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Sensory System

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following receptor types is incorrectly matched with the item it detects?

a)

Mechanoreceptors; pain

b)

Thermoreceptors; temperature

c)

Photoreceptors; light

d)

Chemoreceptors; chemicals

2.

Which of the following touch receptors would detect deep pressure against the skin?

a)

Merkel's disks

b)

Meissner's corpuscles

c)

Hair follicle receptors

d)

Pacinian corpuscles

3.

Balance is an additional special sense that has receptors housed in the ear.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which of these parts of the eye does not have the job of regulating or focusing light as it comes into the eye?

a)

Iris

b)

Pupil

c)

Sclera

d)

Lens

5.

What is the point on the retina where the sharpest image can be detected?

a)

Optic nerve

b)

sclera

c)

Choroid

d)

Fovea Centralis

6.

Which of the following helps you see in low light?

a)

Cones, pupil wide open

b)

Cones, pupil nearly closed

c)

Rodas, pupil nearly closed

d)

Rods, pupil wide open

7.

If you were looking at an eyeball during a dissection and it was flat, what likely happened?

a)

the aqueous humour was extracted

b)

the suspensoty ligaments were damaged

c)

the cornea was removed

d)

the vitreous humour flowed out

8.

Which of the following is not true of tast buds?

a)

taste buds and papillae are the same thing

b)

there are different types of taste buds

c)

Children have more taste buds than adults

d)

taste buds contain chemoreceptors

9.

Your ear is dividsed into three major areas

a)

outer, medial, and inner

b)

external, middle, and inner

c)

lateral, medial, and innermost

d)

none of these

10.

The pinna or auricles main function is to catch sound waves and pass them deeper into the ear.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Which id the correct order in which sound waves flow through the ear?

a)

auricle, auditory canal, tympanic membrane, ossicles, cochlea

b)

auditory canal, tympanic membrane, cochlea, ossicles, auricle

c)

auditory canal, tympanic membrane, ossicles, auricle, cochlea

d)

auricle, auditory canal, ossicles, tympaninc membrane, cochlea

12.

The tympanic membrane or eardrum is the boundary between the middle and inner ear.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

Myopia is the term for near-sightedness

a)

true

b)

false

14.

Which of the following is incorrectly mached?

a)

Organ of Corti - hearing

b)

Gustatory cell - touch

c)

maculae - balance

d)

olfactory receptor - smell

15.

Cataracts are associated with aging and frequently occur in people older than 70 years of age.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Otitis media

a)

is a bacterial or viral infection of the outer ear

b)

can result from cold or allergy that causes congestion

c)

symptoms include pain, swelling, and production of fluid or pus

d)

B & C

17.

The common causes of hairy tongue are inadequate oral hygiene, excessive drinking of coffee or tea, frequent tobacco use and certain medications

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Rhinitis is an infectioin of the mucous membranes that line the nasal passage.

a)

True

b)

False