Steele A&P The Senses

In humans, the white portion of the eye is called the:

• Pupil
• Sclera
• Dyslexia
• Retina

Which part of the eye contracts and dilates based on the light in the environment? 

• Pupil
• Cornea
• Sclera
• Iris

Which type of cell is responsible for our perception of taste?

• Olfactory Cells
• Gustatory Cells
• Photoreceptors
• Baroreceptors

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Your ear drum is also known as the:

• Tympanic Membrane
• Tempanic Membrane
• Timpanic Membrane
• Tompanic Membrane

These are the smallest bones in the body that help transmit and amplify sound waves. 

• Ossicles
• Fossils
• Oracles
• Spectacles

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The main inner ear structure that enables one to hear is called the: 

• Cochlea
• Pinna
• Eustachian Tube
• Auricle

The small projections on the surface of the tongue are called

• otoliths
• papillae
• taste buds
• gustatory hairs

Your cells in your nose that can pick up smell are known as..

• Papillae
• Nose buds
• Olfactory cells
• Plutonic cells

What other sense works closely with your sense of taste?

• Sense of sight
• Sense of hearing
• Sense of smell

The ________ is located above the lateral end of each eye and releases tears

• lacrimal duct
• lacrimal gland
• lacrimal apparatus
• ceruminous gland