WorksheetsSpecial Senses Reivew Questions
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
What are sensory receptors responsible for?
Detecting environmental changes
Producing hormones
Sending nutrients to tissues
Generating energy
Which type of sensory receptors are widely distributed throughout the body and structurally simple?
Special Sense Receptors
Chemoreceptors
General Sense Receptors
Mechanoreceptors
Which type of receptor is stimulated by changes in chemical concentrations?
Pain Receptor
Mechanoreceptor
Chemoreceptor
Photoreceptor
What type of receptor is stimulated by light?
Chemoreceptor
Mechanoreceptor
Photoreceptor
Pain Receptor
What is a sensation?
The interpretation of sensory impulses by the brain
When sensory receptors reach threshold and action potentials occur
A memory of sensory input
A change in temperature detected by the skin
What is perception?
Becoming aware of a stimulus
A reflex action caused by the brain
The brain interpreting sensory impulses
The creation of new sensory pathways
What is the process called when the brain projects the sensation back to its source?
Perception
Adaptation
Projection
Reflex
What is sensory adaptation?
The brain becoming overwhelmed with sensory input
Sensory receptors becoming less responsive to maintained stimuli
The amplification of sensory signals
The removal of irrelevant sensory pathways
Where are pain receptors NOT found?
Skin
Internal tissues
Nervous tissue of the brain
Muscles
What is referred pain?
Pain caused by overstimulation of receptors
Pain felt in a different area than its source
Pain that fades quickly after stimulus
Pain caused by chemical exposure
What is the sensory organ for smell?
Cochlea
Olfactory organs
Taste buds
Tympanic membrane
What do chemoreceptors detect?
Temperature changes
Smell or Taste
Light intensity
Pressure or movement
What is anosmia?
Loss of taste
Loss of smell
Loss of hearing
Loss of equilibrium
Where are taste buds primarily located?
In the nasal cavity
On the tongue
In the middle ear
On the roof of the mouth
Which taste sensation is associated with MSG?
Sweet
Bitter
Salty
Umami
What provides the watery fluid needed for taste sensations?
Sweat glands
Salivary glands
Sebaceous glands
Mucous membranes
What type of receptor detects vibrations and sound waves?
Photoreceptor
Mechanoreceptor
Chemoreceptor
Pain receptor
What are the three parts of the outer ear?
Cochlea, pinna, tympanic membrane
Auricle, external acoustic meatus, tympanic membrane
Auricle, cochlea, oval window
Tympanic membrane, stapes, eustachian tube
What are the auditory ossicles?
Pinna, cochlea, tympanic membrane
Malleus, incus, stapes
Utricle, saccule, otoliths
Semicircular canals, vestibule, cochlea
What connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx?
Cochlea
Eustachian tube
Tympanic membrane
Oval window
What is the cochlea's function?
Detecting motion
Interpreting light signals
Amplifying sound vibrations
Hearing
What is the purpose of otoliths in the utricle and saccule?
Detecting light
Balancing the body during motion
Sensing head movement and balance
Transmitting sound waves
What type of equilibrium senses the position of the head when still?
Dynamic equilibrium
Static equilibrium
Inner equilibrium
Motion equilibrium
What causes motion sickness?
Low blood pressure
Contradictory sensory signals
Excessive light exposure
Loss of hearing
What part of the brain processes emotional responses to odors?
Limbic system
Temporal lobe
Frontal lobe
Cerebellum
What does capsaicin stimulate?
Mechanoreceptors
Pain receptors
Chemoreceptors
Photoreceptors
What are the accessory organs of the eye?
Retina and iris
Eyelids, lacrimal apparatus, and extrinsic muscles
Cornea and sclera
Lens and pupil
What is the conjunctiva?
A mucous membrane lining the inner surfaces of the eyelids
The transparent layer covering the cornea
A thick connective tissue of the sclera
A muscle layer of the eyelid
What is the function of the lacrimal apparatus?
Secrete and drain tears
Focus light onto the retina
Adjust the shape of the lens
Dilate the pupil
What enzyme in tears reduces the risk of eye infections?
Amylase
Lysozyme
Protease
Lipase
What is the function of the cornea?
To help refract and focus light
To produce tears
To control pupil size
To absorb excess light
What is the sclera?
The transparent part of the outer eye
The white part of the eye
The pigmented layer of the retina
The fluid-filled cavity in the eye
What controls the size of the pupil?
The ciliary body
The iris
The lens
The conjunctiva
What is glaucoma?
A disorder where the retina detaches
A buildup of pressure in the eye caused by excess aqueous humor
An infection of the conjunctiva
A condition where the lens becomes cloudy
Where is the blind spot of the eye?
The macula lutea
The optic disc
The fovea centralis
The sclera
What are the two types of photoreceptors?
Rods and cones
Retinas and irises
Fovea and macula
Optic discs and scleras
Which photoreceptors provide color vision?
Rods
Cones
Fovea cells
Optic discs
What fluid maintains the shape of the eye?
Aqueous humor
Vitreous humor
Perilymph
Endolymph
