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Special Senses: Hearing, Balance/Taste and Smell

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Another name for olfaction
a)
Taste
b)
Smell
c)
Touch
d)
Hearing
2.
How can we smell different scents?
a)

scent molecules/chemicals in the air are absorbed by the olfactory bulb

b)
we sniff the air
c)
our brain tells us what we are smelling
d)

chemicals in the air travel to the temporal lobe

3.
If you plug your nose you can't taste your food as well....
a)
true
b)
false
4.
What carries the sensory information from the nose to the brain?
a)
Olfactory bulb
b)
Olfactory nerve
c)
Optic nerve
d)
Thalamus
5.

The type of receptor involved taste is

a)
chemoreceptor
b)
photoreceptor
c)
mechanoreceptor
d)
tastebud
6.

chemical sense of smell

a)

ageusia

b)

gustation

c)

olfaction

d)

anosmia

7.

Which of the following senses are most closely related:

a)

touch and smell

b)

smell and taste

c)

taste and hearing

d)

hearing and smell

8.

Our noses can detect chemicals in the air

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What does the outer ear consist of?

a)

Auricle/Pinna

b)

Pinna, Ear Canal(External Acoustic Meatus)

and the Tympanic Membrane(ear drum)

c)

Auricle, Ear Canal

d)

Auricle/pinna, Ear Canal

10.

What does the middle ear consist of?

a)

Ear canal,Ear drum/Tympanic Membrane

b)

Ear canal, ossicles

c)

Ear drum(Tympanic Membrane), Ossicles(3 auditory bones)

d)

Ossicles, Cochlea

11.

What are the three tiny bones called?

a)

Ossicles - Hammer, Angus, Stirrup

b)

Ossicles - Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup

c)

Occulars - Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup

d)

Occulars - Hanson, Angus, Stands

12.

What is inside of the Cochlea?

a)

Liquid, and tiny hairs

b)

Water, and tiny hairs

c)

Acid, and hairs

d)

Water, and fuzz

13.

What else does our ears do besides help us to hear?

a)

Smell

b)

Balance

c)

Sight

d)

Fight off sickness

14.

a spiral-shaped, fluid-filled, inner ear structure; it is lined with cilia (tiny hairs) that move when vibrated and cause

a nerve impulse to form.

a)

ear drum

b)

hammer

c)

nerves

d)

cochlea

15.

(also called the tympanic membrane) a thin membrane that vibrates when sound waves reach it.

a)

pinna

b)

stirrup

c)

hammer

d)

ear drum

16.

(also called the auricle) the external part of the ear that collects soundwaves.

a)

ear canal

b)

pinna

c)

ear drum

d)

semicircular canals

17.

three loops of fluid-filled tubes that are attached to the cochlea in the inner ear; they help us maintain our sense of balance.

a)

ear canals

b)

nerves

c)

Eustachian tube

d)

semicircular canals

18.

 Which Lobe contains auditory centers that receive sensory neurons

from the cochlea of the ear?

(a)  

19.

Which lobe is concerned mainly with interpreting visual sensations?  It

integrates eye movements by directing and focusing the eye.

(a)  

20.

        ______ _______ respond to all four(bitter, sweet, sour, salty) primary flavors

(a)