L7 end

Question 1

Olfaction

Answer 1

Sense of smell, carried by olfactory nerve

Question 2

Chemoreceptors

Answer 2

Detect chemical dissolved in nasal mucus (smell)

Question 3

Gustation

Answer 3

Taste buds activated by saliva, sweet, sour, salty, bitter, unami (savory)

Question 4

Vision

Answer 4

70% of sensory receptors found in eye

Question 5

Pigmented layer

Answer 5

Absorbs light

Question 6

Neural layer

Answer 6

Photoreceptors transduce light

Question 7

Types of Photoreceptors

Answer 7

Rods and Cones

Question 8

Rods

Answer 8

Low acuity, dim light, no color vision, Mainly peripheral

Question 9

Cones

Answer 9

bright light, high acuity, color vision

Question 10

Optic disc

Answer 10

Blind spot

Question 11

Macula Lutea

Answer 11

Lateral to optic disc, contains fovea centrialis mostly cone

Question 12

Peripheral Retina

Answer 12

Mostly rods, activated by dim light less acute vision

Question 13

Pathway of light

Answer 13

Enters through cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitreous humor, retina photoreceptors

Question 14

Three regions of hearing

Answer 14

Outer ear, middle ear, and inner ear

Question 15

Outer ear

Answer 15

Ear canal to tympanic membrane (eardrum)

Question 16

Middle ear

Answer 16

Contains ossicles(small bones) that move when eardrum vibrates from soundwaves

Question 17

Inner ear

Answer 17

contains Cochlea for hearing, vestibule and semicircular canals for equilibrium

Question 18

Cochlea

Answer 18

Spiral chamber within ear, houses organ of corti (hearing)

Question 19

Equilibruim

Answer 19

Composed of utricle, saccule, and semicircular canals, Involves vestibular apparatus in inner ear

Question 20

Utricle and saccule detect ___

Answer 20

Static equilibrium and linear acceleration (moving in straight line)

Question 21

Semicircular canals involve ___

Answer 21

Dynamic equilibrium

Question 22

Mechanoreceptors are activated by

Answer 22

fluid motion from movement