Sensory System

Which of these cutaneous receptors are associated with pain, heat and cold?

• Merkel disks

• Krause end bulbs

• free nerve endings

• Pacinian corpuscles

Which of the following is responsible for carrying images from the eye to the occipital lobe of the brain?

• olfactory nerve

• oculomotor nerve

• optic nerve

• sciatic nerve

Which of the following sensory functions are associated with the ear?

• hearing and sight

• sight and taste

• hearing and equilibrium

• taste and equilibrium

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Another term for the ear drum is the

• stapes

• oval window

• tympanic membrane

• cochlea

In the human eye, rods are to _________, as cones are to ________.

• light/ color

• color/ light

• monochromat/ dichromat

• dichromat/ monochromat

• lens/ iris

What is the name of the thin membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and folds back to cover the visible portion of the white of the eye?

• Cornea

• Sclera

• Lacrimal apparatus

• Conjunctiva

the tongue is a mass of muscle tissue with projections called

• olfactory receptors

• taste buds

• papillae

• villi

Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for processing sensory information?

• Cerebellum

• Medulla oblongata

• Thalamus

• Hypothalamus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What type of sensory receptor is responsible for detecting light touch?

• Nociceptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Photoreceptors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which structure in the ear is responsible for converting sound waves into neural signals?

• Cochlea

• Eustachian tube

• Semicircular canals

• Auditory ossicles