Sensory Systems

Chemoreception   Arthropods	Tongue papilla	Taste bud on papilla	Tutorial	Taste bud micrograph
		Olfactory membrane		Olfactory nerves
Mechanoreception     Arthropods	Pinna	Outer and middle ear	Tympanum	Tympanum and bones of middle ear
	Nasophaynx	Malleus	Incus	Stapes
	Bones of middle ear	Inner ear	Inner ear	Inner ear
	Inner ear	Section through cochlea	Inner ear hair cells	inner ear hair cells Look here! This is cool too!
		Inner ear development	Pacinian corpuscle	Spindle fibers
Vision Eyes!	Eye	Eye	Eye musculature	Eye
	Eye	Macula	Retina	Retina
	Retina micrographs	Photoreceptors (rod cells SEM)	Photoreceptor Structure	Rhodopsin

Lateral Inhibition Schematic (1D; Click for animation)

Lateral Inhibition 2D: = Resting; = Stimulus (light); = Full excitation; = Small inhibition; = Large inhibition

More Lateral Inhibition Cartoons (Click to see animation) Good for edge and movement detection!

Chick Eye Development

Vertebrate Systems (Homo sapiens)

Your brain makes it all up! Blind Spot Filler