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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
135 sense organs
Sense Organ Pacinian Corpuscles corpuscula lamellosa Whole Body Pacinian corpuscles are large, oval receptors up to a few millimetres long, made of many onion-like…
Sense Organ Palpebral Fissure rima palpebrarum Head & Skull The palpebral fissure is the opening between the upper and lower eyelids. In adults it is…
Sense Organ Pars Flaccida of the Tympanic Membrane pars flaccida membranae tympanicae Head & Skull The pars flaccida is the small, thin, slack upper part of the eardrum above the malleolar…
Sense Organ Pars Tensa of the Tympanic Membrane pars tensa membranae tympanicae Head & Skull The pars tensa is the large, taut, lower part of the eardrum, making up most of…
Sense Organ Perilymph perilympha Head & Skull Perilymph is the fluid that fills the space between the bony and membranous labyrinths, including the…
Sense Organ Plica Semilunaris plica semilunaris conjunctivae Head & Skull The plica semilunaris is a small, crescent-shaped fold of bulbar conjunctiva at the inner corner of…
Sense Organ Posterior Chamber of the Eye camera posterior bulbi Head & Skull The posterior chamber of the eye is the small fluid-filled space between the posterior iris surface…
Sense Organ Pupil pupilla Head & Skull The pupil is the round opening in the centre of the iris through which light reaches…
Sense Organ Retina retina Head & Skull The retina is the thin, light-sensitive inner layer at the back of the eye. Its photoreceptors…
Sense Organ Retinal Ganglion Cells neurona ganglionica retinae Head & Skull Retinal ganglion cells are the output neurons of the retina. Their axons run across the inner…
Sense Organ Retinal Pigment Epithelium stratum pigmentosum retinae Head & Skull The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is a single layer of dark, hexagonal cells lying between the…
Sense Organ Rod Photoreceptors neuronum bacilliferum Head & Skull Rods are the retina's highly sensitive light receptors, numbering about 90-120 million per eye. They contain…
Sense Organ Round Window fenestra cochleae Head & Skull The round window is a small opening in the medial wall of the middle ear, below…
Sense Organ Ruffini Endings corpuscula sensoria fusiformia Whole Body Ruffini endings are spindle-shaped, slowly adapting receptors in the deeper dermis and in joint capsules and…
Sense Organ Saccule sacculus Head & Skull The saccule is the smaller otolith organ, lying in the front lower part of the vestibule…
Sense Organ Scala Tympani scala tympani Head & Skull The scala tympani is the lower perilymph-filled channel of the cochlea. It runs from the helicotrema…
Sense Organ Scala Vestibuli scala vestibuli Head & Skull The scala vestibuli is the upper perilymph-filled channel of the cochlea. It begins at the vestibule,…
Sense Organ Sclera sclera Head & Skull The sclera is the white, opaque outer coat that forms about the back five-sixths of the…
Sense Organ Semicircular Ducts ductus semicirculares Head & Skull The semicircular ducts are three endolymph-filled membranous tubes lying within the bony semicircular canals: anterior (superior),…
Sense Organ Spiral Ligament of the Cochlea ligamentum spirale cochleae Head & Skull The spiral ligament is a thick band of connective tissue lining the outer bony wall of…
Sense Organ Stria Vascularis stria vascularis ductus cochlearis Head & Skull The stria vascularis is a band of specialised, richly vascular epithelium on the outer wall of…
Sense Organ Subretinal Space spatium subretinale Head & Skull The subretinal space is the potential space between the neurosensory retina (photoreceptor outer segments) and the…
Sense Organ Tarsal Plates tarsus superior et inferior Head & Skull The tarsal plates are firm bands of dense connective tissue that form the skeleton of each…
Sense Organ Taste Buds caliculi gustatorii Head & Skull Taste buds are small, onion-shaped clusters of 50-100 cells that detect taste. Most sit in the…
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