Special Senses Test

Question 1

Static equilibrium - maintains balance when body is ___________

Answer 1

Still/not moving

Question 2

Otoliths - rocks in labyrinth composed of _________

Answer 2

Calcium carbonate (CACO3)

Question 3

Dynamic equilibrium - maintains balance when body is ________

Answer 3

Moving

Question 4

__________ is the part of the brain that helps maintain balance

Answer 4

Cerebellum

Question 5

Equilibrium:

Type of receptor = _________, specialized _____ cells

Answer 5

Mechano; hair

Question 6

Equilibrium:

_______ = sense that assists in maintaining equilibrium

Answer 6

Vision

Question 7

Motion sickness - 4 causes

Answer 7

1. Labrynthitis
2. Too much information
3. Displacement of otoliths
4. Incongruent information

Question 8

5 taste sensations

Answer 8

Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, savory

Question 9

Organs of taste - _________

Answer 9

Taste buds

Question 10

Organs of taste:

Location

Answer 10

Tongue, walls of throat, roof of mouth

Question 11

Organs of taste:

Replaced every ___ days

Answer 11

3

Question 12

_______ dissolves foods to get them into the taste buds

Answer 12

Saliva

Question 13

“Hot” (spicy) foods stimulate _____ receptors and ________

Answer 13

Pain; thermal

Question 14

Anosmia -

Answer 14

Inability to smell

Question 15

Taste + smell -

Answer 15

Work together to increase enjoyment of food

Question 16

Sensory adaptation -

Answer 16

Adapt easily, recover well

Question 17

How to detect faint odors -

Answer 17

Sniff

Question 18

Odorant molecules -

Answer 18

Dissolved before they are detected

Question 19

Free nerve ending -

Answer 19

Pain, itching, and temperature

Question 20

Meisner’s Corpuscles -

Answer 20

light touch

Question 21

Pacinian Corpuscles -

Answer 21

deep pressure

Question 22

Muscle spindles -

Answer 22

detect stretch at ligaments

Question 23

Specialized hair cells -

Answer 23

Perceive sound and maintain equilibrium

Question 24

Tissue damage -

Answer 24

Stimulates pain receptors

Question 25

Referred pain -

Answer 25

Feel pain elsewhere than part damaged

Question 26

Acute pain fibers = __________, chronic pain fibers = ____________

Answer 26

Myelinated; unmyelinated

Question 27

Endorphins -

Answer 27

Natural pain control

Question 28

Stimulus -

Answer 28

Creates impulse

Question 29

Blind spot -

Answer 29

Retinal neurons leave the eyeball

Question 30

Fovea centralis -

Answer 30

Focus point

Question 31

Refraction -

Answer 31

Refractory structures: cornea, lens, fluid

Question 32

Lacrimal glands -

Answer 32

Tear glands

Question 33

After-image -

Answer 33

Optical illusion: persistent image

Question 34

Myopia -

Answer 34

Near-sightedness

Question 35

Pupil dilation / constriction -

Answer 35

Dilates in dim light, constricts in bright light

Question 36

Newborn eyesight -

Answer 36

Focus point is 9-12 in. (less than adults)

Question 37

Rods -

Answer 37

Dim light, black and white

Question 38

Cones -

Answer 38

Color

Question 39

Bonus

Answer 39

Humans have 10-20 million olfactory bulb receptors while dogs have up to 300 million…