Sensory System

What are 4 basic tastes that different areas on the tongue react to? 

• spicy, sweet, bitter, and sour 
• sour, bitter, tangy, and spicy 
• sweet, salty, sour, and bitter 

The type of receptor that detects substances dissolved in fluids (important in smell and taste)

• chemoreceptor
• photoreceptor
• mechanoreceptor
• tastebud

Photoreceptors that detect Color

• Cones
• Rods

In dim light, your pupil will be 

• larger
• smaller

The cells in your tongue that process taste are called...

• Olfactory bulbs

• Taste buds

• Nerves

What organ controls the special sense of sight?

• The ears
• The mouth
• The eyes
• The hands

The type of receptor involved in smell and taste is

• chemoreceptor
• photoreceptor
• mechanoreceptor
• tastebud

The small projections on the surface of the tongue are called

• otoliths
• papillae
• taste buds
• gustatory hairs

________ is stimulated by changes in pressure or movement

• Equillibrium

• Mechanoreceptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Chemoreceptors

___________ stimulated by changes in chemical concentration

• Chemoreceptors

• Smelloreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Thermoreceptors