Human Physiology Essay – Perceiving the environment
2. How do you perceive the environment?
In your answer, you should explain “perception,” the organization of the nervous system, chemoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, photoreceptors, thermoreceptors, somatic senses (touch,thermoreception, nociception), special senses (olfaction, gustation, audition, vision), olfactory nerves, olfactory epithelium, olfactory receptors, taste pore, taste cell (each of the 5 types), sound waves (including amplitude and wavelength), outer ear, middle ear, inner ear, cochlea, hair cells, eye, cornea, lens, accommodation, myopia, hyperopia, stretch-gated ion channels, rods, cones, color vision, and bipolar cells.