31.4 5 Senses and Nervous System...

A sensory _____________________ is any structure specialized to detect a stimulus.

• Interceptors

• raptor

• receptor

• pain cell

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Chemoreceptors – respond to ________ .

• heat

• cold

• pain

• chemicals

• light.

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Photoreceptors – respond to ________ .

• heat

• cold

• pain

• chemicals

• light.

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Thermoreceptors– respond to ________ .

• heat

• cold

• pain

• chemicals

• light.

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Which answer below correctly orders the steps that our nervous system takes to sense the world around us?

• Sensory receptors in our sense organs receive information, then the message/signal travels through our nerves to our brain, and finally the brain processes this information and decides what to do

• Messages/signals travel through our nerves to our brain, then the brain processes this information and decides what to do, and finally the sensory receptors in our sense organs receive information

• The brain processes information and decides what to do, then sensory receptors in our sense organs receive information, and finally the message/signal travels through our nerves to our brain

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The structure in the ear that works with the cerebellum to help coordinate balance is/are the?

• ear drum
• coclea 
• semicircular canals 
• auditory nerve

The structure in the eye where light comes through is the ?

• retina
• iris
• pupil
• optic nerve

The largest sense organ is the ?

• tongue
• skin
• ear
• nose

The part of the eye that focuses the light is the?

• pupil
• cornea
• lens
• retina

The part of the ear that vibrates when sound strikes it is the?

• ear drum
• semicircular canals
• auricle
• auditory canal