Exam 4: Olfaction and Gustation

Which type of receptor is responsible for responding to light?

• Chemoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Photoreceptors

What do photoreceptors contain that allows them to respond to light?

• Melanin

• Rhodopsin

• Hemoglobin

• Keratin

Which of the following is NOT usually considered a general sense receptor?

• Chemoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Photoreceptors

• Nociceptors

Which receptor type is involved in detecting chemical stimuli?

• Mechanoreceptors

• Chemoreceptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Nociceptors

Which of the following is NOT a Special Sense?

• Touch

• Smell

• Vision

• Hearing

• Equilibrium (balance)

Which type of receptors are responsible for the sense of smell?

• Mechanoreceptors

• Photoreceptors

• Chemoreceptors

• Thermoreceptors

What type of receptors are involved in the sense of sight?

• Chemoreceptors

• Photoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Thermoreceptors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which senses are associated with mechanoreceptors?

• Smell and Taste

• Sight and Smell

• Hearing and Equilibrium

• Taste and Sight

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which sense uses chemoreceptors besides smell?

• Taste

• Sight

• Hearing

• Equilibrium

Where are olfactory chemoreceptors located?

• Stratified squamous epithelium

• Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium

• Simple cuboidal epithelium

• Transitional epithelium