2nd block

When the eye accommodates for near vision the

• ciliary muscle contracts and the lens thickens

• ciliary muscle relaxes the lens thickens

• ciliary muscle contracts and the lens flattens

• suspensory ligaments tighten

The nerve that governs most of the extrinsic eye muscles is the

• abducens nerve

• oculomotor nerve

• trochlear nerve

• optic nerve

Your sister just poked you in the eye. The pain resulting from her unprovoked action will be transmitted

• 0ptic nerve

• ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve

• vestibulocochlear nerve

• oculomotor nerve

The first cranial nerve is associated with the sense of

• Vision

• smell

• taste

• balance

One of the five basic taste is umami, which taste

• acidic

• savory

• sweet

• bitter

Your professor has asked you if you want to write a 50-page essay. You shake your head "no." This motion will be sensed by the

• maculae in the cochlear duct

• otoliths in the otolithic membrane

• cristae in the semicircular canals

• hair cells in the vestibular duct

Which of the following is NOT associated with the sense of equilibrium

• vestibular nerve

• tectorial membrane

• cristae

• otolithic membrane

The free nerve ending in the skin respond to

• high-frequency vibration

• low-frequency vibration

• pain

• all of the above

General sense organs can be found in the highest concentration is

• muscle tissue

• the skin

• the tendons and connective tissue

• the deep internal organs

An increase in pressure inside the eye is called

• a cataract

• presbyopia

• otitis media

• glaucoma