The Five Senses

Senses that respond to chemicals in solution utilize which of the following:

• mechanoreceptors

• chemoreceptors

• thermoreceptors

• photoreceptors

Which of the following senses are most closely related:

• touch and smell

• smell and taste

• taste and hearing

• hearing and smell

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The nerves associated with smell are referred to as the:

• olfactory receptor cells

• rods

• gustatory receptor cells

• cones

Small projections located on the tongue’s surface where taste buds are located are known as:

• papillae

• gustatory cells

• olfactory epithelium

• mucous producing glands

NOT a primary taste sensation

• bitter

• salty

• sweet

• peppery

lobe of brain responsible for smell

• frontal

• parietal

• occipital

• temporal

A decreased sensitivity that occurs when a stimulus is continuously applied to sensory receptors.

• adaptation

• sensation

• perception

• proprioception

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Touch receptors are classified as

• mechanoreceptors

• nociceptors

• chemoceptors

• photoreceptors

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Which receptors are found in deep tissues and detect pressure?

• acute pain receptors

• Meissner's corpuscles

• Pacinian corpuscles

• thermoreceptors

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Receptors for taste are called ____ receptors.

• olfactory

• gustatory

• photo

• tactile