Special senses quiz 2025

What is the location of the rods and cones?

• retina

• cochlea

• iris

• pinna

Which of the following is not a mechanoreceptor?

• Hair follicles

• Merkel's disks

• Meissner corpuscle

• Pineal corpuscle

Label the parts of the ear

c

d

e

f

b

a

cochlea

external acoustic meatus

stapes

tympanic membrane

incus

semicircular canals

Why is the back of the forearm less sensitive to touch compared to the fingertip?

• there are more nerve endings in the fingertips than in the forearm

• there are less nerve ending in the fingertips than in the forearm

• the skin on the back of the forearm is too thick

• the forearm has more mechano- receptors

Which photoreceptor is responsible for you seeing black and white as well as movement?

• rods

• cones

• malleus

• incus

Which lobe of the brain contains the primary visual cortex?

• parietal

• occipital

• temporal

• tympanic

Which structure in the eye contracts and expands to constrict and enlarge the pupil?

• iris

• cochlea

• lens

• sclera

Which of your special senses triggers the strongest emotional response?

• sight

• taste

• smell

• touch

Taste buds are embedded within which structures?

• papillae

• teeth

• corpuscle

• tonsils

Name the 3 bones within the inner ear that work to amplify sound waves?

• malleus

  incus

  hammer

• pinna

  auricle

  malleus

• malleus

  incus

  stapes

• hammer

  nail

  wrench