Senses

Which of the following senses are most closely related:

• touch and smell

• smell and taste

• taste and hearing

• hearing and smell

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Photoreceptors are found in your

• eyes

• ears

• nose

• mouth

• skin

Receptors found in your mouth are

• mechanical receptors

• chemical receptors

• sound receptors

• photoreceptors

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Nerve impulses are carried from the eye to the brain by the

• optic nerve

• transducens nerve

• cornea

• rod and cone cells

Which of the following statements about sense organs is INCORRECT?

• They are responsible for producing senses.

• They contain sensory cells.

• They are responsible for detecting stimuli.

• There are five sense organs in humans.

The ear contains ______.

• mechanoreceptors

• photoreceptors

• chemoreceptors

• proprioceptors

Which type of receptor is NOT found in your skin?

• temperature

• pain

• pressure

• light

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The cells responsible for color vision in vertebrates are called

• rod cells

• cone cells

• bipolar cells

• cupula cells

Rod cells and cone cells are located in the

• organ of Corti

• retina

• iris

• cornea

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The ear functions for ___________.

• balance

• hearing

• both balance and hearing