Chapter 9

Question 1

Enumerate the 6 primary taste sensations.

Answer 1

Sweet, salty, bitter, sour, umami, water

Question 2

List the accessory structure of the eye

Answer 2

• Eyebrows
• Eyelids
• Conjunctiva
• Lacrimal Apparatus
• Extrinsic Eye Muscles

Question 3

Enumerate all 5 senses

Answer 3

▪ Olfaction
▪ Gustation
▪ Hearing
▪ Equilibrium
▪ Vision

Question 4

What are the two types of general senses?

Answer 4

SOMATIC SENSE
VISCERAL SENSES

Question 5

Name the three tunics of the eye

Answer 5

Fibrous Tunic
Vascular Tunic
Nervous Tunic

Question 6

List the three auditory ossicles.

Answer 6

Malleus
Incus
Stapes

Question 7

List the five types of sensory receptors.

Answer 7

Mechanoreceptors
Chemoreceptors
Photoreceptors
Thermoreceptors
Nociceptors

Question 8

The interior of the eyeball is divided into three areas or chambers. What are those?

Answer 8

Anterior Chamber
Posterior Chamber
Vitreous Chamber

Question 9

Enumerate the three major types of taste buds.

Answer 9

Circumvallate papillae
Fungiform papillae
Filiform papillae

Question 10

It is the passageway that extends completely around the eye. It permits fluid to drain out of the eye into the systemic circulation so that a constant intraocular pressure (IOP) is maintained.

Answer 10

Canal of Schlemm

Question 11

True or False. Olfactory relating to the sense of smell.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

True or False. The auricle, ear canal, and tympanic membrane are often referred to as the external ear.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

True or False. Light is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans can see.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

True or False. The fibrous tunic is the outer layer of the eye.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

True or False. Gustation provides information about the foods and liquids that we consumed.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

True or False. Sensation refers to the awareness of a stimulus as a result of its perception by sensory receptors.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True or False. The external ear consists of the auricle and the external auditory canal.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

True or False. The senses of hearing and balance are both transmitted by the vestibulocochlear nerve.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

What is the name of the junction between the sclera and the cornea?

Answer 19

The limbus

Question 20

It describe as the sensory structures that detect taste stimuli.

Answer 20

Taste buds

Question 21

What are the two layers of olfactory organs?

Answer 21

Olfactory Epithelium and Lamina Propria

Question 22

The two additional human taste sensations

Answer 22

Umami
Water

Question 23

It converts the light that enter the eye into electrical signals and optic nerve send it to the brain and creates an image.

Answer 23

Retina

Question 24

As the light rays converge, they finally reach a point at which they cross. The crossing point is called

Answer 24

Focal point (FP)

Question 25

It is the middle layer of the eye. It consists of the choroid, ciliary body, and iris.

Answer 25

Vascular Tunic

Question 26

They are responsible for color vision and visual acuity.

Answer 26

Cones

Question 27

A thin membrane that separates the external ear from the middle ear.

Answer 27

Tympanic membrane or eardrum

Question 28

It prevents perspiration from entering the eyes.

Answer 28

Eyebrows

Question 29

Protects the eyes from foreign objects.

Answer 29

Eyelids

Question 30

It is where two eyelids are connected.

Answer 30

medial canthus and lateral canthus

Question 31

True or False. Rods are responsible for vision in low illumination (night vision).

Answer 31

True

Question 32

It is the outer layer of the eyeball and consist of the sclera and the cornea.

Answer 32

Fibrous Tunic

Question 33

True or False. Gustation detects and transmit odorant information to the central nervous system.

Answer 33

False