Anatomy Senses

Which is NOT a special sense?

• touch

• taste

• hearing

• equilibrium

The window that lets light enter the eye is the

• cornea

• lens

• retina

• sclera

The location where all of the rods' and cones' ends meet and join together to exit the back of the eye is the

• optic nerve.

• optic chiasm.

• lens.

• refractory layer.

Which structure does the MAJORITY of light-bending as light enters the eye?

• Retina

• Lens

• Cornea

• Iris

Sensory neurons that are sensitive to light are called

• photoreceptors

• thermoreceptors

• chemoreceptors

• mechanoreceptors

Sensory neurons that are sensitive to chemicals are called

• photoreceptors

• thermoreceptors

• chemoreceptors

• mechanoreceptors

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Which special sense receptor below is composed of a localized cluster of sensory neurons, rather than a complex, specialized organ?

• eyes

• ears

• taste buds

The area on the retina that does not have receptors is called the _____?

• after image
• blind spot
• retina
• near point

What is #9?

• Cochlea
• Stirrup
• Round Window
• Eustachian Tube 

bumps on the tongue that contain taste buds

• papillae
• hair cells
• ossicles
• mechanoreceptors

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