The Nervous System & Five Senses

These are specialized structures of the nervous system that pick up stimuli from inside or outside the body.

• Sensory Retrievers
• Sensory Input
• Sensory Signals
• Sensory Receptors

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Sensory receptors of the ears.

• Chemoreceptors
• Mechanoreceptors
• Photoreceptors
• Hearoreceptors

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Mechanoreceptors of the ears respond to _____________________.

• The vibrations of sound waves
• The wavelengths of light waves
• The detection of molecules in the air
• The vibrations of light waves

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The sensory receptors of the eyes.

• Chemoreceptors
• Photoreceptors
• Mechanoreceptors
• Nocireceptors

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The photoreceptors of the eyes respond to _____________________ stimuli.

• Electrical
• Electromagnetic
• Chemoelectric
• Electropathetic

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Messages from the eyes are sent to the brain through the ________ ________ where the information is processed and made sense of.

• Optic Nerve
• Auditory Nerve
• Olfactory Nerve
• Somatic Nerve

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The specialized nerve cells that are designed to respond to chemical stimuli such as when tasting and smelling.

• Photoreceptors
• Mechanoreceptors
• Thermoreceptors
• Chemoreceptors

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The bumps on your tongue are called ____________ and contain taste buds.

• Cilia
• Papillae
• Villi
• alveoli

The chemoreceptors of smell are _______________ receptor cells.

• Auditory
• Thermo
• Olfactory
• Optic

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In skin, the sense of touch and pressure is detected by _______________________.

• Photoreceptors
• Thermoreceptors
• Nocireceptors
• Mechanoreceptors

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