Ch 9 And 10 Test Answers

Question 1

The sense of taste is classified as

Answer 1

Chemoreceptor

Question 2

The cone in the eye

Answer 2

Are part of the retinal layer and they respond to colors red, green, and blue

Question 3

Which of the following is not true of a general sense organ

Answer 3

They are grouped in a localized area

Question 4

The perilymph isn’t

Answer 4

Inside the bony labyrinth

Question 5

An infection of the middle ear is called

Answer 5

Otitis media

Question 6

The 6 primary taste sensations are

Answer 6

Sweet, salty, Metallic, bitter, sour and umami

Question 7

The rods in the eye

Answer 7

Are used to see in dim light

Question 8

The cells responsible for the sense of taste are the

Answer 8

Gustatory cells

Question 9

The sequence of the ossicles from the eardrum to the inner ear is

Answer 9

Malleus, incus, stapes

Question 10

Which sensation is sensed by a special sense organ

Answer 10

Smell, equilibrium, and taste

Question 11

The blind spot of the eye is also called the

Answer 11

Optic nerve

Question 12

The olfactory receptors

Answer 12

Also assist in the sense of taste

Question 13

The 2 principal division that make up for the nervous system are the

Answer 13

Peripheral and central

Question 14

The vital centers(the cardiac, respiratory, and vasomotor centers) are located in the

Answer 14

Medulla oblongata

Question 15

The somatic nervous system controls actions of the

Answer 15

Skeletal muscle

Question 16

The tough fibrous sheath covering the whole nerve is called the

Answer 16

Epineurium

Question 17

The innermost membrane covering the brain and spinal cord is the

Answer 17

Pia mater

Question 18

In the cerebrum, the islands of gray matter within the white matter are called the

Answer 18

Either the cerebral basal nuclei or basal ganglia

Question 19

Indentations between adjacent Schwann cells are called

Answer 19

Nodes of ranvier

Question 20

In which nervous system does the synapse of preganglionic and postganglionic neurons usually occur to the spinal cord

Answer 20

Sympathetic nervous system

Question 21

Which is also called a the thoracolumbar nervous system

Answer 21

Sympathetic nervous system

Question 22

A nerve is a

Answer 22

Group of axons

Question 23

The difference between a three and a two neuron reflex is that the three neuron reflex

Answer 23

Includes an interneuron

Question 24

The part of the neuron that carries impulses to the neuron cell body is the

Answer 24

Dendrite

Question 25

The total number of pairs of both spinal and cranial nerves is

Answer 25

43