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Special Senses Mastery Check

Total questions: 105

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What part of the eye is this?
a)
sclera
b)
choroid
c)
retina
d)
ciliary body
2.
What part of the eye is this?
a)
iris
b)
sclera
c)
ciliary body
d)
cornea
3.
What part of the eye is this?
a)
cornea
b)
lens
c)
iris
d)
cilicary body
4.
What part of the eye is this?
a)
cornea
b)
sclera
c)
lens
d)
iris
5.
What part of the eye is this?
a)
choroid
b)
sclera
c)
retina
d)
ciliary body
6.
Which part of the eye opens in dark places and closes in bright places?  
a)
Cornea
b)
Retina
c)
Pupil
d)
Lens
7.
Which part of the eye contains light sensitive nerves?  
a)
Cornea
b)
Lens
c)
Retina
d)
Vitreous Humor
8.
Which part of the eye contracts and dilates based on the environment? 
a)
Pupil
b)
Cornea
c)
Sclera
d)
Iris
9.
Opens and closes to adjust the total amount of light entering the eye.
a)
Iris
b)
Scelera
c)
Cornea
d)
Human lens
10.
This part of the eye has photoreceptors called rods and cones.  They help us to see color and see at night.  It is called:
a)
optic nerve
b)
brain
c)
retina
d)
cornea
11.
Thin fold of skin that covers and protects the eye.
a)
Sclera
b)
Human Lens
c)
Eyelid
d)
Optic Nerve
12.
This part of the eye sends messages to the brain
a)
rods
b)
retina
c)
optic nerve
d)
cones
13.
what is the iris
a)
the colored part of the eye that controls the size of the pupil
b)
Transparent jellylike fluid that fills the eye and refracts light.
c)
Sends messages picked up by the retina to the brain 
d)
Hole passes different amounts of light
14.

Which part of the eye is this?

a)

Pupil

b)

Retina

c)

Cornea

d)

Lens

15.

Where does light refract?

a)

Lens

b)

Cornea

c)

Pupil

d)

Optic Nerve

16.

Which property of light allows you to see different colors?

a)

Amplitude and Frequency

b)

Speed and Wavelength

c)

Frequency and Wavelength

17.

Which part of the eye is a gel material that keeps all of the parts in place?

a)

retina

b)

cornea

c)

lens

d)

vitreous humor

18.

What part of the eye has color and is a muscle?

a)

cornea

b)

vitreous humor

c)

optic nerve

d)

iris

19.

The thick, tough, white outer covering of the eyeball is called the __________________.

a)

sclera

b)

lens

c)

pupil

d)

cornea

20.

The place where the optic nerve leaves the retina, where there are no light-sensitive cells is the ________________.

a)

lens

b)

cornea

c)

blind spot

d)

sclera

21.

The tough, clear covering over the iris and pupil that helps protect the eye is the __________________.

a)

retina

b)

lens

c)

sclera

d)

cornea

22.
Responsible for bright light and color
a)
cones
b)
rods
c)
cornea
23.

The bones of the middle ear are collectively known as the ____

a)

superior temporal gyrus

b)

cochlea

c)

ossicles

d)

malleus, incus, and sternum

e)

tympanic membrane

24.

What structure separates the middle ear from the external ear?

a)

Oval Window

b)

Round Window

c)

Tympanic Membrane

d)

Ossicles

e)

Basilar Membrane

25.

The visible structure of the ear that collects sound waves is referred to as the ____.

a)

tympanic membrane

b)

mallard

c)

pinna

d)

oval window

26.

One of the components of a sound is pitch. Pitch is determined by the _____ of a sound wave.

a)

amplitude

b)

complexity

c)

frequency

d)

depth

27.

The ________ ear collects sounds waves and transmits them to the ________ ear, which contains auditory ossicles.

a)

superficial; deep

b)

outer; middle

c)

inner; middl

d)

middle; inne

e)

outer; inner

28.

The auditory ossicles connect the

a)

tympanic membrane to the oval window.

b)

tympanic membrane to the round window.

c)

oval window to the round window.

d)

stapedius to the tympanic membrane.

29.

