Sensory Processing Quiz

What occurs when action potentials make the brain aware of a sensory event?

• Perception

• Projection

• Sensation

• General senses

What is the process called when the brain interprets sensory impulses?

• Sensation

• Perception

• Projection

• General senses

Which process involves the cerebral cortex interpreting sensation as being derived from certain receptors?

• Sensation

• Perception

• Projection

• General senses

What allows a person to locate the region of stimulation?

• Sensation

• Perception

• Projection

• General senses

Which type of sensory receptor adapts very little, if at all?

• Chemoreceptors

• Nociceptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

Which sensory receptors are associated with changes in the viscera?

• Exteroceptive

• Interoceptive

• Proprioceptive

• Photoreceptors

What do muscle spindles detect?

• Changes in light intensity

• Stretch in skeletal muscles

• Vibration on the skin

• Temperature changes

Which of the following structures is responsible for the sense of static equilibrium?

• Cochlea

• Semicircular canals

• Vestibule of inner ear

• Tympanic membrane

What type of receptors are located on taste buds for the sense of gustation?

• Photoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Chemoreceptors

• Thermoreceptors

Which part of the eye contains structures that have rods (gray scale color vision and outlines of objects) and cones (color vision and sharp images)?

• Cornea

• Iris

• Retina

• Macula lutea