351 Honors Anatomy and Physiology Chapter 9 Test: Special Senses

Which of the following is NOT a type of receptor utilized by your general and special senses?

• mechanoreceptors

• chemoreceptors

• photoreceptors

• thermoreceptors

• none of the above

Which of the following are a general sense(s) of touch?

• smell

• taste

• equilibrium

• pain

Which structures make up the fibrous tunic of the eye?

• sclera

• retina

• rods and cones

• aqueous humor

• none of the above

The middle nutritive tunic of the eye which is pigmented to retain light within the eye is called which of the following?

• sensory tunic

• retina

• sclera

• optic disc

• choroid

These photoreceptors register light in the colors red, blue, and green.

• rods

• maculae

• fovea centralis

• cones

What is true about rod photoreceptors?

• they register color

• they are located near the edges of the retina

• allows for bright day light vision

• none are true

What is the anatomical term for the natural blind spot in everyone’s eyes?

• fovea centralis

• optic disc

• canal of Schlemm

• ciliary body

Which matches the term myopia?

• caused by malformed cornea

• ringing or buzzing in the ears

• farsightedness

• nearsightedness

Which best matches the term cataract?

• ringing or buzzing in the ears

• nearsightedness

• a clouding of the cornea

• Caused by damage to the optic nerve

A nociceptor is which of the following?

• pain receptor

• thermoreceptor

• olfactory cell

• chemoreceptor