When an external force bends the stereocilia of the inner ear hair cells,

a)

the hair cells are temporarily damaged.

b)

dizziness results.

c)

an electrical impulse is generated

d)

the force is converted into mechanical energy

e)

the cells become unresponsive.

30.
When sound waves cause the eardrum to vibrate, these vibrations are immediately passed on to the_________.
a)
outer ear and ear canal
b)
inner ear
c)
tiny hairs
d)
three small bones in the middle ear
31.
Which part of the ear acts as the sound collector?
a)
outer ear
b)
ear canal
c)
middle ear
d)
inner ear
32.
What happens in the inner ear? 
a)
Sound waves are captured.
b)
Sound waves move deeper into the ear. 
c)
Sound waves are reflected.
d)
Sound waves are converted into nerve impulses.
33.
Where does HEARING (interpreting the nerve impulses) take place?
a)
outer ear
b)
middle ear
c)
inner ear
d)
brain
34.

Which branch of the vestibulocochlear nerve detects the position and motion of the head?

a)

Vestibular branch

b)

Cochlear branch

c)

auditory branch

35.
What is this?
a)
Cochlea
b)
Vestibule 
c)
Semicircular Canals
36.
What is this?
a)
Vestibule
b)
Semicircular Canals
c)
Cochlea
37.

Where in the brain would you find the auditory association area?

a)

temporal lobe

b)

parietal lobe

c)

frontal lobe

d)

occipital lobe

38.

Which Lobe is Wernicke's Area located?

a)

Occipital Lobe

b)

Frontal Lobe

c)

Auditory Lobe

d)

Temporal Lobe

39.

What picture shows Wernike's area?

a)
b)
c)
d)
40.

where is the auditory cortex found?

a)

temporal lobes

b)

occipital lobes

c)

parietal lobes

d)

frontal lobes

41.

where would you find Wernicke's area?

a)

right frontal lobe

b)

left frontal lobe

c)

right temporal lobe

d)

left temporal lobe

42.

Ear wax is generated by which glands?

a)

ceruminous

b)

apocrine

c)

eccrine

d)

sudoriferous

43.

Senses that respond to chemicals in solution utilize which of the following:

a)

Meissner's corpuscle

b)

chemoreceptors

c)

crista ampullaris

d)

beta lactamase

44.

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

45.

The nerves associated with smell are referred to as the:

a)

olfactory receptor cells

b)

smell cells

c)

gustatory receptor cells

d)

umami cells

46.

Small projections located on the tongue’s surface where taste buds are located are known as:

a)

papillae

b)

gustatory cells

c)

olfactory epithelium

d)

mucous producing glands

47.

Our noses can detect chemicals in the air

a)

True

b)

False

48.

NOT a primary taste sensation

a)

bitter

b)

salty

c)

sweet

d)

peppery

49.

can detect the largest variety

a)

taste buds

b)

olfactory receptors

c)

cones

d)

rods

50.

lobe of brain responsible for smell

a)

frontal

b)

parietal

c)

occipital

d)

temporal

51.

chemical sense of smell

a)

ageusia

b)

gustation

c)

olfaction

d)

anosmia

52.

receptor of gustation; sweet, salty, sour, bitter, umami

a)

cones

b)

olfactory receptors

c)

hair cells

d)

taste buds

53.

What are the organs that contain receptors associated with the sense of taste?

a)

Taste buds

b)

Smell buds

c)

Papillae

d)

Umami

54.

What are the elevations on the tongue that are associated with taste?

a)

Papillae

b)

Taste buds

c)

Taste pores

d)

Taste hairs

55.

Which word means pertaining to the sense of taste?

a)

Olfactory

b)

Gustatory

c)

Auditory

d)

Windatory

56.

Which structures are located in taste buds and have sensory receptors?

a)

Papillae

b)

Taste receptor cells

c)

Smell cells

d)

Olfactory cells

57.

What are the openings in taste buds called?

a)

Taste pores

b)

Taste holes

c)

Taste indentations

d)

Taste hairs

58.

What happens when a taste receptor cell is stimulated?

a)

Gag reflex is initiated

b)

The hairs move back and forth from excitement

c)

Nothing

d)

An impulse is triggered on a nearby nerve fiber

59.

