The Organs of Sense - English
Atlas of 36 OHP Transparencies comprising approx. 90 color pictures, mostly with several component figures.

Eye and vision. Range of visible light in the electromagnetic spectrum -The human eye -Sagittal section of the human eye -Front region of the human eye -Cornea of the human eye, t.s. detail -Wall of the human eye ball, t.s. detail -Human retina, t.s. detail -Human retina, diagram -Retina, rods l.s., electron micrograph -Central fovea of retina -Papilla of optic nerve -Retina seen through the ophthalmoscope -Developing eyes of young mammalian embryo, section -do. older stage -Ocular muscles -Visual pathways, optic chiasm, schematic figure -Acccommodation -Mechanism of pupillary light reflex -Vision of moving objects -Vision of motion explained by reafference -Formation of an image of a normal eye. The eye as a camera -Defects of image-forming, nearsightedness, farsightedness -Formation of image by an astigmatic cornea -Image seen through “normal” and astigmatism glasses -Pathological turbidity of the lens (cataract) -Physiological contrast, simultaneous contras -Optical illusions by ambiguous information -Optical illusions caused by influence of surrounding areas -Basis for the arrow illusion -Non-conformtity of rational interpretation and optical perception -Trichromatic triangle. Colour vision -Spectral sensitivity of rods and cones -Tests for colour-blindness. Red-green deficiency and blue weakness -Colour perception and emotion, colourtest.

Ear and Hearing, Sense of Equilibrium. The formation of sound waves -Eardrum of the frog -Auditory ossicles at the skull of a frog -Auditory ossicles of man and cat compared with the size of a pin -Transformation of auditory ossicles during evolution -Development of the inner ear -Morphology of the human ear -Ear drum with healed up fissure -Middle ear and inner ear -Auditory canal, eardrum and cochlea, l.s. -Cochlea, l.s. showing organ of Corti -Organ of Corti, detail -Organ of Corti, schematic figure -Movement of Reissner’s and basilar membrane -Broadening of the basilar membrane -Formation of damped waves in the membraneous labyrinth -Displacement of the membraneous labyrinth -Amplitude pattern of vibration for high and low frequencies -Detection of sound direction -Diagram of main auditory pathways -Relationship of the two sets of the semicircular canals -Semicircular canals, section -Ampullar crista, t.s. -Otolithic organ (macula), t.s. -Function of the vestibular system.

Senses of Smell, Taste, Touch, Temperature and Proprioception. Nasal and pharyngeal cavity. Airstream of the breath -Olfactory and respiratory mucous membrane t.s. -Olfactory mucous membrane, t.s. Detail view -Olfactory epithelium, electron micrograph -Nasal conchae of human and deer -Human tongue with taste buds -Tongue of rabbit, t.s. of papilla foliata -Papilla foliata t.s., taste buds -Vallate papilla t.s., taste buds -Fungiform papilla of the tongue t.s., detail -Human skin with receptors of touch, pressure and thermal sensation -Sinus hair of mouse, l.s. -Sinus hair of mouse, t.s. -Pacinian corpuscle of the pancreas -Meissner’s corpuscle from human finger -Eimer’s corpuscle from the mouth of mole -Grandry’s and Herbst’s touch corpuscles from beak of duck -Sensitivity differences caused by touch-stimulation -Ruffini’s warmth receptor -Krause’s corpuscle, cold receptor -Back of human hand with warmth and cold reception points -Thermoreceptors of a infrared detector of snake -Proprioceptors: muscle spindle and tendon apparatus -Muscle spindle in muscle, t.s.