Sensory System

Question 1

What are the 4 steps of nociception?

Answer 1

Transduction, Transmission, Modulation, Perception

Question 2

What organ does not have nociceptors?

Answer 2

Brain

Question 3

What is proprioception?

Answer 3

Sense of body position and movement

Question 4

Where are proprioception receptors found?

Answer 4

Joints, Ligaments, Tendons, Skeletal Muscles

Question 5

Where are the core temperature receptors located?

Answer 5

Hypothalamus

Question 6

What is the olfactory sense responsible for?

Answer 6

Smell

Question 7

Which cranial nerve is responsible for olfactory sense?

Answer 7

CN1

Question 8

What are the two components of the fibrous layer of the eye?

Answer 8

Sclera, Cornea

Question 9

What part of the eye is considered the white of the eye?

Answer 9

Sclera

Question 10

What part of the eye is transparent and admits light to the interior?

Answer 10

Cornea

Question 11

What are the two components of the vascular layer of the eye?

Answer 11

Choroid, Iris

Question 12

Which part of the eye is located between the sclera and retina?

Answer 12

Chorois

Question 13

What is the name of the piece of choroid that is reflective?

Answer 13

Tapetum Lucidum

Question 14

What part of the eye decides how much light goes into the eye, is the main muscle of the eye, and also contains pigment?

Answer 14

Iris

Question 15

What is the center of the iris called in the eye?

Answer 15

Pupil

Question 16

What two components of the eye make up the nervous layer?

Answer 16

Retina, Optic Disk

Question 17

What part of the eye lines the inside of the back of the eye?

Answer 17

Retina

Question 18

What is the area of the eye called where nerve fibers leave the eye?

Answer 18

Optic Disk

Question 19

Which chamber of the eye is found between the lens and the iris?

Answer 19

Posterior Chamber

Question 20

What type of fluid is found in the posterior chamber of the eye?

Answer 20

Vitreous Humor

Question 21

What chamber of the eye is found between the cornea and the iris?

Answer 21

Anterior Chamber

Question 22

What type of fluid is found in the anterior chamber of the eye?

Answer 22

Aqueous Humor

Question 23

What does neuro- mean?

Answer 23

Brain Nerves

Question 24

What does paresis- mean?

Answer 24

Partial Paralysis

Question 25

What does -plegia mean?

Answer 25

Paralysis

Question 26

What does -esthesia mean?

Answer 26

Sensitivity

Question 27

What does analgesia mean?

Answer 27

No Pain, Still Conscious

Question 28

What does anesthesia mean?

Answer 28

Loss of Sensation

Question 29

What does olfaction mean?

Answer 29

Sense of Smell

Question 30

What does occulo- mean?

Answer 30

Eye

Question 31

What does oto- mean?

Answer 31

Ear

Question 32

What does aural mean?

Answer 32

Pertaining to Ear

Question 33

What does nystagmus mean?

Answer 33

Rapid, Involuntary Movement of Eyeball

Question 34

What does strabismus mean?

Answer 34

One Eye Cannot Focus

Question 35

What does OD mean?

Answer 35

Right Eye

Question 36

What does OS mean?

Answer 36

Left Eye

Question 37

What does OU mean?

Answer 37

Both Eyes

Question 38

What does AD mean?

Answer 38

Right Ear

Question 39

What does AS mean?

Answer 39

Left Ear

Question 40

What does AU mean?

Answer 40

Both Ears

Question 41

What is nociception?

Answer 41

The Brain’s Perception of Experiencing Pain