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Sensory System - Multiple Choice

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

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1.

Which of the following is most related to phantom limb pain?

a)

photoreceptor

b)

adaptation

c)

projection

d)

accomodation

2.

Which of the following receptors adapt most rapidly?

a)

receptors that detect blood chemistries

b)

olfactory receptors

c)

pain receptors

d)

nociceptors

3.

Which of the following is most related to the spinothalamic tract, thalamus, and nociceptors?

a)

hearing

b)

speech

c)

pain

d)

sight

4.

Which of the following describes the basis for referred pain (e.g., the pain of a heart attack radiates to the left shoulder and arm?

a)

Myocardial enzymes from the injured heart muscle diffuse into the shoulder region

b)

The same blood vessels that supply the myocardium also supply the shoulder and arm

c)

The same nerves that carry sensory information from the heart also carry sensory information from the shoulder

d)

Nociceptors are found only in the axillary region

5.

All the extrinsic eye muscles

a)

determine pupillary size

b)

move the eyeball in the socket

c)

refract light waves

d)

change the shape of the lens

6.

Which of the following is not true of the retina?

a)

dependant on the choroid for oxygenation and nourishment

b)

contains the photoreceptors

c)

is the nervous layer of the eye

d)

covers the optic disc, making it the area of most acute vision

7.

The malleus, incus, and stapes

a)

are inner ear structures

b)

are located within the semicircular canals

c)

contains the organ of Corti

d)

are ossicles located in the middle ear

8.

What happens at the optic chiasm?

a)

Aqueous humor is secreted

b)

Rods and cones are stimulated

c)

Vitreous humor is drained from the posterior cavity

d)

Fibers of the optic nerve of each eye cross and project to the opposite side of the brain

9.

When drainage of the canal of Schlemm is impaired

a)

lacrimation ceases

b)

Intraocular pressure increases

c)

The person develops presbyopia

d)

a cataract forms in the affected eye

10.

Which of the following is most associated with the rods?

a)

color vision

b)

macula lutea

c)

fovea centralis

d)

night vision

11.

What is the result of contraction of the radial muscles in the eye?

a)

The eyeball looks toward the sky

b)

The eyeball looks toward the nose

c)

Mydriasis

d)

The eyelid opens

12.

Which of the following refers to the reflex ability of the lens to change its shape as an object moves closer to the eye?

a)

accomodation

b)

adaptation

c)

projection

d)

presbyopia

13.

Because the pituitary gland is located behind the optic chiasm, a pituitary tumor is most likely to cause which condition?

a)

cataracts

b)

a disturbance in vision

c)

error of refraction, such as myopia

d)

conjuctivitis

14.

Which of the following is least descriptive of the organ of Corti?

a)

mechanoreceptors

b)

Eustachian tube

c)

choclea

d)

inner ear

15.

Which of the following is a balance- related inner structure?

a)

Semicircular canal

b)

organ of Corti

c)

Eustachian tube

d)

cochlear nerve

16.

The primary auditory cortex

a)

receives sensory input from CN II

b)

Is located in the temporal lobe

c)

is called Wernicke's area

d)

initiates the nerve impulses that move the eyeball

17.

The eustachian tube connects the

a)

throat with the pharynx

b)

pharynx with the middle ear

c)

organ of Corti with CN VIII

d)

stapes with the eustachian tube

18.

What term is used to describe the choroid, ciliary muscle, and iris?

a)

meibomian

b)

uvea

c)

canthus

d)

lacrimal apparatus

19.

Nociceptors

a)

respond to wave motion

b)

detect pain

c)

are found in the nose

d)

are stimulated by light

20.

The structure that is not part of the retina is

a)

fovea centralis

b)

rods and cones

c)

macula lutea

d)

choroid

21.

The layer that supplies blood to the retina is the

a)

sclera

b)

conjunctiva

c)

rods

d)

choroid

22.

This condition is the result of impaired drainage of aqueous humor through the canal of Schlemm causing increased interoccular pressure

a)

detached retina

b)

cataracts

c)

strabismus

d)

glaucoma

23.

The vestibule and the semicircular canals are structures that function in the sense of

a)

touch and pressure

b)

smell

c)

hearing

d)

balance

24.

Hair cells are

a)

found in the cochlea and the semicircular canals of the ear

b)

are stimulated by fluid motion

c)

mechanical receptors

d)

all of these are true of hair cells

25.

The receptors for smell and taste are

a)

chemoreceptors

b)

mechanoreceptors

c)

sour, sweet, salty, bitter

d)

nociceptors

26.

Acommondation is the ability of this structure to change its shape.

a)

lens

b)

iris

c)

cornea

d)

pupil

27.

The tympanic membrane

a)

separates the middle ear and the inner ear

b)

transmits sound from the ear ossicles to the inner ea

c)

vibrates in response to sound waves entering the outer ear

d)

is connected to CN VIII

28.

The fovea centralis and macula lutea

a)

secrete the aqueous humor

b)

are associated with rods and night vision

c)

form the optic disc

d)

have a high concentration of cones