Special Senses

Question 1

Where are tears produced?

Answer 1

Lacrimal glands

Question 2

What tissue makes up the conjunctiva?

Answer 2

Epithelium

Question 3

What does the neural tunic consist of?

Answer 3

Retina

Question 4

What does the vascular tunic consist of?

Answer 4

Blood vessels, smooth muscle. Iris, ciliary body and choroid

Question 5

What does the fibrous tunic consist of?

Answer 5

Sclera & cornea

Question 6

What is another name for the blind spot?

Answer 6

Optic disc

Question 7

What is the fovea centralis?

Answer 7

Centre of macula lutea, made only of cone cells

Question 8

Where do the optic nerves connect?

Answer 8

Optic chiasm

Question 9

What is the external ear composed of?

Answer 9

Auricle, external acoustic meatus and tympanic membrane

Question 10

Function of external acoustic meatus?

Answer 10

Hairs & wax prevent foreign objects reaching tympanic membrane

Question 11

Name the ossicles

Answer 11

Malleus, Incus & Stapes

Question 12

What does the stapes vibrate against to transmit sound?

Answer 12

Oval window

Question 13

What structure is responsible for static equilibrium?

Answer 13

Vestibule

Question 14

What structure is responsible for kinetic equilibrium?

Answer 14

Semicircular canals

Question 15

What nerve carries vibration impulses to brain?

Answer 15

Vestibularcochlear

Question 16

How many taste cells are there in a tastebud?

Answer 16

~40

Question 17

What nerves have sensory axons for taste in them?

Answer 17

Facial, glossopharyngeal & vagus