Test 2

Question 1

The innermost bone of the middle ear, it gets its name from its appearance. Also called the stapes.

Answer 1

Stirrup

Question 2

A spiral shaped cavity of the inner ear that resembles a snail shell. It contains nerve endings essential for hearing

Answer 2

Cochlea

Question 3

A thin semi transparent , oval-shaped membrane . Also known as the tympanic membrane.

Answer 3

Eardrum

Question 4

A bone between the malleus and the stapes in the middle ear . Also known as an incus.

Answer 4

Anvil

Question 5

Thus clear gelatinous substance fills the eyeball between the lens and the retina. It gives the eye it’s characteristic.

Answer 5

Vitreous body

Question 6

This is the tough white fibrous outer tissue that covers the eyeball except for the cornea

Answer 6

Sclera

Question 7

Where in the eye are rods and cones contained

Answer 7

Retina

Question 8

This is a delicate, multilayered, light sensitive membrane lining the inner eyeball and connected by the optic nerve to the brain

Answer 8

Retina

Question 9

What is the process by which the lens adjusts to focus images

Answer 9

Accommodation

Question 10

A thin protective membrane that doubles over to cover visible sclera

Answer 10

Conjunctiva

Question 11

The tongue is covered with tiny bumps what are they called

Answer 11

Papillae

Question 12

Each of the above described bumps contains several taste receptor , what are those taste receptors called?

Answer 12

Taste buds

Question 13

Far back in the nasal cavity there are small hair like structures that sweep back and forth; what are they called

Answer 13

Cilia

Question 14

What is about the size of a postage stamp; they are microscopic nerve cells that detect smell and send signals onto the Brain

Answer 14

Olfactory receptors

Question 15

The eye is similar to a camera ;

1. Lens cover -
2. opening-
3. shutter-
4. lens-
5. photoreceptive film-

Answer 15

1. Eyelid
2. pupil
3. iris
4. eye lens
5. retina

Question 16

The ears divisions ;

The ear is an organ for - and maintaining a sense of -.

Answer 16

Inner ear, middle ear, external ear. Hearing and balance

Question 17

The sense of taste is also known as the

Answer 17

Gustatory sense

Question 18

The sense of smell arises from the -region of the nose

Answer 18

Olfactory

Question 19

The number of taste buds -with age

Answer 19

Decrease

Question 20

What cells extend taste hairs through a narrow taste pore

Answer 20

Gustatory cells