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General and Special Senses

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

aud-

a)

to hear

b)

audition

c)

auditorium

d)

audit

2.

somatic sensations; receptors all throughout the body

a)

touch

b)

special senses

c)

general senses

d)

chemoreceptors

3.

involves the organization, interpretation and conscious experience of sensations

a)

tactile

b)

free nerve endings

c)

perception

d)

sensation

4.

grouped in localized/specific areas; have specialized receptors

a)

special senses

b)

perception

c)

thermoreceptors

d)

general senses

5.

occurs when sensory receptors detect stimuli

a)

glandular secretion

b)

sensory adaptation

c)

satisfaction

d)

sensation

6.

location of pain receptors

a)

originating from the heart

b)

deep tissue and most of visceral organs

c)

signals stem from the brain

d)

middle ear

7.

pain felt at different site from the injured body part

a)

slow pain

b)

distal pain

c)

pain receptors

d)

referred pain

8.

senses odor

a)

Thermoreceptors

b)

Nose

c)

Olfactory receptors

d)

Limbic system

9.

clears mucus from the middle ear into the nasopharynx

a)

Labyrinth

b)

Cochlea

c)

Eustachian tube

d)

Pinna

10.

Which is not a primary taste sensation?

a)

Salty

b)

Savory

c)

Sickening

d)

Sweet

11.

A chemical must dissolved in this in order to be tasted

a)

Saliva

b)

Bleach

c)

Water

d)

Glycogen

12.

sensitive part of the receptor cells for taste

a)

Cell membrane

b)

Microvilli

c)

Vesicles

d)

Endorphins

13.

What is not a part of the labyrinth

a)

cochlea

b)

semicircular ducts

c)

semicircular canals

d)

pharynx

14.

transmits sound vibration from incus- "taps" oval window to the inner ear

a)

sound waves

b)

hair cells

c)

stapes

d)

cochlea

15.

responsible for the eye drainage; lubricates, moistures and cleans eye surface

a)

lacrimal apparatus

b)

levator of the upper lid

c)

orbicularis oculi

d)

conjunctiva

16.

2 chambers in vestibule

a)

cornea and sclera

b)

lacrimal gland and lacrimal duct

c)

saccule and utricle

d)

pinna and cochlea

17.

area of ear that amplifies sound

a)

middle ear

b)

inner ear

c)

outer ear

d)

pharynx

18.

area of ear that detects sound and balance

a)

pharynx

b)

outer ear

c)

middle ear

d)

inner ear

19.

area of ear that funnels sound waves

a)

outer ear

b)

inner ear

c)

middle ear

d)

semicircular canals

20.

The ? is what gland

a)

pineal gland

b)

eye gland

c)

lacrimal gland

d)

thymus gland