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1
Q

Dichromatic color vision occurs in _____ while tri tetra and pentachromatic color vision occurs ______

A

Most mammals

Birds reptiles and fish

2
Q

Scolopidia are

A

Insect proprioceptors

3
Q

For sense of equilibrium, hair cell stereocilia are embedded in a cupula for the fish ____ and the _____ of terrestrial vertebrates

A

Neuromast

Macula

4
Q

A photopigment consist of two covalently bonded parts. The Opsin _____ and the chromophore _____

A

Structure determines the wavelength of light absorbed

Absorbs photon energy to convert bond from cis to trans

5
Q

In human skin, temperature change is detected by warm sensitive and cold sensitive ____

A

Free nerve endings

6
Q

The semi circular canals, utricle, and saccule are parts of the _____ responsible for the sense of ______

A

Vertebrate inner ear

Equilibrium

7
Q

Small bones (ossicles) help transmit sound through the _____ ear of many ____ vertebrate animals

A

Middle

Terrestrial

8
Q

The axons of _____ cells exit the retina and form the optic nerves in vertebrate animals

A

Ganglion

9
Q

______ are two basic types of photoreceptor cells in animals

A

Ciliary and rhabdomeric

10
Q

____ is perceived when hair cells that are closer to the oval window (near apex of cochlea) are stimulated

A

High frequency sound

11
Q

The _____ is a proprioceptor in vertebrate animals that elicits a reflex which prevents muscles from causing excessive movement at a joint

A

Golgi tendon organ

12
Q

The _____ transmits sound vibrations to the auditory ossicles

A

Tympanic membrane

13
Q

Both olfactory and gustatory receptors of invertebrate animals are located _____

A

In many parts of the body

14
Q

The gustatory system of vertebrate animals detects ____

A

Five tastants

15
Q

The_____ is the hair like extension of the cuticle (containing a sensory neuron) that functions as an olfactory receptor in an invertebrate animal

A

Sensilla

16
Q

The ____ is a hollow, fluid filled cavity lined with mechanoreceptors that provides sensory information for invertebrate equilibrium

A

Statocyst

17
Q

The _____ is a cluster of scolopidia on the leg of an insect that detects weak vibrations and sound

A

Chordotonal organ

18
Q

The ___ is the location of hair cells that allow detection of water movement by the lateral line system of fish

A

Neuromast

19
Q

Concerning signal processing in the retina, there is _____ of information from rods which provides _____ resolution for visual images and _____ sensitivity to light

A

Convergence
Poor
High

20
Q

Detection of the earths magnetic field by birds may involve neurons in the _____ that contain particles that resemble magnetite

A

Olfactory epithelium

21
Q

Electroreceptors are located within the vibrissal crypts of some

A

Dolphins

22
Q

____ receptors produce action potentials as long as the stimulus continues, and such receptors ______ encode the duration of a stimulus

A

Tonic

Do

23
Q

Research on mice and humans indicates that receptors for Gustation occur _____ of many terrestrial vertebrates

A

Tongue
Lungs
Small intestines
ALL OF THE ABOVE

24
Q

Cones are relatively more abundant in the ___ part of the retina and provide vision with relatively _____ resolution

A

Central

High

25
Q

The ____ is (are) important for the detection of pheromones in some animals

A

Vomeronasal organ