Sensory Systems

Chemosensory Mechanoreceptors Radiant Energy Receptors
Taste (gustation) Touch Vision
Smell (olfaction) Hearing and gravity detection Heat
Internal: pH, CO2, O2, etc. Internal: Blood Pressure, stomach, etc. photoperiod

Chemoreception
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Arthropod Review		 sensor33.jpg (60781 bytes)
Taste bud micrograph		 sensor31.jpg (6136 bytes)
Wrong!

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Mechanoreception

 

 

 

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Pinna		 sensor11.gif (16190 bytes)
Malleus		 sensor12.gif (19610 bytes)
Incus		 sensor13.gif (7669 bytes)
Stapes
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Bones of middle ear		 sensor15.gif (55690 bytes) Image9.gif (83257 bytes)
Inner ear		 sensor16.gif (72006 bytes)
Inner ear		 sensor17.gif (20528 bytes)
Inner ear
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Inner ear hair cells		 ear.gif (80818 bytes)
Outer, Middle, Inner Ear		 ear2.gif (49243 bytes)
Ear Structure		 ear00.gif (22172 bytes)
Hair Cell Animation
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 Arthropods		      

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Vision

 
Main Eye Review 		Image16.gif (101852 bytes)
Eye		 Image23.gif (114241 bytes)
Retina		 Image24.gif (102903 bytes) Image25.gif (143692 bytes)
Retina micrographs
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Photoreceptors (rod cells SEM)		 Image29.gif (251488 bytes)
Photoreceptor Structure		 Rhodopsin.gif (35329 bytes)  RhodopsinStructure.gif (291170 bytes)
Rhodopsin		  

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Lateral Inhibition Schematic (1D; Click for animation)

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Lateral Inhibition 2D: wpe95.jpg (777 bytes)= Resting; wpeB3.jpg (652 bytes)= Stimulus (light); wpe96.jpg (797 bytes)= Full excitation; wpe97.jpg (789 bytes)= Small inhibition; wpe98.jpg (750 bytes)= Large inhibition

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

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Chick Eye Development

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Vertebrate Systems (Homo sapiens)

Your brain makes it all up! Blind Spot Filler