Special Senses (MCQ) Flashcards
- This is responsible for high visual acuity and color vision, and works best under daylight condition.
A) Rods
B) Cones
C) Pupil
D) Retina
B) Cones
- Extraocular muscles of the eyes are innervated by these nerves, except:
A) CN III
B) CN IV
C) CN V
D) CN VI
C) CN V
- The pupillary dilator that controls the amount of light entering the eye is activated by:
A) Sympathetic nervous system
B) Parasympathetic nervous system
C) Autonomic nervous system
D) Baroreceptor reflex
A) Sympathetic nervous system
- Which is TRUE about lens:
A) It is the major refractive element of the eye
B) It assumes spherical shape when ciliary muscles are relaxed
C) It is responsible for adjusting the optical focus of the eye
D) All are correct
D) All are correct
- Which statement is FALSE?
A) Pupillary constriction occurs when the eye accommodates for near vision
B) Proper imaging of light on the retina depends only on both the lens and cornea
C) Contraction of ciliary muscle reduces tension on suspensory ligaments allowing lens to be
more spherical in shape
D) The “blind spot” is the area where there are no receptors as optic nerves leaves the retina
B) Proper imaging of light on the retina depends only on both the lens and cornea
Which neurotransmitter is released by both rods and cones at their synapses with bipolar cells?
A) Acetylcholine
B) Dopamine
C) Glutamate
D) Glycine
E) Serotonin
C) Glutamate
Light entering the eye passes through which retinal layer first?
A) Inner nuclear layer
B) Outer nuclear layer
C) Outer plexiform layer
D) Photoreceptor layer
E) Retinal ganglion layer
E) Retinal ganglion layer
- Which of the following provides about two thirds of the 59 diopters of refractive power of the
eye?
A) Anterior surface of the cornea
B) Anterior surface of the lens
C) Iris
D) Posterior surface of the cornea
E) Posterior surface of the lens
A) Anterior surface of the cornea
- Which photoreceptor responds to the broadest spectrum of wavelengths of light?
A) Rod receptors
B) Green cone receptors
C) Blue cone receptors
D) Red cone receptors
E) Cells containing melanin in the pigment layer
D) Red cone receptors
- Which structure secretes the intraocular fluid of the eye?
A) Ciliary processes
B) Cornea
C) Iris
D) Lens
E) Trabeculae
A) Ciliary processes
- What cells in the retina respond to color?
A. Cones
B. Pupils
C. Rods
D. Iris
Cones
- The visual pigment found in the outer segments of rods is
A) visual red
B) visual blue
C) visual purple
D) visual green
C) visual purple
- Rod vision is operative, visual acuity is low and colors are not distinguished
A. Scotopic vision
B. Photopic vision
C. Mesopic vision
D. Color vision
Scotopic vision
- The following are true about cones EXCEPT
A. Cones have higher threshold to light and thus are not activated in dim light after dark adaptation
B. Cones have more visual pigment and a better signal amplification system than rods
C. Cones operate very well in daylight.
D. All of the above
All of the above
- The following are true about rods EXCEPT
A. Rods function better in dim light
B. All rods contain the same visual pigment, so they cannot signal color differences
C. In bright light, most rhodopsin is bleached, so that rods no longer function under photopic conditions
D. All of these are true
All of these are true
- Which retinal cells are most likely to have action potentials?
A) Bipolar cells
B) Ganglion cells
C) Horizontal cells
D) Photoreceptors
B) Ganglion cells
- Which of the following structures provides a gating function for transmission of the visual signal from the retina to the central nervous system?
A) Lateral geniculate nucleus
B) Optic radiation
C) Optic chiasm
D) Optic nerve
E) Visual cortex
A) Lateral geniculate nucleus
- Which of the following best describes the electrical response of rods in the retina to photopic conditions?
A) Action potential
B) Capacitive discharge
C) Depolarization
D) Hyperpolarization
D) Hyperpolarization
- A 43-year-old man wakes up at night and turns on a light. Which of the following substances is most likely to increase in the rods of the retina when the man is exposed to photopic
conditions?
