Sense Organs

Smell, taste, vision, and equilibrium are

• Special senses
• General senses
• Mechanical senses
• Physio-senses

Type of receptor that responds to tissue damage; also known as pain receptors:

• Chemoreceptors
• Mechanoreceptors
• Nociceptors
• Thermoreceptors<br />

Type of receptor that responds to light; found only in the eye

• Chemoreceptors
• Photoreceptors
• Thermoreceptors

• Proprioceptors

A ring of colored muscle that works to adjust the diameter of the pupil

• Lens
• Iris
• Retina
• Cornea

Sits over the iris and admits light into the eye

• Iris
• Lens
• Pupil
• Cornea

Thin layer of light sensitive cells that make up the neural inner layer of the eye:

• Retina
• Lens
• Corna
• Scleara

Changes shape for near and far vision:

• Lens
• Cornea
• Sclera
• Retina

Ella was involved in a car accident. She has a large laceration on her upper arm and is complaining of sharp, stabbing pain at the site of the injury. Which type of pain fibers are being activated?

• Acute pain fibers
• Chronic Pain Fibers
• Fast Pain Fibers
• Slow Pain Fibers

Which of the following is NOT a structure of the inner ear?

• Semicircular canal

• Vestibule

• Malleus

• Cochlea

Which two structures play a role in the process of balance?

• Cochlea and vestibule
• Vestibule and malleus
• Cochlea and Semicircular Canal
• Vestibule and semicircular canals