Sense Receptors

In the ear the mechanoreceptors known as organ of corti are located in the_____________

• Eardrum

• Auditory nerve

• Hammer

• Cochlea

Receptors that respond to movement, pressure and tension are:

• Photoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Chemoreceptors

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Rods and cones are photoreceptors that are located in the ____________

• Sclera

• Cornea

• Retina

• Organ of corti

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Taste buds are an example of ___________

• Photoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Chemoreceptors

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The wind is blowing over a fence. The children shown in the illustration know that there is food cooking on the other side of the fence. Which kind of receptor lets them know this?

• Photoreceptor

• Thermoreceptor

• Chemoreceptor

• Mechanoreceptor

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Light entering the eye stimulates ____________

• Hair cells in the retina.

• The optic nerve.

• Rods and cones in the retina.

• Mechanoreceptors.

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The cochlea

• Separates the outer ear from the middle ear.

• Is one of the three tiny bones in the middle ear.

• Enables the outer ear to gather sound waves.

• Is a snail-shaped tube in the inner ear.

The semicircular canals help you to

• Hear

• Maintain balance

• See

• Smell

1. Signals from the sense organs (such as the ears, eyes, nose, and mouth) are received and analyzed in what part of the brain?

• The cerebellum

• The cerebrum

• The brainstem

• The diencephalon

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The sense of taste detects ________________ stimuli.

• chemical
• mechanical
• electromagnetic
• thermal