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Body Atlas, Sense Organ Reference

Sense Organs

Eye, ear, nose and tongue reference, parts, nerve supply, function, and common conditions.

135 sense organs
21 sense organs starting with C  Clear ×
Sense Organ Canal of Schlemm sinus venosus sclerae Head & Skull The canal of Schlemm is a thin, circular channel running all the way around the eye…
Sense Organ Canthi anguli oculi Head & Skull The medial and lateral canthi are the inner and outer corners where the upper and lower…
Sense Organ Ceruminous Glands and Cerumen glandulae ceruminosae Head & Skull Ceruminous glands are modified apocrine sweat glands in the skin of the outer, cartilaginous part of…
Sense Organ Choroid choroidea Head & Skull The choroid is the thin, dark, highly vascular layer between the sclera and the retina at…
Sense Organ Ciliary Body corpus ciliare Head & Skull The ciliary body is a ring of tissue behind the iris that links the iris to…
Sense Organ Ciliary Processes processus ciliares Head & Skull The ciliary processes are about 70-80 radial ridges on the inner surface of the front part…
Sense Organ Circumvallate Papillae papillae vallatae Head & Skull Circumvallate papillae are the 8-12 large, flat-topped papillae arranged in a V-shaped row just in front…
Sense Organ Cochlea cochlea Head & Skull The cochlea is the snail-shaped hearing organ of the inner ear, a bony tube coiled about…
Sense Organ Cochlear Aqueduct aqueductus cochleae Head & Skull The cochlear aqueduct is a narrow bony channel connecting the perilymph of the scala tympani near…
Sense Organ Cochlear Duct ductus cochlearis Head & Skull The cochlear duct, or scala media, is the triangular, endolymph-filled middle channel of the cochlea and…
Sense Organ Concha of the Auricle concha auriculae Head & Skull The concha is the deep bowl-shaped hollow of the auricle that leads into the ear canal.…
Sense Organ Cone Photoreceptors neuronum coniferum Head & Skull Cones are the retina's daylight receptors, about 6 million per eye, concentrated in the fovea. There…
Sense Organ Conjunctiva tunica conjunctiva Head & Skull The conjunctiva is a thin, transparent mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelids…
Sense Organ Conjunctival Fornices fornix conjunctivae Head & Skull The conjunctival fornices are the deep folds where the conjunctiva lining the eyelids turns back to…
Sense Organ Cornea cornea Head & Skull The cornea is the clear, dome-shaped window at the front of the eye. It has no…
Sense Organ Corneal Endothelium epithelium posterius corneae Head & Skull The corneal endothelium is a single layer of hexagonal cells lining the inner surface of the…
Sense Organ Corneal Epithelium epithelium anterius corneae Head & Skull The corneal epithelium is the outermost layer of the cornea, five to seven cells thick. It…
Sense Organ Corneal Stroma substantia propria corneae Head & Skull The corneal stroma makes up about 90% of the cornea thickness. It consists of about 200…
Sense Organ Corneoscleral Limbus limbus corneae Head & Skull The limbus is the narrow ring, about 1-2 mm wide, where the clear cornea meets the…
Sense Organ Crista Ampullaris crista ampullaris Head & Skull The crista ampullaris is the sensory ridge inside the swollen end (ampulla) of each semicircular duct.…
Sense Organ Cupula of the Ampulla cupula ampullaris Head & Skull The cupula is a gelatinous dome that sits on the crista ampullaris and stretches across the…

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