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Question 1

The receptors for vision are located in which part of the eye are the receptors for vision located?

Answer 1

Retina

Question 2

The receptors for hearing and equilibrium are located in the:

Answer 2

inner ear in the cochlea and vestibular apparatus

Question 3

Four refractory media of the eye; listed in sequence from outermost to innermost:

Answer 3

cornea, aqueous humor, lens, and vitreous humor

Question 4

Olfactory damage would most likely affect your ability to:

Answer 4

smell

Question 5

Treatment for cataracts usually involves the removal of the:

Answer 5

removal of lens

Question 6

Increased intraocular pressure is associated with _________

Answer 6

glaucoma

Question 7

The structure that is mainly responsible for vision is the _________

Answer 7

retina

Question 8

In the ___________, rods outnumber cones, but in the fovea centralis, the center of the ____________, mainly consists of ____________.

Answer 8

retina

retina

cones

Question 9

The hearing receptors are most closely associated with the:

Answer 9

organ of corti or cochlea

Question 10

A cochlear _____________ enables those with deafness or difficulty hearing to hear.

Answer 10

implant

Question 11

Receptors for hearing are concentrated in the __________

Answer 11

cochlea of the inner ear

Question 12

Taste buds are found mostly on the:

Answer 12

tongue on the papillae

Question 13

Pressure to the fingertips is perceived by which sensory cell type?

Answer 13

mechanoreceptors

Question 14

The pituitary gland lies in the __________ bone.

Answer 14

sphenoid

Question 15

An ___________ is a recording of brain waves

Answer 15

electroencephalogram

Question 16

A patient who experienced head trauma has lost the ability to taste spicy food. You should expect damage to cranial nerve ______

Answer 16

7, 9, or 10

Question 17

An adult has approximately ________ taste buds.

Answer 17

10,000

Question 18

General Characteristics of Sensory Function

Answer 18

Responds to stimuli when they are specific for then transducing it into a neural message that follows a path to the brain

Question 19

Receptors, Sensation and Perception

Answer 19

There are sensory receptors that detect stimulation and perception which is the interpretation of sensory information

Question 20

General Senses

Answer 20

may focus on the somatosensory system which includes touch, temperature, pain, and awareness of body position

Question 21

Special Senses

Answer 21

Covers the sense of vision, hearing, taste, smell, and equilibrium processed via cranial nerves and differs from the general senses pathway

Question 22

Life-Span Changes

Answer 22

How sensory function changes throughout the lifespan and declines because of age-related changes that affect their sensory abilities and sensory function