Font size
WorksheetsSpecial Senses
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 31mins
The five major categories of sensory receptors are (a)
Which category of receptors detect changes in pressure or movement of fluids?
(a)
Which category of receptors is responsible for pain sensation?
(a)
Roughly how many taste buds do humans have?
10
100
1000
10,000
The special receptor cells that detect chemicals related to smell are called?
Gustatory Cells
Olfactory Receptor Cells
Photoreceptors
Cones
What type of lens is this?
(a)
What type of lens is this?
(a)
When light is not focussed correctly by your lens and the focal point falls short of the retina.
myopia
hyperopia
europia
hyper myopia
When light is not focussed correctly by your lens and the focal point falls short of the retina, what kind of lens would you use to correct this?
convex
concave
When light is not focussed correctly by your lens and the focal point would end up behind the retina.
myopia
hyperopia
europia
hyper myopia
When light is not focussed correctly by your lens and the focal point falls behind the retina, what kind of lens would you use to correct this?
convex
concave
Which of the following is not a correct flavor type?
sweet
salty
tangy
bitter
umami
The little crystals inside the vestibule of your ear are called otoliths. They help you know up from down. What are these crystals made from?
sodium chloride
calcium carbonate
sodium carbonate
strontium
Where are the actual receptors for hearing located in the ear?
vestibule
cochlea
semicircular canals
retina
What is the frequency range for human hearing? (just write the numbers not the unit - so like this 750 to 987,000
(a)
What is the name of the specialized membrane in the cochlea that contains the mechanoreceptors for hearing?
(a)
The scale we use to measure how loud sounds are is called the (a) scale
When the fluid in your eyeball builds up in pressure because of a blockage, it will distort your vision and lead to blindness. What is this condition called?
cataracts
detached retina
glaucoma
astigmatism
When the lens of your eye becomes hard or hazy and light does not pass through it clearly you have an eye condition called?
cataracts
detached retina
glaucoma
astigmatism
The white portion of the eye
Iris
Sclera
Cornea
Retina
What is letter B
Optic nerve
Lens
Fovea
Retina
what would be in here?
Aqueous Humor
Vitreous Humor
What is this?
Cornea
Lens
Sclera
Pupil
Identify the order in which sound travels through the ear
malleus, stapes, incus, eardrum, ear canal
ear canal, eardrum, malleus, stapes, incus
ear canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes
eardrum, ear canal, malleus, incus, stapes
What is number 9 in this picture?
(a)
What is number 10 in this picture?
(a)
What is number 4 in this picture?
(a)
Which nerve is number 11 pointing to?
(a)
What is the name of ossicle number 1 (not its nickname)
(a)
What is the name of ossicle number 2 (not its nickname)
(a)
What is the name of ossicle number 3 (not its nickname)
(a)
What is the name of the membrane the stapes is in contact with at number 7?
(a)
How many olfactory receptor proteins do humans have?
1-2 million
20- 20,000
350-400
Which number on the diagram would represent an olfactory receptor cell?
1
2
5
6
Which number on the diagram would represent the olfactory bulb?
1
2
5
6
What is number 3?
Hippocampus
Ethmoid
Olfactory bulb
Glomelerus
The limbic system plays a huge role in processing our sense of smell. Which part is responsible for storing the memories associated with certain smells?
amygdala
thalamus
hippocampus
olfactory bulb
Which category of receptors are associated with touch?
(a)
What type of touch is it when you are NOT sure what it is that's touching you?
(a)
What type of touch is it when you ARE sure what it is that's touching you?
(a)
What do we call the type of pain that is sharp and stabbing (like a paper cut)
(a)
What do we call the type of pain that is dull and throbbing?
(a)
If I took tylenol to treat a headache I would be taking...
an analgesic
an anti-inflammatory
a gaba blocker
a reuptake inhibitor
A headache caused by the pressure in the hollow areas of your head
sinus
migraine
tension
Which type of photoreceptors are responsible for you being able to see sharp images and in color (you have roughly 3 million of them)
(a)
Which type of photoreceptors are responsible for you being able to see shapes and figures but only in black and white
(a)
What do we call the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that our eyes can actually detect?
(a)
What is the name given to the type of deafness caused to damage to the mechanoreceptors in your cochlea?
conduction
sensorioneural
the part of the ear that helps you equalize pressure, like when you go on an airplane is/are
semicircular canals
cochlea
vestibule
eustachian tubes
Hearing involves vibrations being transferred into your inner ear by which of the following
tiny little bones
thin little membranes
watery fluid
sounds from anything
all of these are correct
