The Special Senses

Hearing and smell can be attributed to which part of of the brain?

• Occipital Lobe

• Upper Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Lower Lobe

This bone in the ear is smaller than a penny.

• Femur

• Phalanges

• Stapes

• Ulna

The eardrum responds to____.

• Water vibrations

• Sound vibrations

• Electrical impulses

• None of the Above

Lacrimal fluid in the eye helps_____ the eyes.

• Protect

• Moisten

• Fight foreign pathogens

• All of the above

Chemically sensitive microvilli found in this structure ​​ (a)  

• taste buds

• macula

• olfactory epithelium

Hair cells receptive to changes in static equilibrium are found in this structure ​ (a)  

• Macula

• taste buds

• olfactory epithelium

• crista ampullaris

What is the main function of the rods in the eye? ​ ​ (a)  

• vision in dim light

• accommodation for near vision

• color vision

• depth perception

Light passes through the following structures in which order?

• cornea, vitreous humor, lens, aqueous humor

• vitreous humor, lens, aqueous humor, cornea

• cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitreous humor

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• aqueous humor, cornea, lens, vitreous humor

​ (a)   of the sensory receptors in the body are involved with vision

• 70%

• 25%

• 50%

• 85%

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

​ (a)   is our dominant sense

• Vision

• smell

• taste

• hearing

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8