Chapter 10

Question 1

What is considered as general sense

Answer 1

Touch, proprioception, pain, temperature, pressure and body position

Question 2

What is considered as special sense

Answer 2

Equilibrium. Smell, taste, vision, hearing

Question 3

Tendon organ

Answer 3

proprioception

Question 4

Fine touch

Answer 4

Tactile corpuscles

Question 5

Main organ for general senses

Answer 5

Skin

Question 6

Functional characteristics of sense organs

Answer 6

1. Detect a stimulus
2. Detect a change in the intensity
3. Change the stimulus into nerve impulse

Question 7

what in the ear helps with Sense of balance

Answer 7

Vestibular and semicircular canals

Question 8

ON THE TEST

Answer 8

1. Sense/detect stimulus
2. Convert information
3. Conduct nerve impulse in brain
4. Process info in brain

(Don’t choose single step)

Question 9

The white of the eye is more commonly called the

Answer 9

Sclera

Question 10

The colored part of the eye is known as

Answer 10

Iris

Question 11

The transparent portion of the sclera referred to as the window of the eyes is the

Answer 11

Cornea

Question 12

The mucous membrane that covers the front of the eye is called the

Answer 12

Conjunctiva

Question 13

When the Conjunctiva becomes infected and inflamed, it can turn into the disease called

Answer 13

Conjunctivitis

Question 14

Conjunctivitis is also known as

Answer 14

Pink eye

Question 15

The structure that can contract or dilate to allow more or less light to enter the eye is the

Answer 15

Iris

Question 16

The lens of the eye is held in place by the

Answer 16

Ciliary muscle

Question 17

When the lens loses it’s elasticity and can no longer bring near objects into focus, the condition is known as

Answer 17

Presbyopia

Question 18

The fluid in front of the lens that is constantly being formed drained and replaced into anterior chamber is the

Answer 18

Aqueous humor

Question 19

If drainage of the aqueous humor is blocked, the internal pressure within the eye will increase: what condition can occur

Answer 19

Glaucoma

Question 20

Which of the following responds to light stimulus by producing a nerve impulse

Answer 20

Rods and cones

Question 21

The area that contains the greatest concentration of cones on the retina is the

Answer 21

Fovea Centralis

Question 22

If our eyes are elongated, the image focuses in front of the retina: the condition is

Answer 22

Myopia

Question 23

What is part of the external ear

Answer 23

Ceruminous glands, external acoustic canal,

Question 24

What is part of the middle ear

Answer 24

Malleus, Incus, stapes, auditory tube

Question 25

What is part of the inner ear

Answer 25

Perilymph, cochlea, semicircular canals, spiral organ

Question 26

What are two parts of the external ear

Answer 26

Auricle/pinna and the external acoustic canal

Question 27

Another name for the tympanic membrane

Answer 27

Eardrums

Question 28

The bones of the middle ears are collectively referred to as

Answer 28

Ossicles

Question 29

The stapes pressed against a membrane that covers a small opening called the

Answer 29

Oval window

Question 30

A middle ear infection is called

Answer 30

Otis media

Question 31

What is located adjacent to the oval window between the semicircular canals and the cochlea

Answer 31

Vestibule

Question 32

Located within the semicircular cancels and the vestibule: meant for balance and equilibrium

Answer 32

Mechanoreceptors

Question 33

What is stimulated when movement of the head causes the endolymph to move

Answer 33

Cristae ampullaries

Question 34

Structures found on the tongue

Answer 34

Papillae

Question 35

Nerve impulses generated by stimulation of taste buds travel primarily through:

Answer 35

Two cranial nerves

Question 36

To be detected by olfactory receptors, chemicals must be dissolved in the watery…

Answer 36

Mucus that lines the nasal cavity

Question 37

The pathways taken by olfactory nerve impulses and the areas where these impulses are interpreted are closely associated with areas of the brain important in

Answer 37

Memory

Question 38

Term used to describe the type of receptors that generate nerves impulses resulting in the sense of taste or smell

Answer 38

Mechanoreceptors

Question 39

Allows us to chemically analyze food before we swallow it

Answer 39

Gustation

Question 40

The decrease in the olfactory receptor sensitivity over a short time is known as

Answer 40

Adaptation

Question 41

Most taste buds are located on the circumvallate papillae at the:

Answer 41

Back of tongue

Question 42

The tendon organ and muscle spindles are important

Answer 42

Proprioceptors

Question 43

Another name for farsightedness

Answer 43

Hyperopia

Question 44

In addition to its role in hearing, the ear also functions as

Answer 44

The sense organ of equilibrium and balance

Question 45

The occipital lobe is responsible for

Answer 45

visual interpretation

Question 46

Another name for the tympanic membrane is

Answer 46

The eardrums

Question 47

The inner ear consists of three spaces in the temporal bone, assembled in a complex maze called the

Answer 47

Bony labyrinth

Question 48

Three layers of tissue form the eyeball. They are the:

Answer 48

Fibrous, vascular, and inner layers

Question 49

The jellylike fluid behind the lens in the posterior chamber is the

Answer 49

Vitreous humor

Question 50

The auditory tube connects the throat with the

Answer 50

Middle ear

Question 51

The receptors for night vision are the

Answer 51

Rods

Question 52

Known as the blind spot

Answer 52

The optic disk

Question 53

Where are tears formed

Answer 53

The lacrimal gland

Question 54

Organ of hearing

Answer 54

Spiral organ

Question 55

Known as the ossicles

Answer 55

Malleus, incus, and stapes

Question 56

Chemoreceptors of the taste buds

Answer 56

Gustatory cells

Question 57

When the lens become hard and loses its transparency

Answer 57

Cataract