Answer the following and provide a BRIEF/SHORT explanation for each:
A. What is the process called that the brain uses to compensate for the parts of the image that fall on the optic disc?
B. What is odd about how the hair cells in the vestibular system (also present in the organ of corti) depolarise?
C. What effect does bending of the stereocilia have on the stimulation of action potentials from the supporting afferent neurones?
D. How would you categorize the sensory afferents, in terms of receptor type (e.g. thermoceptor, nociceptor etc.) in charge of detecting touch or pressure in the skin?
E. Briefly, how do we spatially differentiate between 2 points placed close together on the skin?
F. What is the role of the tymphanic membrane in hearing?
G. What is the purpose of the so called tip links on the stereocilia of hair cells in the vestibular system (also present in the organ of corti)?
H. Briefly, why is eating carrots and other red/yellow vegetables important for vision?
Answer the following and provide a BRIEF/SHORT explanation for each:
A. What is the process called that the brain uses to compensate for the parts of the image that fall on the optic disc?
B. What is odd about how the hair cells in the vestibular system (also present in the organ of corti) depolarise?
C. What effect does bending of the stereocilia have on the stimulation of action potentials from the supporting afferent neurones?
D. How would you categorize the sensory afferents, in terms of receptor type (e.g. thermoceptor, nociceptor etc.) in charge of detecting touch or pressure in the skin?
E. Briefly, how do we spatially differentiate between 2 points placed close together on the skin?
F. What is the role of the tymphanic membrane in hearing?
G. What is the purpose of the so called tip links on the stereocilia of hair cells in the vestibular system (also present in the organ of corti)?
H. Briefly, why is eating carrots and other red/yellow vegetables important for vision?
