Chapter 12 - General Senses

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a type of sensory receptor?

• Chemoreceptor

• Gas Receptor

• Mechanoreceptor

• Photoreceptor

Multiple Choice

Which sensory receptor is responsible for sensing changes in chemical concentratrions?

• Chemoreceptors

• Pain Receptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

Multiple Choice

Which sensory receptors is responsible for responding to changes in pressure or movement?

• Chemoreceptors

• Pain Receptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

Multiple Choice

Sensation is ...

• when the brain interprets the sensory input

• the awareness of a stimulus that occurs when the brain receives sensory impulses

• when the brain send the sensation back to its point of origin, so the person can pinpoint the area of stimulation

Multiple Choice

Perception occurs ...

• when the brain interprets the sensory input

• when the awareness of a stimulus that occurs when the brain receives sensory impulses

• when the brain sends the sensation back to its point of origin, so the person can pinpoint the area of stimulation

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a general sense?

• Touch

• Pressure

• Pain

• Taste

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a mechanoreceptor?

• Free Nerve Endings

• Myelin Sheaths

• Tactile Corpuscles

• Lamellated Corpuscles

Multiple Choice

Warm temperature receptors respond to temperatures between ____ and ____.

• 77° F and 113° F

• 50° F and 68° F

• Both of the above

• Neither of the above

Multiple Choice

Where is the only place that pain receptors are not found?

• Skin

• Heart

• Liver

• Brain

Multiple Choice

How do visceral pain receptors differ from surface pain receptors?

• Damage produces pain sensations.

• Stretching or spasms produce pain sensations.

• Stretching or spasms do not produce pain sensations.

Multiple Choice

What is referred pain?

• Visceral pain that is treated by a doctor.

• Surface pain that changes in origin.

• Visceral pain that feels as if it is coming from another body area.

Multiple Choice

Which type of nerve fiber carries acute pain?

• Myelinated nerve fibers

• Unmyelinated nerve fibers

Multiple Choice

What area of the brain locates the source of the pain?

• The cerebral cortex

• The prefrontal cortex

• The Brodmann's area

• The motor cortex

Multiple Choice

What part of our body is responsible to the emotional response to pain?

• The excretory system.

• The limbic system.

• The ophthalamic system.

• The endocrine system.