Chapter 12 Test

Question 0

Name the larger papillae of the tongue

Answer 0

Circum vallate

Question 1

Sour is best tasted in which portion of the tongue?

Answer 1

Sides

Question 2

What type of sensory organs are the gustatory organs?

Answer 2

Taste

Question 3

What type of stimulus is required for olfactory reception to occur?

Answer 3

A few molecules-chemical

Question 4

Name the five primary taste sensations

Answer 4

Sour, sweet, salty, bitter, and umami

Question 5

What is lacking in the blind spot so that it has no vision capability.

Answer 5

Rods and cones

Question 6

Name structures that protect the eye

Answer 6

Eyebrows, eyelashes and eyelids

Question 7

What is the term we use to describe the closest distance at which sharp focus is attained by the eyes?

Answer 7

Near point

Question 8

The thin transparent mucous membrane covering the anterior of the eye and lining the eyelids

Answer 8

Conjunctiva

Question 9

The ability of the eyes to focus together so that we see only one image and have depth perception

Answer 9

Binocular vision

Question 10

A touch receptor is an example of this type of receptor

Answer 10

Mechanoreceptor

Question 11

The process that adjusts the lens for near vision

Answer 11

Accommodation

Question 12

Light energy initiates nerve impulses in what structure?

Answer 12

Retina

Question 13

A sex linked trait; lacking cones

Answer 13

Color blindness

Question 14

In what area of the eye are cones most densely concentrated

Answer 14

Central fovea

Question 15

The colored part of the eye

Answer 15

Iris

Question 16

A kind of pain often experienced by people suffering a heart attact

Answer 16

Referred

Question 17

What receptors work to allow color vision

Answer 17

The 3 cones

Question 18

What is the term we use to describe bringing each eye to focus at the same point?

Answer 18

Convergence

Question 19

The bending of light rays as they pass from the air through the cornea and lens

Answer 19

Retraction

Question 20

List the accessory structures of the eye

Answer 20

Eyebrows, eyelashes, lacrimal apparatus,and muscles

Question 21

Where does most of our refraction occur

Answer 21

Cornea

Question 22

The outermost layer of the retina that contains melanin to absorb light rays

Answer 22

Pigment epithelium

Question 23

The structure that provides blood for the eye and absorbs scattered light

Answer 23

Choroid

Question 24

In what area do humans have the sharpest vision?

Answer 24

Central fovea

Question 25

In what process are the macular and semicircular canals involved?

Answer 25

Equilibrium

Question 26

The equilibrium apparatus concerned with maintaining posture

Answer 26

Maculae (of vestibula)

Question 27

The structure(s) for dynamic (motion) equilibrium

Answer 27

Semicircular canals

Question 28

What makes up the bony labyrinth?

Answer 28

Semicircular canals vestibula

Question 29

The ear structure that converts sound waves into vibrations

Answer 29

Tympanic membrane

Question 30

A balance disorder which cause a person to feel that they are going around in space and are extremely dizzy

Answer 30

Vertigo

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Question 35

What is created when hair cells come in contact with the tectorial membrane?

Answer 35

An impulse