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Anatomy Chapter 09: The Special Senses

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What function do the orbits, eye lashes, and lacrimal glands all have in common?
a)
Nutrition
b)
Lubrication
c)
Protection
d)
Excretion
2.
When you cry and your nose runs, what fluid is coming through your nose?
a)
Tears
b)
Cerebrospinal fluid
c)
Aqueous humor
d)
Mucus
3.
When you look in the mirror, what part of the eye can you NOT see?
a)
Iris
b)
Pupil
c)
Sclera
d)
Retina
4.
When a person looks at an image, light rays pass through the eye and focus on the:
a)
Pupil
b)
Retina
c)
Optic nerve
d)
Lens
5.
Of the following, when a sound is heard, what structure would be the first to transmit the sound wave?
a)
Organ of Corti
b)
Cochlea
c)
Stapes
d)
Tympanic membrane
6.
What organ of the inner ear is NOT involved in hearing?
a)
Vestibule
b)
Cochlea
c)
Organ of Corti
d)
Semicircular canals
7.
What statement about the sense of taste is true?
a)
Taste is influences by the sense of smell
b)
Taste buds are called lacteals
c)
There are no taste buds in the back of the tongue
d)
There are two main tastes, sweet and salty
8.
Olfactory receptors can be found:
a)
on the tongue
b)
in the nose
c)
in the ear
d)
in the skin
9.
The "color" of someone's eye is actually the color of the ______.
a)
lens
b)
sclera
c)
cornea
d)
iris
10.
The "bumps" on your tongue are 
a)
taste buds
b)
gustatory nerve endings
c)
papillae
d)
palpebra
11.
The epithelium around the sclera is the 
a)
palpebra
b)
conjunctiva
c)
cornea
d)
lacrimal apparatus
12.
The anterior chamber of the eye is filled with 
a)
aqueous humor
b)
vitreous humor
c)
air
d)
tears
13.
The shape of the lens is regulated by 
a)
the ciliary body
b)
the retina
c)
the choroid
d)
the cornea
14.
the point of sharpest visual acuity is the 
a)
optic nerve
b)
retina
c)
fovea
d)
lens
15.
the boundary between the anterior and posterior chambers
a)
iris
b)
sclera
c)
lens
d)
ciliary body
16.
The point at the back of the eye where the optic nerve leaves the eye is called the 
a)
fovea
b)
optic disc
c)
choroid
d)
macula lutea
17.

Which of the following is not considered a type of taste?

a)

Bitter

b)

Tangy

c)

Umami

d)

Salty

18.

The hammer, anvil, and stirrup are small bones located where?

a)

The eye socket (orbit)

b)

The middle ear

c)

The vestibulocochlear nerve canal

d)

The soft palate

19.
The tube that connects the ear to the pharynx
a)
esophagus
b)
Eustachian tube
c)
palatine
d)
tympanic
20.
The outermost layer of the eye
a)
conjunctiva
b)
sclera
c)
retina
d)
Choroid coat
21.
the colored portion of the eye
a)
iris
b)
cornea
c)
retina
d)
pupil
22.
the sense of smell is made possible by
a)
taste receptors
b)
nasal receptors
c)
olfactory receptors
d)
sense receptors
23.
sensors of the black and white shades
a)
cones
b)
conjunctiva
c)
rods
d)
schlera
24.
What is the name of the small bones in the ear?
a)
auricle
b)
ossicles
c)
cochlea
d)
tympanic membrane
25.
What is known as the "blind spot"?
a)
cornea
b)
optic disc
c)
optic nerve
d)
retina
26.
What is D?
a)
external auditory canal
b)
cochlea
c)
Eustachian tube
d)
stapes
27.
What is A?
a)
ossicles
b)
semicircular canals
c)
cochlea
d)
cochlear nerve
28.
What is 4?
a)
lens
b)
optic disc
c)
cornea
d)
iris
29.
What is 5?
a)
retina
b)
cornea
c)
iris
d)
optic disc
30.
What number is the pupil?
a)
3
b)
2
c)
1
d)
4
31.
What is 1?
a)
cornea
b)
pupil
c)
iris
d)
optic disc
32.
What carries signals from the nose  to the brain for processing?
a)
olfactory nerves
b)
receptor cells
c)
olfactory bulb
d)
auditory canal
33.

What is the main function of the lens of the eye?

a)

Refraction of light to retina

b)

Impulse reception and transmission

c)

Maintains the shape of the eyeball and refracts light

d)

Color vision and night vision

34.

The Organ of Corti (hairlike cells) are found in the ___________ to recept sound waves.

a)

Semi-circular canal

b)

Ossicles

c)

stapes

d)

Cochlea

35.

Which is NOT a special sense?

a)

touch

b)

taste

c)

hearing

d)

equilibrium

36.

Sensory neurons that are sensitive to light are called

a)

photoreceptors

b)

thermoreceptors

c)

chemoreceptors

d)

mechanoreceptors

37.

Sensory neurons that are sensitive to chemicals are called

a)

photoreceptors

b)

thermoreceptors

c)

chemoreceptors

d)

mechanoreceptors

38.

The skin senses for which of the following?

a)

Temperature

b)

Pressure

c)

Pain

d)

Touch

e)

The skin can sense all of these

39.

Which of the following are rapidly adapting nerve endings providing information on light touch?

a)

Meissner's

b)

Pacinian

c)

Alzheimers'

d)

None of these

40.

Tactile and pressure receptors are known as

a)

mechanoreceptors

b)

chemoreceptors

c)

photoreceptors

d)

thermoreceptors

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