The Nervous System:
General and Special Senses

Introduction

General senses:

Temperature, pain, touch, pressure, vibration, and proprioception (body position)

Receptors throughout the body

Senses arrive at?

Special senses:

Smell (olfaction), taste (gustation), balance (equilibrium), hearing, and vision

More complex

Receptor field

Receptors

The General Senses

Nociceptors respond to tissue damage.

Thermoreceptors respond to change in temperature.

Mechanoreceptors are stimulated by physical distortion, contact, or pressure.

Chemoreceptors monitor the chemical composition of body fluids.

Tactile Receptors: Unencapsulated

Tactile Receptors: Encapsulated

Baroreceptors: A Mechanoreceptor

Chemoreceptors

Special Sense: Olfaction

Gustation

Equilibrium and Hearing: The Ear

The Middle Ear

The Inner Ear

The Vestibular Complex and Equilibrium

Pathways for Vestibular Sensations

The Inner Ear: Hearing

Vision: The Eye, Accessory Structures

The Eye: Sectional Anatomy:
Three Tunics

The Inner Tunic: Layers of the Retina

Eye Chambers

Visual Pathways

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