Special Senses Review

Question 1

type of sensation depends on the destination of what?

Answer 1

the nerve impulse

Question 2

the conscious awareness & interpretation of sensations

Answer 2

perception

Question 3

example of a special sense receptor would be located where?

Answer 3

in the head, eyes, ears, mouth

Question 4

what help us determine body position, movement, and weight discrimination

Answer 4

proprioceptors

Question 5

most sense receptors are located on or near the surface of the body are called what?

Answer 5

exteroceptors

Question 6

type of pain receptor that is stimulated from physical or chemical tissues damage

Answer 6

nociceptors

Question 7

mechanical stimuli cause ______ to sense when there is deformation or stretching of cells

Answer 7

mechanoreceptors

Question 8

what receptor senses changes in temp?

Answer 8

thermoreceptors

Question 9

______ transmit the impulses for the sense of taste and smell

Answer 9

chemoreceptors

Question 10

perception is intrepreted in the _____ of the brain

Answer 10

cerebral cortex

Question 11

inner most tunic of the eye

Answer 11

retina

Question 12

2 types of visual receptors

Answer 12

rods & cones

Question 13

part of the eye that controls the amount of light entering the eye

Answer 13

iris

Question 14

region associated w/ the sharpest vision

Answer 14

fovea centralis

Question 15

site of aqueous humor production

Answer 15

ciliary process (in ciliary body)

Question 16

most refraction of light occurs in the ….

Answer 16

cornea

Question 17

what attaches the lens to the ciliary body

Answer 17

zonula fibers, suspensory ligaments

Question 18

cornea and lens get nutrients & oxygen from the …

Answer 18

aqueous humor

Question 19

anterior continuation of the sclera is called the…

Answer 19

cornea

Question 20

area that lacks photoreceptors is known as the…

Answer 20

optic disc

Question 21

3 pigment colors that cones are stimulated by are …

Answer 21

blue red green

Question 22

only _____ are found in the fovea centralis

Answer 22

cones

Question 23

bending of light as it passes from 1 medium to another is called…

Answer 23

refraction

Question 24

a person has a ________ if vision is blurred due to unequal curvatures of the lens or cornea

Answer 24

astigmatism

Question 25

another name for ‘nearsightedness’ is…

Answer 25

myopia

Question 26

the fluid contained within the membraneous labyrinth

Answer 26

endolymph

Question 27

hair cells of the organ of corti rest on the ______ membrane

Answer 27

basilar

Question 28

grains of calcium carbonate located on the maculae are called —–

Answer 28

otoliths

Question 29

the _____, 3 smallest bones in the bady are located in the middle ear

Answer 29

auditory ossicles

Question 30

when sound waves enter the outer ear they push against the ______ to make it vibrate

Answer 30

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

Question 31

when the basilar membrane moves, it pulls on the auditory receptors, the ______, which are anchored to the ____ membrane

Answer 31

hair cells

basilar

Question 32

semicircular canals contain the fluid…

Answer 32

endolymph

Question 33

each semicircular canal has an enlarged area called the ____ contains receptor cells called ____

Answer 33

ampulla

cristae

Question 34

the semicircular canals detect ____ equilibrium

Answer 34

dynamic

Question 35

when the head is stationary in any position, is the endolymph moving?

Answer 35

no

Question 36

hearing receptors are located in the ……

Answer 36

organ of corti

Question 37

hair cells of vestibule are stimulated by the bending of the hear ____ and ___

Answer 37

forward & backward

Question 38

organs of dynamic equilibrium are the ____ & _____

Answer 38

semicircular duct

cristae ampullaris

Question 39

fluid contained in the osseous membrane is called…

Answer 39

perilymph