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14 clipsEach one opens on YouTube. The same ▶ badges appear beside the cram points and notes they explain.
- Big-picture tour of the sensory systemThe Sensory SystemBozeman Science
- Receptor classes: mechano-, thermo-, nociceptorsPeripheral somatosensation | Organ Systems | MCAT | Khan Academykhanacademymedicine
- Sensory adaptation — tonic vs phasic receptorsSensory adaptation | Processing the Environment | MCAT | Khan Academykhanacademymedicine
- Touch and the skin mechanoreceptorsOverview of Sensation and Meissner's Corpuscle | NCLEX-RN | Khan Academykhanacademymedicine
- Proprioception: muscle spindles and the stretch reflexNeurology | Spinal Cord: Stretch Reflex | Muscle SpindleNinja Nerd
- The ear, ossicles, and how hearing worksHearing & Balance: Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology #17CrashCourse
- Inside the cochlea: basilar membrane and hair cells2-Minute Neuroscience: The CochleaNeuroscientifically Challenged
- Balance: otolith organs and semicircular canals2-Minute Neuroscience: Vestibular SystemNeuroscientifically Challenged
- Chemoreception overview — taste buds and olfactionTaste & Smell: Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology #16CrashCourse
- Olfaction: receptors, glomeruli, and the direct cortical route2-Minute Neuroscience: OlfactionNeuroscientifically Challenged
- Vision, eye anatomy, and the visual pathwayVision: Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology #18CrashCourse
- Rods vs cones and the layered retinaPhotoreceptors (rods vs cones) | Processing the Environment | MCAT | Khan Academykhanacademymedicine
- Phototransduction — why light hyperpolarizes the rod2-Minute Neuroscience: PhototransductionNeuroscientifically Challenged
- Other animal senses: lateral line, electroreception, infrared, magnetismAncestral & Weird Senses: Crash Course Zoology #8CrashCourse