Lecture 11 Senses

Question 1

What are the two tongue cell types?

Answer 1

Gustatory and basal epithelial cells

Question 2

How often are taste buds replaced?

Answer 2

Every 7-10 days

Question 3

What are the names of the two types of taste receptors?

Answer 3

Fungiform and vallate papillae

Question 4

Which cranial nerve supports the tongue?

Answer 4

CN IX Glossopharnygeal

Question 5

What kind of tissue is the olfactory epithelium?

Answer 5

Pseudostratified columnar

Question 6

Name the six extrinsic eye muscles

Answer 6

Superior rectus

Inferior rectus

Medial rectus

Lateral rectus

Superior oblique

Inferior oblique

Question 7

How does sound travel?

Answer 7

In a compression wave

Question 8

What is conjunctivitis?

Answer 8

Inflamtion of the conjunctiva

Question 9

Why is there a blind spot?

Answer 9

Blood vesles cause the retina to be free of rods

and cones forming a blind spot.

Question 10

What does refractive surgery do?

Answer 10

Causes imabe to focus properly on the retina.

Question 11

What is diabetic retionpoathy?

Answer 11

Fine capillaries are clogged with sugar, causing poor vision.

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Question 18

What is the name of the three semicircular canals?

Answer 18

Anterior

Posterior

Lateral

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Question 25

What is the fovea centralis known for?

Answer 25

It is the center of the eye’s sharpest vision and most color perception