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General and Special Senses

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The simplest sensory receptors are

a)

free nerve endings

b)

encapsulated nerve endings

c)

separate cells

d)

cones

2.

A decreased sensitivity that occurs when a stimulus is continuously applied to sensory receptors.

a)

adaptation

b)

sensation

c)

perception

d)

proprioception

3.

Which of the following senses does NOT belong to the group of somatic senses?

a)

touch

b)

temperature

c)

blood pressure

d)

pain

4.

All of the following are general senses EXCEPT

a)

touch

b)

temperature

c)

equilibrium

d)

pain

5.

All of the following are mechanoreceptors EXCEPT

a)

hair root plexuses

b)

Meissner's corpuscles

c)

Pacinian corpuscles

d)

nociceptors

e)

Ruffini corpuscles

6.

Touch receptors are classified as

a)

mechanoreceptors

b)

nociceptors

c)

chemoceptors

d)

photoreceptors

7.

Which receptors detect pressure?

a)

hair root plexuses

b)

Meissner's corpuscles

c)

Pacinian corpuscles

d)

nociceptors

e)

Ruffini corpuscles

8.

Pain in the left arm felt during a heart attack is called

a)

referred pain

b)

sharp pain

c)

phantom pain

d)

delayed pain

9.

The sense of the body's position

a)

proprioception

b)

kinesthesia

c)

tactile sense

d)

synesthesis

e)

nociception

10.

Chemicals in the air are detected by

a)

olfactory epithelium

b)

taste buds

c)

osmoreceptors

d)

Ruffini corpuscles

11.

How sensations are integrated in the cerebral cortex

a)

adaptation

b)

perception

c)

sensitivity

d)

reflexes

12.

Receptors for taste are called ____ receptors.

a)

olfactory

b)

gustatory

c)

photo

d)

tactile

13.

Receptors that detect light

a)

photoreceptors

b)

osmoreceptors

c)

mechanoreceptors

d)

chemoreceptors

14.

Receptors that detect taste and smell

a)

photoreceptors

b)

osmoreceptors

c)

mechanoreceptors

d)

chemoreceptors

15.

Which of the following is a visceral sense?

a)

gustation

b)

body temperature

c)

heart rate

d)

pain

e)

olfaction

16.

The sense of the body's movement

a)

proprioception

b)

kinesthesia

c)

tactile sense

d)

synesthesis

e)

nociception

17.

Fast adapting touch receptors

a)

Meissner's corpuscles

b)

Merkel disks

c)

Ruffini corpuscles

d)

Pacinian corpuscles

18.

Slow adapting touch receptors

a)

Meissner's corpuscles

b)

Merkel disks

c)

Hair root plexuses

d)

Pacinian corpuscles

19.

Type of tickling that you cannot do to yourself

a)

knismesis

b)

gargalesis

c)

kinesthesia

d)

synesthesis

20.

Flavor of amino acids or proteins

a)

umami

b)

salty

c)

sweet

d)

sour

e)

bitter

21.

Flavor of acidic substances

a)

umami

b)

salty

c)

sweet

d)

sour

e)

bitter

22.

Flavor of basic substances, including alkaloids

a)

umami

b)

salty

c)

sweet

d)

sour

e)

bitter

23.

Contain gustatory receptors

a)

taste buds

b)

olfactory epithelium

c)

Pacinian corpuscles

d)

Ruffini corpuscles

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