Special Senses

Photoreceptors that detect color

• tears

• olfactory bulb

• cones

• gustatory cells

Taste receptor cells

• fungiform

• gustatory cells

• cones

• olfactory bulb

Brain area that receives smell impulses

• olfactory bulb

• cones

• tears

• lacrimal

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

• cornea

• sclera

• conjunctiva

• retina

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

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

Which of the following is NOT a primary taste sensation

• sweet

• umami

• salty

• spicy

The iris controls the size of the

• pupil

• retina

• sclera

• cones

The stirrup bone of the middle ear is also called the

• sclera

• stapes

• malleus

• incus

Dynamic equilibrium receptors are located in the

• semicircular canals

• cochlea

• papillae

• tympanic membrane