A) cAMP
B) cGMP
C) Metarhodopsin II
D) Rhodopsin
E) Vitamin A
C) Metarhodopsin II
- Which cell type(s) have action potentials in the retina of the human eye?
A) Bipolar cells and ganglion cells
B) Bipolar cells only
C) Bipolar cells, horizontal cells, and ganglion cells
D) Ganglion cells and horizontal cells
E) Ganglion cells only
F) Horizontal cells only
E) Ganglion cells only
The Pretectum activates the ____________ of the Edinger - Westphal Nucleus
A. Sympathetic Preganglionic
B. Sympathetic Postganglionic
C. Parasympathetic Preganglionic
D. Parasympathetic Postganglionic
Parasympathetic Preganglionic
The Pretectal Areas are interconnected via the posterior commissure, the corresponding reflex produced is:
A. Ipsilateral Only
B. Contralateral Only
C. Both
D. None of the above
Both
- The projection that connects to the hypothalamus and controls circadian rhythmicity
A. Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
B. Superior Colliculus
C. Pretectum
D. None of the above
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
- The superior colliculus is important for certain eye movements, it is located in the _________
A. Pons
B. Temporal Lobe
C. Midbrain
D. Cerebral Cortex
Midbrain
- This occurs in response to light being shown in one eye
A. Pupillary Constriction of one eye
B. Pupillary Constriction of both eyes
C. Pupillary Dilation of the opposite eye
D. None of the above
Pupillary Constriction of both eyes
- Structure responsible for adjusting the optical focus of the eye?
A. Iris
B. Pupils
C. Cornea
D. Lens
Lens
- Extraocular muscle of the eye innervated by CN IV?
A. Inferior Oblique
B. Superior Oblique
C. Medial rectus
D. Lateral rectus
Superior Oblique
- Basic types of strabismus, EXCEPT:
A. Horizontal strabismus
B. Vertical strabismus
C. Torsional strabismus
D. Diagonal strabismus
Diagonal strabismus
- The sympathetic nerves to the eye are occasionally interrupted. Interruption frequently occurs
in the cervical sympathetic chain which causes what?
A. Patrick’s syndrome
B. Grey’s syndrome
C. Maynard’s syndrome
D. Horner’s syndrome
Horner’s syndrome
- It refers to the ability of the eye to adjust to different distances of light source while
maintaining focal length
A. Acclimatization
B. Adaptation
C. Accommodation
D. Acculturation
Accommodation
- This retinal projection bilaterally activates parapsympathetic ganglionic neuorons in the Edinger-Westphal Nucleus.
a. pretectum
b. supra-chiasmatic nucleus
c. supra-optic nucleus
d. optic tract
a. pretectum
- The pretectal areas are also interconnected through the ________, thus reflex causes both ipsilateral and contralateral pupillary constriction when a light is shown in one eye.
a. posterior commissure
b. anterior commissure
c. lateral geniculate body
d. medial geniculate body
a. posterior commissure
- This reflex causes pupillary constriction on the other eye when light is shown in other eye.
a. consensual reflex
b. direct light reflex
c. ipsilateral reflex
d. reflex arc
a. consensual reflex
- This nucleus controls the circadian rhythmicity.
a. suprachiasmatic nucleus
b. pre-optic nucleus
c. supra-optic nucleus
d. anterior nucleus
a. suprachiasmatic nucleus
- This structure of the midbrain is a layered structure that is important for certain types of eye movements.
a. superior colliculus
b. inferior colliculus
c. ponto-medullary junction
d. optic tract
a. superior colliculus
Retinal ganglion cell transmit information to the brain by way of optic nerve, optic chiasm and?
a. Pre-optic Nucleus
b. Retina
c. Primary visual cortex
d. Optic tract
d. Optic tract
- Axons from temporal portion of each retina pass through the lateral side of the optic chiasm and terminates in the brain?
a. ipsilaterally
b. contralaterally
c. bilaterally
d. All of the above
a. ipsilaterally
- The Lateral geniculate body projects to primary visual cortex by way of?
a. Cuneus gyrus
b. Visual Radiation
c. Optic chiasm
d. Thalamus
b. Visual Radiation