Special Senses

Receptors for taste and smell are called

• chemoreceptors

• gustatory hairs

• olfactory hairs

• decibels

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The innermost sensory layer of the eye is the __.

• slcera

• retina

• choroid

• cornea

• Oval window

• Cochlea

• Organ of Corti

• auricle

• pupil

• cornea

• retina

• lens

Gel like liquid inside the larger eye chamber

• aqueous humor

• vitreous humor

• iris

• fovea centralis

• conjunctiva

• suspensory ligaments

• hair cells

• umami

The small, peg-like projections of the tongue's surface are called what?

• Organ of Corti.

• photoreceptors

• papillae

• teeth

Hair cells that function as hearing receptors are located inside the what part of the ear?

• auditory ossicles

• semicircular canals

• cochlea, Organ of Corti

• external acoustic meatus

What structure separates the outer ear from the middle ear?

• cochlea

• tympanic membrane

• semicircular canals

• oval window

Which part of the ear converts sound waves to mechanical vibrations?

• cochlea

• auditory nerve

• ossicles

• tympanic membrane