Introduction to Senses

According to psychologists, how many senses do we have?

• Only 5
• At least 9
• At least 22
• 5 + the ability to see dead people

Which of the following is NOT a special sense

• Touch
• Hearing
• Vision 
• Smell

What is the tube the connects the throat to the ear?

• Nasal tube
• auditory ossicles
• auditory tube
• semicircular tube

The inner ear contains the:

• receptors for hearing and balance
• receptors for earwax
• receptors for pain
• receptors for adaptation

The iris is:

• the part of sharpest vision
• the blind spot
• the colored part of the eye

Which part of the eye contains the receptors for vision?

• the sclera
• the retina
• the choroid
• the lens

Which one helps you to see in dim light?

• Rods
• Cones

To bend light in the eye means to:

• Fovea
• Refract
• olfaction
• retina

the sense of smell is made possible by

• taste receptors
• nasal receptors
• olfactory receptors
• sense receptors

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the tongue is a mass of muscle tissue with projections called

• olfactory receptors
• taste buds
• papillae
• villi