Question 1

When a baseball player is hit in the back by a ball,what is detected by the pain receptors?

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A)  Chemicals that are released by the damaged cells.
B)  The pressure produced by the trauma.
C)  The body's position during the time of the injury.
D)  The temperature of the day.
E)  None of the answer choices would be detected by the pain receptors.F) B) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 2

Rotational equilibrium is movement in which plane? What does it depend upon?

Accepted Answer

A)  angular; utricle and saccule
B)  angular; semicircular canals
C)  vertical; utricle and saccule
D)  vertical; semicircular canals
E)  horizontal; utricle and sacculeF) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 3

Receptors that are directly involved in maintaining homeostasis are primarily

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A)  chemoreceptors.
B)  photoreceptors.
C)  interoceptors.
D)  proprioceptors.
E)  exteroceptors.F) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

The most frequent cause of blindness in adults are retinal disorders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following groups contain all membranous structures?

Accepted Answer

A)  ossicles,tympanic membrane,oval window
B)  cochlea,ampulla,otoliths
C)  tympanic membrane,oval window,round window
D)  malleus,incus,stapes
E)  tympanic membrane,oval window,stapesF) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 6

Taste buds and olfactory cells are considered

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A)  mechanoreceptors.
B)  chemoreceptors.
C)  radioreceptors.
D)  proprioceptors.
E)  general receptors.F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 7

As people age,they tend to lose their sense of smell and their hearing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

It is very hot in the room but Jamie does not seem to notice.Her exteroreceptors have detected the heat and sent the message to her brain,but her brain has not correctly determined the message.What does Jamie have a problem with?

Accepted Answer

A)  exteroreceptors
B)  detection
C)  sensation
D)  perception
E)  thermoreceptorsF) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

Which is not a general receptor found in the skin to detect pressure or fine touch?

Accepted Answer

A)  free nerve endings
B)  Merkel's disks
C)  Krause end bulbs
D)  Meissner's corpuscles
E)  Pacinian corpusclesF) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

The structure that regulates the size of the opening for light in the eye is the

Accepted Answer

A)  pupil.
B)  retina.
C)  iris.
D)  ciliary muscle.
E)  lens.F) A) and C)
G) A) and E) C

Question 11

There are more rods than cones,but many rods may synapse with one ganglion cell while only one cone does.Therefore,when light intensity drops at nighttime,we can expect a lit city street scene to be

Accepted Answer

A)  intense in color and very sharp.
B)  more black and white,but very sharp.
C)  intense in color,but grainy.
D)  more black and white and grainy.
E)  identical to the image formed of the street in daytime.F) B) and D)
G) All of the above D

Question 12

Julie can see very well close up,but has more problems with distance vision.She really has trouble when looking from her paper up to the professor at the front of the class and back again.What part of her eye is most likely the problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  optic nerve
B)  fovea
C)  cornea
D)  ciliary muscle
E)  suspensory ligamentsF) A) and B)
G) A) and E) D

Question 13

Mechanoreceptors do not respond to

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A)  touch.
B)  sound waves.
C)  motion.
D)  gravity.
E)  temperature.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 14

List the parts of the ear that make up the outer ear,middle ear,and inner ear.

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The outer ear consists of the pinna,earl...

Question 15

Which pair is mismatched?

Accepted Answer

A)  semicircular canals-inner ear
B)  ampulla-outer ear
C)  auditory canal-outer ear
D)  ossicles-middle ear
E)  stapes-oval windowF) All of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 16

The sense of rotational equilibrium is accomplished by hair cells found in the

Accepted Answer

A)  cochlear duct.
B)  outer ear.
C)  middle ear.
D)  ampulla.
E)  cochlea (organ of Corti) .F) A) and C)
G) B) and C)

Question 17

The sclera is continuous with the

Accepted Answer

A)  cornea.
B)  iris.
C)  retina.
D)  choroid coat.
E)  fovea centralis.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 18

The monitoring of blood oxygen levels within the body is done by what type of receptor?

Accepted Answer

A)  thermoreceptor
B)  chemoreceptor
C)  mechanoreceptor
D)  photoreceptor
E)  proprioceptorF) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 19

Scott has lost his sense of smell due to an accident,although to look at him you would never know anything was wrong.Upon external examination,his doctor cannot see any damage either.What part of Scott's body has been damaged?

Accepted Answer

A)  his oral cavity
B)  his nasal cavity
C)  his olfactory tract to the brain
D)  his pharynx
E)  his noseF) A) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 20

Approximately 80-90% of what we perceive as "taste" is actually due to a sense of smell.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 18: Senses

When a baseball player is hit in the back by a ball,what is detected by the pain receptors?

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Rotational equilibrium is movement in which plane? What does it depend upon?

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Receptors that are directly involved in maintaining homeostasis are primarily

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The most frequent cause of blindness in adults are retinal disorders.

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Which of the following groups contain all membranous structures?

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Taste buds and olfactory cells are considered

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As people age,they tend to lose their sense of smell and their hearing.

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It is very hot in the room but Jamie does not seem to notice.Her exteroreceptors have detected the heat and sent the message to her brain,but her brain has not correctly determined the message.What does Jamie have a problem with?

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Which is not a general receptor found in the skin to detect pressure or fine touch?

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The structure that regulates the size of the opening for light in the eye is the

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There are more rods than cones,but many rods may synapse with one ganglion cell while only one cone does.Therefore,when light intensity drops at nighttime,we can expect a lit city street scene to be

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Julie can see very well close up,but has more problems with distance vision.She really has trouble when looking from her paper up to the professor at the front of the class and back again.What part of her eye is most likely the problem?

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Mechanoreceptors do not respond to

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List the parts of the ear that make up the outer ear,middle ear,and inner ear.

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Which pair is mismatched?

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The sense of rotational equilibrium is accomplished by hair cells found in the

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The sclera is continuous with the

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The monitoring of blood oxygen levels within the body is done by what type of receptor?

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Scott has lost his sense of smell due to an accident,although to look at him you would never know anything was wrong.Upon external examination,his doctor cannot see any damage either.What part of Scott's body has been damaged?

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Approximately 80-90% of what we perceive as "taste" is actually due to a sense of smell.

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