Anatomy Senses

The part of ear that provides equilibrium

• cochlea

• round window

• semicircular canals

• labyrinth

Receptors stimulated by physical forces that cause movement of fluid or vibration within the body are:

• proprioreceptors

• chemoreceptors

• mechanoreceptors

• thermoreceptors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The ________is the area for hearing.

• malleus

• incus

• stapes

• cochlea

When you look in the mirror, what part of the eye can you NOT see?

• Iris

• Pupil

• Sclera

• Retina

When a person looks at an image, light rays pass through the eye and focus on the:

• Pupil

• Retina

• Optic nerve

• Lens

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What organ of the inner ear is NOT involved in hearing?

• Vestibule

• Cochlea

• Organ of Corti

• Semicircular canals

The "color" of someone's eye is actually the color of the ______.

• lens

• sclera

• cornea

• iris

This definition is accurate for:

• Hearing

• Taste

• Sight

• Touch

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

____________ respond to fine, discriminative touch and are found just deep to the epidermis.

• Meissner's corpuscles

• Pacinian corpuscles

• Merkel's disks

• Ruffini corpuscles

• Free nerve endings

The fleshy part of the external ear on the outside of the head is the:

• external auditory canal

• ceruminous gland

• tympanic membrane

• auricle

• middle ear