The Special Senses

Photoreceptors that detect color

• tears

• olfactory bulb

• cones

• gustatory cells

Common type of papillae that contains taste buds

• fungiform

• tears

• lacrimal

• olfactory bulb

Brain area that receives smell impulses

• olfactory bulb

• cones

• tears

• lacrimal

Our sense of static equilibrium is created by the

• vibration of the tympani membrane

• movement of otoliths along hair cells

• sound waves traveling through the cochlea

• stimulation of hair cells in the organ of Corti

The iris controls the size of the

• pupil

• retina

• sclera

• cones

Sound waves entering the external auditory canal hit the

            eardrum, also known as the

• semicircular canals

• cochlea

• papillae

• tympanic membrane

Dynamic equilibrium receptors are located in the

• semicircular canals

• cochlea

• papillae

• tympanic membrane

Taste receptor cells

• fungiform

• gustatory cells

• cones

• olfactory bulb

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The stirrup bone of the middle ear is also called the

• sclera

• stapes

• malleus

• incus

Gel like liquid inside the larger eye chamber

• aqueous humor

• vitreous humor

• iris

• fovea centralis