Review (HAP) Unit 3 Concept 2 - The Senses

Which of the five senses contains two types of receptors called rods and cones?

• hearing
• sight
• smell
• taste

This connects the throat to the middle ear and serves to equalize air pressure.

• auditory canal
• eustachian tube
• external ear
• semicircular canals

People who are farsighted focus visual images:

• behind the fovea
• in front of the fovea
• on the fovea
• to the side of the fovea

When sound waves beat against the sides of the vestibular and tympanic canals, these structures bend and vibrate at different frequencies.

• auditory ossicles
• hair cells
• tympanic membrane (ear drum)
• vestibule

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The semicircular canals help to maintain

• balance
• hearing
• pressure
• sight

Which of the following statements is unique to our sense of smell?

• It utilizes chemoreceptors
• Molecules are dissolved in fluids.
• It is considered a special sense.
• Signals are sent to the frontal lobe and the limbic system.

Gustatory epithelial cells are:

• balance sensors
• taste receptor cells
• smell receptors
• touch receptors

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The olfactory epithelium is located in:

• the tongue
• the ear canal
• the roof of the nasal cavity
• the throat

Taste buds are primarily located in:

• the roof of the mouth
• the papillae
• the throat
• the lips

This is colored part of the eye reduces the size of the pupil.

• cornea
• iris
• lens
• retina