Anatomy Special Senses Review

Lateral to the orbit and secretes tears

• nasolacrimal duct

• lacrimal gland

• lacrimal sac

• canthus

Closes the eyelid

• Palpebrae muscle

• Orbicularis Oris

• Nasalis

• Orbicularis Oculi

Vitreous humor is found in the _____ cavity.

• anterior

• lateral

• medial

• posterior

Secrete earwax

• auditory ossicles

• tensor tympani

• ceruminous glands

• eardrum

Proprioception

• The body's ability to sweat

• Spatial awareness of the limbs and joints

• Decreased vibratory sense

• Long term weakness

The sense of smell is closely related to the sense of

• sight

• touch

• taste

• balance

Tags

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Taste receptors

• chemoreceptors

• thermoreceptors

• mechanoreceptors

• nociceptors

Fibers from the medial side of each eye cross over to the

            opposite side of the brain at the

• fovea centralis

• lens

• retina

• optic chiasm

The stirrup bone of the middle ear is also called the

• sclera

• stapes

• malleus

• incus

What gland produces tears?

• lacrimal

• olfactory bulb

• cones

• gustatory cells