senses detected

Match

Match the stimulus to the sense

• Mechanoreceptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Photoreceptors

• Chemoreceptors

• Pain receptors

touch

temperature

light

smell/taste

nocireceptors

• touch

• temperature

• light

• smell/taste

• nocireceptors

Multiple Choice

Why are some body parts more sensitive than others?

• Sensitivity is determined by the size of the body part.
• All body parts have the same level of sensitivity.
• a higher concentration of sensory receptors and greater neural representation in the brain.

• Some body parts are less sensitive due to fewer blood vessels.

Open Ended

identify one general sense and one special sense. Explain how they differ?

Multiple Choice

Why is balanced considered a special sense?

• Balance is a special sense because it helps all the receptors are in the ears

• Balance is a special sense that allows for better hearing.
• Balance is a special sense because it enhances taste perception.
• Balance is a special sense that improves vision clarity.

Multiple Select

The vitreous humor

• helps support the eye

• holds the retina in place

• contributes to intraocular pressure

• is constantly replenish

Multiple Choice

Refraction can be altered for near or far vision by the

• lens shape adjustment by ciliary muscles
• image processing by the brain
• light intensity adjustment by the retina
• pupil dilation by the iris

Multiple Choice

How does altitude impact your hearing?

• Altitude only affects vision, not hearing.
• Altitude can impact hearing by altering sound perception and causing pressure imbalances in the ears.
• Higher altitudes improve sound clarity.
• Altitude has no effect on hearing.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following structures are involved in static equilibrium?

• maculae

• saccule

• crista ampullaris

• otoliths

Multiple Choice

Taste receptors cells are stimulated by

• chemicals binding to the nerve fibers supplying them

• chemicals binding to their gustatory cells

• stretching of their micovilli

• impulses from the sensory nerves supplying them