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Senses

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following statements about proprioceptors is true?

a)

the detect pressure changes in the walls of blood vessels

b)

they detect pain

c)

they monitor the position of joints and skeletal muscles

d)

they are closely related to the sensation of touch

2.
"You feel a mosquito biting  your arm". This is because you have ....................... in your skin.
a)
Lateral lines
b)
Photoreceptors
c)
Mechanoreceptors
d)
Electroreptors
3.
“Snakes possess a unique sensory system for detecting infrared radiation, enabling them to generate a ‘thermal image’ of predators or prey"
This is because snakes have...
a)
Photoreceptors
b)
Eletroreceptors
c)
Chemoreceptors
d)
Thermoreceptors
4.
Which receptor is responsible for awareness of position and movement?
a)
thermoreceptor
b)
proprioreceptor
c)
visceroceptor
d)
nociceptor
5.
Which of the following are NOT somatic senses?
a)
Pressure
b)
Touch
c)
Equilibrium
d)
Temperature
6.
Which type of receptor detects damage to tissues?
a)
Chemoreceptors
b)
Pain Receptors
c)
Thermoreceptors
d)
Mechanorecptors
7.
Which type of receptor responds to changes in pressure or movement?
a)
Chemoreceptors
b)
Pain Receptors
c)
Thermoreceptors
d)
Mechanoreceptors
8.
The sense of smell detects ________________ stimuli.
a)
chemical
b)
thermal
c)
mechanical
d)
electromagnetic
9.
The sense of taste detects ________________ stimuli.
a)
chemical
b)
mechanical
c)
electromagnetic
d)
thermal
10.
The sense of hearing detects ________________ stimuli.
a)
electromagnetic
b)
thermal
c)
mechanical
d)
chemical
11.

Which sense has receptors throughout the body?

a)

Smell

b)

Taste

c)

Sight

d)

Touch

12.

Sensory receptors in the skin have a different structure than sensory receptors in the eye. The most reasonable explanation for the difference in the structure of these receptors is that –

a)

receptors in the skin are connected to nerve cells, but receptors in the eye are not.

b)

receptors in the eye respond to a different type of input than receptors in the skin.

c)

there are many more sensory receptors in the skin than receptors in the eye.

d)

only the sensory receptors in the eye transmit signals directly to the brain.

13.
What is the name of the specialized sense receptors that register sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and savory flavors?
a)
chemoreceptor
b)
tonguereceptor
c)
saltreceptor
d)
nociceptor
14.
What do you call specialized sense receptors that signal the body about danger with pain?
a)
painreceptor
b)
tasteceptor
c)
nociceptor
d)
electroreceptor
15.

What special sense receptors take in information about the temperature of the environment and inform your brain.

a)

Your eyes

b)

Your ears

c)

Your skin

d)

None of the above

16.
The five basic tastes the tongue can detect
a)
Sweet, Spicy, Sour, Salty, Umami
b)
Sweet, Bitter, Sour, Salty, Spicy
c)
Sweet, Bitter, Sour, Salty, Umami
d)
Sweet, Bitter, Spicy, Salty, Umami
17.

bare dendrites with gate channels on the membrane are known as...

a)

encapsulated nerve endings

b)

separate sensory cells

c)

free nerve endings

d)

unmyelinated axons

18.

Encapsulated nerve endings are -

a)

bare dendrites with gated channels

b)

dendrites enclosed in a capsule

c)

specialized cells that respond to stimuli and release NT

d)

none of the above

19.

All of the following are true regarding free nerve endings EXCEPT

a)

detect pain and temperature

b)

detect tickle, itch, light touch

c)

made up of bare dendrites with gated channels

d)

detect pressure

20.

All of the following are true regarding separate sensory cells EXCEPT

a)

detect vision, taste

b)

specialized cells that respond to stimuli

c)

detect vibration, deep touch

d)

detect hearing and balance

21.

All of the following are true regarding encapsulated nerve endings EXCEPT

a)

dendrites enclosed in a capsule

b)

detect pressure, vibration

c)

detect deep touch

d)

detect pain, temperature

22.

