Ch 9 And 10 Test Answers Flashcards
The sense of taste is classified as
Chemoreceptor
The cone in the eye
Are part of the retinal layer and they respond to colors red, green, and blue
Which of the following is not true of a general sense organ
They are grouped in a localized area
The perilymph isn’t
Inside the bony labyrinth
An infection of the middle ear is called
Otitis media
The 6 primary taste sensations are
Sweet, salty, Metallic, bitter, sour and umami
The rods in the eye
Are used to see in dim light
The cells responsible for the sense of taste are the
Gustatory cells
The sequence of the ossicles from the eardrum to the inner ear is
Malleus, incus, stapes
Which sensation is sensed by a special sense organ
Smell, equilibrium, and taste
The blind spot of the eye is also called the
Optic nerve
The olfactory receptors
Also assist in the sense of taste
The 2 principal division that make up for the nervous system are the
Peripheral and central
The vital centers(the cardiac, respiratory, and vasomotor centers) are located in the
Medulla oblongata
The somatic nervous system controls actions of the
Skeletal muscle
The tough fibrous sheath covering the whole nerve is called the
Epineurium
The innermost membrane covering the brain and spinal cord is the
Pia mater
In the cerebrum, the islands of gray matter within the white matter are called the
Either the cerebral basal nuclei or basal ganglia
Indentations between adjacent Schwann cells are called
Nodes of ranvier
In which nervous system does the synapse of preganglionic and postganglionic neurons usually occur to the spinal cord
Sympathetic nervous system
Which is also called a the thoracolumbar nervous system
Sympathetic nervous system
A nerve is a
Group of axons
The difference between a three and a two neuron reflex is that the three neuron reflex
Includes an interneuron
The part of the neuron that carries impulses to the neuron cell body is the
Dendrite
The total number of pairs of both spinal and cranial nerves is
43