What do gustatory cells respond to?

a)

Chemicals dissolved in mucus

b)

Chemicals dissolved in saliva

c)

Dry chemicals

d)

Wind gusts

60.

What are the basic tastes?

a)

Umami, Sugar, Savoury, bitter, sour

b)

Salty, Savoury, Bitter, Sweet, Umami

c)

Sweet, Salty, Bitter, Savory, Sour

d)

Bitter, Sour, Umami, Sugar, Salty

61.

Once transduction has occured, the next process is...

a)

The gustatory cortex receiving information about the tastant in order to create a taste

b)

The signals are transmitted to the brain through nerves attached to the taste receptor

c)

Perception of taste occurs in the gustatory cortex

d)

Perception occurs

62.

The last process of taste sensation to taste perception is?

a)

Perception of taste occurs in the gustatory cortex

b)

Perception of taste occurs in the taste bud

c)

The nerve cells receive the tastant

d)

The gustatory hair transmits the tastant to the gustatory cortex and then perception occurs

63.
If you plug your nose you can't taste your food as well....
a)
true
b)
false
64.
The type of receptor involved in smell and taste is
a)
chemoreceptor
b)
photoreceptor
c)
mechanoreceptor
d)
tastebud
65.
gustatory hairs are to taste as
olfactory hairs are to  _____
a)
sight
b)
hearing
c)
smell
d)
equilibrium
66.
What carries the sensory information from the nose to the brain?
a)
Olfactory bulb
b)
Olfactory nerve
c)
Optic nerve
d)
Thalamus
67.

What occurs when a stimulus activates a receptor?

a)

Sensation

b)

Perception

c)

Illusion

d)

Sensory adaptation

68.

The organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences.

a)

Sensation

b)

Perception

c)

Illusion

d)

Sensory adaptation

69.
These protrude from the taste pore and are stimulated by chemicals dissolved in saliva:
a)
supporting cells
b)
sensory nerves
c)
gustatory hairs
d)
fungiform papillae
70.

A mucous membrane at the top of the nasal cavity; contains the olfactory receptor neurons that respond to airborne molecules called odorants

a)

olfactory bulb

b)

olfactory epithelium

c)

cribriform plate

d)

olfactory nerve

71.

Part of the skull that separates the nasal cavity from the cranial cavity. It has tiny holes allowing the olfactory neurons to pass through and join the olfactory bulb.

a)

facial bones

b)

cribriform plates

c)

zygomatic bones

d)

fontanel

72.

Which of the following is NOT true of olfactory neurons?

a)

they are smell receptors

b)

can regenerate

c)

bipolar in structure

d)

located in olfactory bulb

73.

Sound is caused by ______________.

a)

vibrations

b)

light

c)

the sun

d)

chemicals

74.

What is the structure of the inner eat that helps us maintain our balance?

a)

Semicircular Canals

b)

Tympanic membrane

c)

Pinna

d)

Cochlea

75.
These are the smallest bones in the body that help transmit and amplify sound waves. 
a)
Ossicles
b)
Fossils
c)
Oracles
d)
Spectacles
76.
The main inner ear structure that enables one to hear is called the: 
a)
Cochlea
b)
Pinna
c)
Eustachian Tube
d)
Auricle
77.

Place the following events in sequence: A) The tympanic membrane begins vibrating; B) Action potentials travel along nerve fibers of the vestibulocochlear nerve; C) The hammer, anvil, and stirrup begin moving

a)

B, C, A

b)

A, B, C

c)

B, A, C

d)

A, C, B

78.

When sound waves cause the tympanic membrane to vibrate, these vibrations are immediately passed on to the_________.

a)

outer ear and ear canal

b)

inner ear

c)

tiny hairs

d)

three small bones in the middle ear

79.

Which part of the ear acts as the sound collector?

a)

auricle (pinna)

b)

stapes

c)

round window

d)

Pharyngotympanic (auditory) tube

80.

What is #13?

a)

tympanic membrane

b)

incus

c)

malleus

d)

cochlea

81.

What is #19?

a)

Semicircular Canals

b)

Pharyngotympanic (auditory) tube

c)

Vestibulocochlear nerve

d)

Cochlea

82.