All of the following are true regarding the general senses EXCEPT

a)

somatic comes from the body walls

b)

found only in the head

c)

visceral comes from internal organs

d)

tactile, blood vessels

23.

All of the following are true regarding the special senses EXCEPT

a)

they have separate sensory cells

b)

are found only in the head

c)

include smell, taste, vision, hearing, equllibrium

d)

include pressure, vibration, deep touch

24.

All of the following are true regarding exteroreceptors EXCEPT

a)

found within skin and mucous membranes

b)

smell, taste, vision, hearing

c)

contain separate sensory cells

d)

have encapsulated nerve endings

25.

Interoceptors detect stimuli within the body. Where are these mainly found?

a)

blood vessels and viscera

b)

muscle spindle, golgi tendong, joint receptors

c)

skin

d)

mucous membranes

26.

Receptors found in the muscle spindle, golgi tendon, and joints are used for

a)

proprioception

b)

separate sensory cells

c)

exteroreceptors

d)

none of the above

27.

All of the following are true regarding chemoreceptors EXCEPT

a)

found in taste receptors

b)

Can be separate sensory cells

c)

found in the blood

d)

Mainly found in hypothalamus

28.

Thermoreceptors...

a)

detect temperature

b)

found in skin

c)

found in hypothalamus

d)

all of the above

29.

Photoreceptors detect changes in light and are found in the eye. Which of the following is true regarding them?

a)

They are separate sensory cells

b)

They are encapsulated nerve endings

c)

They are free nerve endings

d)

They are interoceptors

30.

All of the following are true regarding mechanoreceptors EXCEPT

a)

are cutaneous tactile receptors

b)

detect physical deformation

c)

respond due to touch, pressure, vibration, and stretch

d)

are separate sensory cells

31.

Baroreceptors

a)

detect changes in stretch and are found in blood vessels & bladder

b)

detect physical deformation due to touch or pressure

c)

detect chemicals in fluid and are found in the hypothalamus

d)

are only found in the head

32.

Nociceptors...

a)

detect painful stimuli

b)

are in almost all organs

c)

are free nerve endings

d)

all of the above are true

33.

Encapsulated tactile receptors are all

a)

baroreceptors

b)

chemoreceptors

c)

mechanoreceptors

d)

thermoreceptors

34.

Unencapsulated free nerve endings....

a)

thermoreceptors

b)

nociceptors

c)

all of the above are true

d)

mechanoreceptors that detect pressure

35.

Nociceptors are NOT

a)

tonic

b)

phasic

c)

found in every cell in the body except the brain

d)

free nerve endings

36.

No pain perception

a)

hypoalgesia

b)

analgesic

c)

hyperallgesia

d)

alldynia

37.

Reduced pain perception

a)

analgesic

b)

hypoalgesic

c)

alldynia

d)

hyperalgesia

38.

When a painful stimulus is made more painful

a)

hypoalgesia

b)

analgesic

c)

alldynia

d)

hyperalgesia

39.

when a stimulus that is not painful is felt as pain (lightly touching a bruise)

a)

hypoalgesia

b)

analgesic

c)

alldynia

d)

hyperalgesia

40.

All of the following are true regarding fast pain EXCEPT

a)

occurs rapidly

b)

sharp pain not felt in deeper tissues

c)

larger A nerve fibers

d)

aching throbbing pain

41.

Slow pain that affects smaller C nerve fibers is

a)

acute

b)

chronic

c)

sharp

d)

none of the above

42.

Superficial somatic pain arises from

a)

muscles

b)

skin

c)

visceral organs

d)

joints

43.

Deep somatic pain comes from

a)

skin

b)

visceral organs

c)

muscle, joints, tendons

d)

deep skin

44.

Visceral pain comes from

a)

skin

b)

muscles, joints, tendons

c)

deep skin

d)

receptors in visceral organs

45.

Visceral pain that is felt just deep to the skin overlying the stimulated organ is called

a)

chronic pain

b)

slow pain

c)

referred pain

d)

none of the above

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