Senses Anatomy

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

• Vestibule

• Cochlea

• Organ of Corti

• Semicircular canals

Olfactory receptors can be found:

• on the tongue

• in the nose

• in the ear

• in the skin

How many senses do we have?

• 7

• 3

• 5

• 10

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

• lens

• sclera

• cornea

• iris

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

The ear functions for ___________.

• balance

• hearing

• both balance and hearing

This definition is accurate for:

• Hearing

• Taste

• Sight

• Touch

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

• Iris

• Pupil

• Sclera

• Retina

____________ 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