Module 6 Special Senses

Slide Show #1 The Eye and Vision

This slide show covers:

• Special Senses
• The eye
• Accessory structures of the eye
• Extrinsic eye muscles
• Common clinical eye issues
• Structure of the eyeball (3 tunics)
• Fibrous layer of eyeball
• Vascular layer of the eyeball
• Inner layer of the eyeball (retina)
• Internal chambers of the eyeball
• Light & optics
• The visual pathway

Slide Show #2 Smell & Taste

This slide show covers:

• Chemical senses: Smell & Taste
• Location and structure of olfactory receptors
• Olfactory epithelium
• Location & structure of olfactory receptors
• Physiology of smell  
• Olfactory (smell) pathway
• Olfactory nerve (CN1)
• The olfactory bulb
• Physiology of taste
• Basic taste sensations 
• Types of papillae
• Taste buds
• Nerves in the gustatory pathway

Slide Show #3 The Ear, Hearing & Equilibrium

This slide show covers:

• The Ear: Hearing and Balance
• Major areas of the ear (external, middle, internal)
• Pinna (Auricle)
• External acoustic meatus
• Tympanic membrane
• Middle Ear (Tympanic Cavity)
• Pharyngotympanic Tube (Eustachian Tube)
• Ossicles (Malleus, Incus, Stapes)
• Inner Ear 
• Labyrinth (bony & membranous)
• Vestibule
• Semicircular Canals
• Cochlea
• Anatomy of our hearing
• Auditory Pathway Steps
• Properties of sound
• Maculae
• Crista ampullares
• Homeostatic imbalances of hearing