Vision Audition
100
What are rods
These photoreceptors, found in the periphery of the retina cannot detect color.
100
What is the temporal lobe.
The primary auditory area, the place in the brain where auditory information goes is found in this lobe.
200
What is the fovea.
The area with the most densely packed photoreceptors, this is the name for the center of the retina.
200
What are hair cells.
Much like the photoreceptors do in the visual system, these cells transduce sound waves into neural impulses.
300
What is the occipital lobe.
One of the four lobes of the brain, this area is primarily responsible for vision.
300
What are the hammer, anvil, and stirrup.
The smallest bones in the body, name one of the bones found in the inner ear.
400
What is the optic nerve.
This is the name for the bundle of neurons that exit the eyeball and bring visual information into the brain.
400
What is Wernicke's area.
This area of the brain is responsible for understanding speech, and people who have damage there can speak, but what they say is mostly nonsense.
500
What is the color opponent theory (or opponent process theory).
Originally devised to explain the afterimage effect, this is one theory of the way cones create color perception.
500
What is the cochlea.
Shaped like a snail, this inner-ear structure is responsible for detecting pitch and loudness.






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