Blueprint ID | Learning Objectives |
8099 | identify the structures of the ear and their functions |
8100 | Explain how sound waves are transduced by the sensory apparatus (organ of Corti) into sound |
8101 | Describe the organization of the auditory pathways |
8102 | Describe the concept of flavour. |
8103 | List the causes of problems with tastes (as provided in lecture). |
8104 | Describe how tastes are detected on the tongue. |
8105 | List the cranial nerves involved for transmitting tastes and describe general CNS pathways/components for taste. |
8106 | Describe the basic concept of how tastes are encoded (distinguished) within the CNS. |
8107 | Describe where olfactants are first detected and how it is thought they are detected. |
8108 | Describe the integrative brain sites that mediate different processing of olfactory information. i.e., olfactory awareness/discrimination, memory, flavour, visceral and emotional responses to odours. |
8109 | List the clinical problems related to olfaction and describe the tests used to discriminate odors (as presented in lecture). |
8261 | Explain the anatomical basis of tympanic membrane perforation, mastoiditis and pain in the ear |
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