Nervous System: The Special Senses Quiz

Deafness is defined as hearing loss of any degree.

• True

• False

Taste and appreciation of foods is influenced by the sense of vision.

• True

• False

The outer and middle ear are involved with balance and equilibrium.

• True

• False

What function do the orbits, eye lashes, and lacrimal glands all have in common?

• 
  Nutrition

• Lubrication

• Protection

• Excretion

The epithelium around the sclera is the 

• 
  lacrimal apparatus

• 
  palpebra

• 
  conjunctiva

• 
  cornea

Sound waves entering the external auditory canal hit the eardrum, also known as the:

• Vestibule

• Labyrinth

• Tympanic membrane

• Cochlea

What sense can bypass the thalamus and go directly to the brain?

• Touch

• Smell

• Hearing

• Taste

The point at the back of the eye where the optic nerve leaves the eye is called the:

• 
  fovea

• 
  choroid

• 
  optic disc

• macula lutea

The area of greatest visual acuity or point of sharpest vision is the:

• Retina

• Optic disc

• Fovea centralis

• Vitreous humor

The point at where the optic nerve leaves the back of the eyeball is known as the:

• Convergence

• Optic disc

• Optic tracts

• Retina