Senses

Question 1

What are the 5 special senses?

Answer 1

smell, taste, hearing, equilibrium, and sight

Question 2

What are smell receptors?

Answer 2

chemoreceptors

Question 3

What organs allow us to smell?

Answer 3

olfactory organs, which are small masses of epithelial tissue at the top of our nasal cavity

Question 4

What are odorants?

Answer 4

things that stimulate different sets of olfactory receptors and cause signals to be sent to the brain

Question 5

What organs are used to taste?

Answer 5

taste buds

Question 6

Where are taste buds found?

Answer 6

on the tongue, the roof of your mouth, and back of your throat

Question 7

What must happen for something to be tasted?

Answer 7

the food must be broken down into a watery fluid, which is provided by the salivary glands

Question 8

What are the five types of taste sensations?

Answer 8

sour, sweet, bitter, salty, and umami

Question 9

What part of the tongue reacts the most to sour food?

Answer 9

the sides of the tongue

Question 10

What part of the tongue reacts the most to sweet food?

Answer 10

the tip of the tongue

Question 11

What part of the tongue reacts the most to bitter food?

Answer 11

the back of the tongue

Question 12

What part of the tongue reacts the most to salty food?

Answer 12

the outside border of the tongue

Question 13

What part of the tongue reacts the most to umami food?

Answer 13

most of the tongue, except for the back edge

Question 14

What 3 parts make up the hearing organ?

Answer 14

the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear

Question 15

What does the outer ear consist of?

Answer 15

the auricle, the external acoustic meatus, and the eardrum

Question 16

What is the auricle?

Answer 16

an outer, funnel shaped structure

Question 17

What is the external acoustic meatus?

Answer 17

an s shaped tube

Question 18

What does the eardrum do?

Answer 18

it collects vibrations caused by noise and reproduces them by moving back and forth

Question 19

What 3 small bones are found in the middle ear?

Answer 19

the maleys, the incus, and the stapes

Question 20

What do the 3 small bones in the middle ear do?

Answer 20

they bridge the outer and inner ear by transmitting vibrations between the two, and they also amplify vibrations

Question 21

What makes up the inner ear?

Answer 21

a complex system of chambers called labyrinths

Question 22

What are the two parts to the labyrinth found in the inner ear?

Answer 22

the osseous labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth

Question 23

What can equilibrium be broken down into?

Answer 23

static equilibrium and dynamic equilibrium

Question 24

What does static equilibrium do?

Answer 24

it senses the position of the head and maintains stability and posture when the body is standing still

Question 25

What does dynamic equilibrium do?

Answer 25

it aids in maintaining balance when motion is detected

Question 26

What do the organs of sight do?

Answer 26

react to light stimuli

Question 27

What is the iris?

Answer 27

the colored portion of the eye

Question 28

What is the pupil?

Answer 28

the black portion of the eye that contracts and dilates to let in the appropriate amount of light