Histology of the Sense Organs

Histology · Basic Sciences

How it begins

The sense organs constitute highly specialized structures of the organism whose primary function lies in sensory transduction, that is, the conversion of physical or chemical stimuli from the environment (or from the organism itself) into electrochemical impulses that can be interpreted by the central nervous system. From a histological perspective, these organs represent paradigms of…

What it covers

1. Table of Contents
2. 1. Introduction: Classification of Sensory Receptors
3. · 1.1. Classification of sensory receptors
4. 2. The Eye: Microscopic Anatomy of the Eyeball
5. · 2.1. Fibrous tunic: cornea and sclera
6. · 2.2. Vascular tunica or uvea
7. · 2.3. Nervous tunic: the retina
8. · 2.4. The crystalline
9. · 2.5. Annexed structures and drainage ways
10. 3. The Ear: Structure of the Vestibulocochlear System
11. · 3.1. external ear
12. · 3.2. middle ear
13. · 3.3. inner ear
14. 4. Olfactory System: Epithelium and Olfactory Bulb
15. · 4.1. Olfactory mucosa
16. · 4.2. Olfactory bulb
17. 5. Gust System: Papillae and Taste Buttons
18. · 5.1. lingual papillae
19. · 5.2. taste buds
20. 6. Somatosensory System: Integumentary Receptors
21. · 6.1. free nerve endings
22. · 6.2. Merkel receptors
23. · 6.3. Meissner corpuscles
24. · 6.4. Pacinian corpuscles
25. · 6.5. Ruffini corpuscles
26. · 6.6. Krause terminal bulbs
27. · 6.7. Neuromuscular spindles and Golgi tendon organs
28. 7. Functional Integration and Sensory Pathways
29. · 7.1. Final considerations