SCB 115 Lab 11 – Exercise 19 Special Senses

Learning Objectives

After completing this lab, the students will be able to:

  • identify the structures of the eye and its accessory organs.
  • identify the structures of the ear.
  • identify the structures of the tongue.

Lab Readings

Read the following materials before you begin the experiment.

EYE DIAGRAM. Source: https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=eye+diagram
Source: https://static.docsity.com/documents_pages/2013/01/26/c79060b94e8599d837e8f7237d6e301f.png
Source: https://sites.psu.edu/siowfa15/wp-content/uploads/sites/29639/2015/10/taste-buds-fungiform-papillae-vallate-papilla-gustatory-hairs-stratified-squamous-epithelium-of-tongue-taste-fibers-of-cranial-nerves.jpg
  1. 36.1 Sensory Processes
    (OpenStax, Bio2, Chapter 36)

2. Anatomy of Special Senses

special-senses-atlas-anatomy

Videos

Watch the following videos before you start the lab activity.

  1. Eye Model video
  2. Ear Model video
  3. Cow Eye dissection video

Lab Activity

  1. View and Identify the special senses organs and their structures.
special-senses-lagcc-models

  1. Read the Cow’s Eye Manual, view the slides, and identify its parts.
cows-eye-dissection-manual

cow-eyes-dissection

Quiz

  1. Ear quiz (view the answer key)