Special Senses

What gland produces tears?

• lacrimal

• olfactory bulb

• cones

• gustatory cells

Photoreceptors that detect color

• tears

• olfactory bulb

• cones

• gustatory cells

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Taste receptor cells

• fungiform

• gustatory cells

• cones

• olfactory bulb

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Common type of papillae that contains taste buds

• fungiform

• tears

• lacrimal

• olfactory bulb

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Brain area that receives smell impulses

• olfactory bulb

• cones

• tears

• lacrimal

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Which of the following is NOT true about the eyes?

• responds to light stimuli

• it floats in the bony orbit

• a hollow sphere filled with fluid

• contains 70% of all sensory receptors

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The transparent mucous membrane that lines the eyelids and covers most of the

• cornea

• sclera

• conjunctiva

• retina

Our sense of static equilibrium is created by the

• vibration of the tympani membrane

• movement of otoliths along hair cells

• sound waves traveling through the cochlea

• stimulation of hair cells in the organ of Corti

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which of the following is NOT a primary taste sensation

• sweet

• umami

• salty

• spicy

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Which of the following statements is NOT true?

• rods and cones are located in the retina

• the choroid produces tears

• overlapping of visual fields provides depth perception or 3-D vision

• the iris controls the size of the pupil