sensory systems

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lecture 1 for test number two


 
  
Created Nov 2, 2008
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Mechanoreceptors
 
contact receptors cuticular stress receptors chordotonal receptors stretch receptors
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chemoreceptors
 
taste receptors olfactory
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sensory hair function
 
tormogen-socket where hair grows trichogen-grows actual hair bipolar neuron, afferent to...
4
campaniform receptor (M)
 
cuticular membrane, dendrite of sensory neuron longer the dome of cuticle, the more sensitive...
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proprioceptors
 
gravity; hair plates. head attached asymmetrically, ihead pulled down, bee goes up. dance language....
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chordotonal organs, scolopidia on cuticle
 
bipolar neuron, scolopade (sheath) cell, attachment cell. vibrations felt by subgenual organ...
7
johnston's organ
 
on 2nd antennal segment, sense mvmt of flagellum, recieve sound. can detect even the slightest...
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detect sound with sensory hairs
 
caterpillars sound hairs that detect flight sound of wasps; 150 hz
9
tympanum
 
membrane over air sac, vibrates and stimulates chordotonal sensilla, processed here. thorax,...
10
olfactory sensilla
 
detect airborne odors. goes into pore>into tubules>attaches to odor binding protein. deet interferes...
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taste sensilla
 
on mouthparts, antenna, tarsi, ovipositor. opening at top of hair, goes down dendrites to sensory...
12
temp/humidity receptors
 
present in single sensillum found on antennae. 2 hygro receptors, one moist, one dry
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photoreception
 
light intensity, photoperiod, images, movement, color, polarization patterns
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compound eye
 
each facet is separate visual structure, nerve and pigment cells, lens allows light in, directs...
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rhabdom
 
holds visual pigments. pigment cells-keep light that enters facet confined to specific grouping...
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apposition eye
 
receptor apparatus (retinular celland rhabdom) longer than in superposition eye
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photoreception dark adapt in superposition eye
 
pigment movement in corneal pigment cells, move down the rhabdom to increase light. cost is...
18
mosaic image
 
each facet percieves a part of the visual field with the brain integrating the signals to produce...
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long narrow structure
 
disorts image
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color vision
 
pigments in rhabdome, retinula cell is associated with a different pigment. cells twist as...
21
polarized light
 
ultraviolet region, scattered light creates patterns in different regions of the sky. polarization...
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ocellus
 
simple eye. no image, light intensity. used for orientation
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stemmata
 
simple eye in larvae,lens system, cone, simple rhabdom. crude image, movement

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