What is #2?

a)

External acoustic meatus

b)

Pinna

c)

Incus

d)

Vestibule

83.

Identify the order in which sound travels through the ear

a)

auditory ossicles, tympanic membrane, external acoustic meatus

b)

external acoustic meatus, auditory ossicles, tympanic membrane

c)

external acoustic meatus, tympanic membrane, auditory ossicles

d)

tympanic membrane, external acoustic meatus, auditory ossicles

84.

The external and middle ear are only involved with hearing, while the inner ear is involved with both hearing and maintaining your ____________, (sense of balance).

a)

touch

b)

harmony

c)

equilibrium

d)

musical memory

85.

The pinna, the outer part of the ear we can see, catches sound waves and funnels them into the external acoustic meatus (auditory canal). The sound waves travel down the meatus and then collide with the tympanic membrane, commonly known as the _________.

a)

cochlea

b)

cornea

c)

ear drum

d)

snare drum

86.

The bones of the middle ear conduct the vibrations of the ear drum to another membrane called the superior oval window, which then sets the ________ in the inner ear into motion.

a)

fluid

b)

air

87.

The hearing part of the inner ear is the ___________, (is named this because of its spiral shape, resembling a snail shell.)

a)

tympanic membane

b)

cochlea

c)

pinna

d)

auditory canal

88.

The vestibular apparatus (semicircular canals and vestibule) is that part of the inner ear that helps you maintain your ___________.

a)

circadian rhythm

b)

sense of humor

c)

balance (equilibrium)

d)

vision

89.

The vestibular apparatus also uses a combination of fluid and sensory hair cells to help maintain balance. The movement of the fluid is controlled by _______________.

a)

sound waves

b)

the movement of your head

90.

There are 3 semicircular canals in the vestibular apparatus, and each canal sits in one of the three planes of the body--sagittal, transverse, and frontal. Based on how the fluid moves within these canals and which hair cells are triggered, the brain can detect the direction your __________ is moving as well as how quickly its moving.

a)

arm

b)

leg

c)

head

d)

heart

91.

The malleus, incus, and stapes are collectively called the

a)

maculae

b)

vestibulocochlear nerves

c)

semicircular canals

d)

auditory ossicles

92.

What part is #1?

a)

Pinna

b)

Ear Canal

c)

Ear Drum

d)

Oval Window

93.

What part is #2?

a)

Pinna

b)

External Acoustic Meatus

c)

Tympanic membrane

d)

Oval Window

94.

What part is #3?

a)

Pinna

b)

Ear Canal

c)

Tympanic membrane (Ear Drum)

d)

Oval Window

95.

What part is #5?

a)

Semicircular Canals

b)

Eustachian Tube

c)

Cochlea

d)

Round Window

96.

What part is #6?

a)

Semicircular Canals

b)

Pharyngotympanic (auditory) tube

c)

Cochlea

d)

Oval Window

97.

What part is #7?

a)

Semicircular Canals

b)

Eustachian Tube

c)

Cochlea

d)

Oval Window

98.

What parts are #8?

a)

Semicircular Canals

b)

Vestibulocochlear Nerves

c)

Ear Bones

d)

Ossicles

99.

What part is #9?

a)

Semicircular Canals

b)

Eustachian Tube

c)

Cochlea

d)

Oval Window

100.

What part is #10?

a)

Incus/Anvil

b)

Malleus/Hammer

c)

Cochlea/Snail Shell

d)

Stapes/Stirrup

101.

What part is #12?

a)

Incus/Anvil

b)

Malleus/Hammer

c)

Cochlea/Snail Shell

d)

Stapes/Stirrup

102.

What part is #13?

a)

Incus/Anvil

b)

Malleus/Hammer

c)

Cochlea/Snail Shell

d)

Stapes/Stirrup

103.

What part is #15?

a)

Outer (External) Ear

b)

Middle Ear

c)

Inner Ear

d)

Sub Ear

104.

What part is #16?

a)

Outer Ear

b)

Middle Ear

c)

Inner Ear

d)

Sub Ear

105.

What part is #17?

a)

Outer Ear

b)

Middle Ear

c)

Inner (Internal) Ear

d)

Sub Ear

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