Senses Part 1: Ear

Ch. 10 Senses

Ear

Multiple Choice

Which category of your senses have complex sensory organs in the head?

• Somatic senses

• Special Senses

Multiple Choice

Which category of senses includes touch, pressure, temperature and pain?

• Somatic senses

• Special senses

Multiple Choice

Which category of senses include vision, hearing, smell, taste, and equilibrium?

• Somatic

• Special

Multiple Choice

Which category of senses are widely distributed and structurally simple?

• Somatic senses

• Special Senses

Multiple Choice

What type of sensory receptor responds to changes in pressure or movement?

• chemoreceptors

• pain receptors

• thermoreceptors

• mechanoreceptors

Multiple Choice

Which receptor detects tissue damage?

• photoreceptors

• pain receptors

• thermoreceptors

• mechanoreceptors

Multiple Choice

A _________ occurs when the brain interprets the sensory input

• sensation

• perception

• projection

Multiple Choice

A ________________ occurs when the brain sends the sensation back to the point of origin to pinpoint the area of stimulation.

• sensation

• perception

• projection

Multiple Choice

A __________ is the awareness of a stimulus that occurs when the brain receives sensory impulses.

• sensation

• perception

• projection

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Ear Structures Review

Multiple Select

Which of the following is part of the external ear

• auricle

• cochlea

• external acoustic meatus

• auditory ossicles

• tympanic membrane

Multiple Select

The air filled space in the temporal bone is the

• external ear

• inner ear

• middle ear

Multiple Select

The malleus, incus, and stapes are found in the

• external ear

• inner ear

• middle ear

Multiple Choice

What structures in the ear transmit and amplify sound waves?

• tympanic membrane

• oval window

• auditory ossicles

• round window

Multiple Choice

The smallest bone of the ossicles- also the smallest bone in the body- is the

• Incus

• Malleus

• Stapes

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is incorrect?

• the auditory tube is also called the eustachian tube.

• the auditory tube connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx

• the auditory tube protects the middle ear from infection

• the auditory tube helps to maintain equal pressure on both sides of the eardrum.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not part of the middle ear?

• tympanic cavity

• incus

• vestibule

• stapes

• malleus

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not part of the inner ear?

• vestibule

• cochlea

• semicircular canals

• round window

• auditory tube