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Sensation vs Perception

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

A person is travelling in a car that stops suddenly. What will happen to the flow of the endolymph in the anterior semicircular canal that senses the up and down movement of the head.

a)

The endolymph fluid will move in the opposite direction on the tilting head.

b)

Initially, the endolymph fluidwill shift to the left.

c)

Initially, the endolymph fluid will shift to the right.

d)

There will be no movement of the endolymph in the canal.

2.

The following statement(s) is/are true regarding sound waves:

a)

Sound waves travel fastest in a medium that is liquid like water.

b)

Sound waves travel fastest in a solid medium.

c)

Unlike electromagnetic waves (i.e. light, microwaves, etc.), mechanical waves do not require a medium to travel. .

d)

Person A who places his ear to the track will hear the approaching train BEFORE the person who cups his hand to the his ear to listen in the air.

3.

The nervous system is composed of two distinct divisions including the

a)

Central Nervous System

b)

Peripheral Nervous System

c)

Cranial Nerves

d)

Spinal Nerves

4.

The hair cell is a type of

a)

Photoreceptor

b)

Mechanoreceptor

c)

Thermoreceptor

d)

Chemoreceptor

5.

The inner ear of the auditory system comprises:

a)

the basilar membrane

b)

the organ of corti

c)

the stapes

d)

the tectorial membrane

6.

Both the utricle and the saccule are sensitive to linear acceleration. However, the utricle would be more responsive to linear acceleration in an elevator

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The deflection of the hair cells toward the tallest stereocilia produces what effect?

a)

Opening of voltage-gated potassium channels and subsequent depolarization.

b)

Opening of voltage-gated sodium channels and subsequent depolarization.

c)

Opening of voltage-gated potassium channels and subsequent hyperpolarization

d)

Closing of voltage-gated potassium channels and subsequent depolarization.

8.

Lateral inhibition in the knee-jerk reflex circuit causes:

a)

the inhibition of the quadricep muscle

b)

the inhibition of the patellar tendon

c)

inhibition of the hamstring muscle

d)

None of the above.

9.

The Babinski Reflex causes the:

a)

extension of the hallux

b)

flexion of the hallux

c)

There is no such thing as a Babinski reflex.

d)

There is no such thing as a hallux.

10.

Furosemide causes sensorial hearing loss due to:

a)

hyponatremia (low sodium concentration)

b)

hypokalemia (low potassium concentration

c)

hyperkalemia (very high potassium concentration)

d)

hypocalcemia (low calcium concentration)