The senses review

Which of the following are NOT somatic senses?

• Pressure
• Touch
• Equilibrium
• Temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which type of receptor detects changes in chemical concentration?

• Chemoreceptor
• Pain Receptor
• Thermoreceptor
• Mechanoreceptor

Which type of receptor detects temperature differences?

• Chemoreceptors
• Pain Receptors
• Thermoreceptors
• Mechanoreceptors

Which type of receptor responds to changes in pressure or movement?

• Chemoreceptors
• Pain Receptors
• Thermoreceptors
• Mechanoreceptors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Meissner’s corpuscles are associate with:

• heavy pressure

• cold and warm

• feeling like coming from some other body part

• light touch

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Taste receptors are also called:

• taste buds

• hair surfaces

• taste nerve pathways

• olfactory nerves

Balances the head and/or body when moved or rotated.

• Static equilibrium

• Dynamic equilibrium

Tears are produced by the:

• lacrimal gland

• conjunctiva

• eyeball

• lens

The opening in the center of the iris is the:

• pupil
• retina
• lens
• conjunctiva

Which of the following structures focuses incoming light rays onto the retina?

• iris
• lens
• pupil
• ciliary body