Week 5 C.A.R.T.

Open Ended

What is Parkinson's Disease and how does it affect movement and coordination?

Open Ended

Where are taste buds located, and what tastes do they detect?

Multiple Choice

What are the two categories of human senses?

• Special senses and General senses

• Visual and Auditory senses

• Touch and Taste senses

• Physical and Emotional senses

Multiple Choice

Which special sense uses mechanoreceptors as its main sensory cell?

• Taste and smell

• Sight

• Hearing

Multiple Select

What are the different types of receptor cells found in the skin that help detect various sensations?

• Meissner’s corpuscles

• Pacinian corpuscles

• Merkel cells

• Free nerve endings

Multiple Choice

What are mechanoreceptors?

• Sensory receptors that detect changes in temperature

• Sensory receptors that respond to physical stimuli

• Sensory receptors involved in pain perception

• Sensory receptors responsible for proprioception

Multiple Choice

Nociceptors are primarily responsible for:

• Detecting light touch

• Sensing temperature changes

• Signaling tissue damage

• Regulating muscle tension

Multiple Choice

Thermoreceptors are sensitive to:

• Mechanical stimuli

• Chemical stimuli

• Temperature changes

• Painful stimuli

Multiple Choice

What areas of the body have the highest and lowest receptor density for touch sensitivity?

• Fingertips, lips, face; back, thighs

• Back, thighs; fingertips, lips, face

• Fingertips, face; back, arms

• Lips, face; thighs, legs

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is TRUE regarding the functions of rods and cones

in the retina?

• Rods detect color

• Cones detect dim light

• Rods detect dim light, black and white vision

• Cones detect sound

Multiple Choice

WHich type of vision problem is characterized by nearsightedness

(blurry images farther away)?

• Myopia

• Hyperopia

• Presbyopia

• Astigmatism

Multiple Choice

A ___ is a curved piece of glass that can bend light.

• eyepiece lens
• lens
• objective lens

Multiple Choice

Benny has been part of a rock band for 35 years. For the first 20 years he did not use hearing protection and he now has profound sensorineural hearing loss. What structure has he most likely damaged?

• Semicircular Canals
• Oscisice in middle ear

• Auditory Nerve
• Hair cells in the cochlea

Multiple Choice

What factors determine the pitch of sound?

• Frequency of sound waves

• Amplitude

• Cochlear damage

• Brain interpretation

Multiple Choice

What part of the body senses both rotational movement?

• Semicircular canals

• Otolithic canals

• Ossicles

• Eustachian tubes

Multiple Choice

What is the condition characterized by dizziness caused by inner ear dysfunction?

• Motion sickness

• Vestibular neuritis

• Vertigo

• Dizziness

Multiple Choice

What are the five primary tastes identified by taste buds?

• Sweet, salty, sour, bitter, umami

• Sweet, salty, sour, spicy, umami

• Sweet, sour, bitter, tangy, umami

• Sweet, salty, sour, bitter, savory

Multiple Choice

What factors influence taste perception?

• Genetics

• Environment

• Taste buds

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

When the sense of smell is continuously stimulated there will be a quick decline in the brain registering the smell. This is known as

• accommodation

• sensory adaptation

• anosmia

• getting "used" to a smell

Multiple Choice

A molecule or chemical binds to the surface of olfactory cilia

in what sensory process?

• Gustation

• Touch

• Smell

• Sight

Multiple Choice

What is olfactory fatigue?

• Increased sensitivity to smells

• Reduced sensitivity after continuous exposure

• A type of sensory overload

• A method to enhance smell

Multiple Choice

A decreased sensitivity that occurs when a stimulus is continuously applied to sensory receptors is called

• adaptation.
• relaxation.
• accommodation.
• refraction.

Multiple Choice

What is the leading cause of blindness in Western countries?

• Diabetes

• Age-related macular degeneration

• Glaucoma

• Cataracts

Multiple Choice

Which part of the eye is responsible for detecting light and converting it into electrical signals?

• Iris

• Lens

• Retina

• Cornea

Multiple Choice

What role do mechanoreceptors play in the human body?

• Detecting chemical changes

• Sensing light and colors

• Responds to physical forces in touch, hearing, and pressure

• Regulating temperature