Sensory Physiology
introduction/general principles
 
Sensing the world around us
Electromagnetic
Waves
Mechanical 
Disturbances
Chemicals

Vision 
 
Somatosensory 
light touch/crude touch/
temperature/pain
Taste 
 
electro/magneto 
reception
 Kinesthesia
 
Smell
Hearing
 
 
 
Sensing the world inside us
 
O2 tension - carotid body molecules - various organs
osmotic pressure - hypothalamus glucose levels - hypothalamus 
ion concentration (pH) - medulla Muscle tension -
tendon
 
 
 Syllabus
 

Created: 1/7/98
By Albert Borroni