrastriate cortex damage explained
Eye movements explained, used
Fasciculus defined
Fibromyalgia explained
Funiculus defined
Free nerve endings explained, defined
Frequency explained
Frontal lobe defined
Ganglion cells used
Ganglion cell response properties explained
Gate control theory defined
Glutamate used
Golgi tendon organs explained, defined
Gustatory cortex explained
Gustatory system explained
Hair follicle endings explained
Hair follicle receptor defined
Headaches explained
Hemianopia defined, used, used
Hemisection of the spinal cord explained
Herschel's gyrus used
Hertz defined
Horizontal cells explained
Hyperalgesia defined
Hyperopia explained
Inner ear hair cell used
Ipsilesional defined
Laminae explained
Lateral geniculate nucleus explained
Lateral vestibulospinal tract explained, explained
Macular degeneration defined
Main sensory trigeminal pathway defined
Mechanoreceptors explained
Medial lemniscal pathway defined
Medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) explained
Medial vestibulospinal tract explained, explained
Medulla oblongata explained
Meissner corpuscle defined, explained
Merkel cells defined, explained
Merkel complex defined
Mesencephalon defined, explained
Metencephalon defined
Middle ear explained
Middle ear ossicles explained
MLF explained
Modality specificity defined
Monocular visual field defined
Muscle spindles explained
Myelencephalon defined
Myopia explained
Neospinothalamic pathway/tract defined, explained
Neural coding used
Nociceptors defined
Nocineurons defined
Nuclei explained
Occipital lobe defined
Occulomotor nuclei explained
Ocular dominance defined
Olfactory bulb used
Olfactory stimuli explained
Olfactory system explained
Opiate anslgesia defined
Opioid receptors defined
Optic chiasm damage explained
Optic nerve damage explained
Organ of Corti explained, used
Otoacoustic emissions defined
Otolithic organs explained
Outer ear hair cells used
Pacinian corpuscle defined, explained
Pain defined
Pain fibers explained
Pain pathways defined
Pain thresholds explained
Pain, aching explained
Pain, acute defined
Pain, burning explained
Pain, chronic defined
Pain, neuropathic explained
Pain, phantom/illusory explained
Pain, pricking explained
Pain, psychosomatic explained
Pain, referred explained
Pain, somatic explained
Pain, thalamic explained
Pain, visceral explained
Paleospinothalamc pathway/tract explained
Parietal lobe defined
Peripheral nerve damage defined
Peripheral nervous system defined
Peripheral somatosensory neuron explained
Peripheral somatosensory axon explained
Peripheral visual field explained
Photoreceptors used
Pons explained
Postcentral gyrus defined
Posterior nerve root damage explained
Presbyopia explained
Primary auditory cortex used
Primary odor used
Primary somatosensory cortex defined
Primary visual cortical area explained
Proprioceptive receptors explained
Proprioceptive stimuli defined
Propriospinal cells defined
Prosencephalon explained
Receptive fields used
Retina used, defined
Retinal damage explained
Retinal detachment explained
Retinal ganglion cells used
Retinal layers explained
Retinal pigment epithelium used
Retinitis pigmentosa defined
Rhombencephalon explained
Rod-bipolar cell used
Rods used, explained
Root cells defined
Ruffini corpuscles defined, explained
Saccule defined, used
Scala vestibuli explained
Scala tympani explained
Scala media explained
Scarpa's ganglion used, used
Scotoma defined
Secondary somatosensory cortex defined
Semicircular ducts explained
Sensitization explained
Somatosensory pathways defined, explained
Somatosensory receptors explained
Somatosensory systems defined
Somatotopic organization explained
Sound defined
Sound pressure level (SPL) defined
Spinal cord defined, explained
Spinal cord damage explained
Spinal nerves explained
Spinal tracts defined
Spinal trigeminal nucleus defined
Spinal trigeminal pathway defined
SPL defined
Stimulation produced analgesia explained
Strabismus used
Stress induced analgesia defined
Syringomyelia defined
Taste bud explained
Taste receptor explained
Taste stimuli explained
Telencephalon defined
Temporal lobe defined
Tonotopic organization explained
Tract cells explained
Type P retinal ganglion cells defined
Type M retinal ganglion cells defined
Utricle defined, used
V1 blob cells defined
Ventral stream explained
Vertebrate hair cell defined
Vestibular nuclei used, explained
Vestibular-occular reflex (VOR) explained
Vestibular system defined
Vestibulo-cerebellar connections explained
Visual acuity defined
Visual association cortex explained
Visual field center explained
Visual field defects defined
Vitamin A deficiency explained
VOR explained
Wallenberg's Syndrome explained
Wernicke's area used
White matter defined