Special Sense

Brain area that receives smell impulses

• olfactory bulb

• cones

• tears

• lacrimal

Which of the following is NOT true about the eyes?

• responds to light stimuli

• it floats in the bony orbit

• a hollow sphere filled with fluid

• contains 70% of all sensory receptors

Fibers from the medial side of each eye cross over to the

            opposite side of the brain at the

• fovea centralis

• lens

• retina

• optic chiasm

Sound waves entering the external auditory canal hit the

            eardrum, also known as the

• semicircular canals

• cochlea

• papillae

• tympanic membrane

The iris controls the size of the

• pupil

• retina

• sclera

• cones

Dynamic equilibrium receptors are located in the

• semicircular canals

• cochlea

• papillae

• tympanic membrane

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The circular, transparent part on the front of the sclera that allows light rays to enter the eye is the 

• pupil

• iris

• cornea

• conjunctiva

The colored portion of the eye with an opening in the center called a pupil is the?

• sclera

• conjunctiva

• cornea

• iris

The sense of smell is made possible by ?

• taste receptors

• nasal receptors

• olfactory receptors

• sense receptors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Of the following, when a sound is heard, what structure would be the first to transmit the sound wave?

• Organ of Corti

• Cochlea

• Stapes

• Tympanic membrane