Chapter 12

Question 0

Name the largest papillae of the tongue

Answer 0

Circumuallate

Question 1

Sour is best tasted in which portion of the tongue

Answer 1

Sides

Question 2

What type of sensory organs are the gustatory organs

Answer 2

Taste

Question 3

What type of stimulus is required for olfactory reception to occur

Answer 3

A few molecule chemical

Question 4

Name the five primary taste sensations

Answer 4

Sour 
Sweet 
Bitter 
Salty 
Umami

Question 5

What is lacking in the blind spot so that it has no vision capability

Answer 5

Bones and cones

Question 6

Name structures that protect the eye

Answer 6

Eyelid
Eyebrows
Eyelashes

Question 7

What is the term we use to describe the closest at which sharp focus is attained by the eyes

Answer 7

Near part

Question 8

The thin transparent mucous membrane covering the anterior of the eye and lining the eyelids

Answer 8

Conjunctive

Question 9

The ability of the eyes to focus together so that we see only one image and have depth perception

Answer 9

Bipolar vision

Question 10

A touch receptor is an example of this type of receptor

Answer 10

Mechanarecpter

Question 11

The process that adjust the lens for near vision

Answer 11

Accommodation

Question 12

Light energy initiates nerve impulses in what structure

Answer 12

Rentia

Question 13

A sex linked trait lacking cones

Answer 13

Color blindness

Question 14

In what area of the eye are cones are most densely concentrated

Answer 14

Central fovae

Question 15

The colored part of the eye

Answer 15

Iris

Question 16

A kind of pain often experienced by people suffering a heart attack

Answer 16

Referred

Question 17

What receptors work to allow color vision

Answer 17

3 kinds of cones

Question 18

What is the term we use to describe bringing each eye to focus at the same point

Answer 18

Convergence

Question 19

The bending of light rays as they pass from the air through the cornea and lens

Answer 19

Refraction

Question 20

List the accessory structures of the eye

Answer 20

Eyebrow 
Eyelids 
Eyelashes 
Conjunctive 
Lacrimal Paramus eye muscles

Question 21

Where does most of our refraction occur

Answer 21

Cornea

Question 22

The outermost layer of the retina that contains melanin to absorb light rays

Answer 22

Pigment epithelium

Question 23

The structure that provides blood for the eye and absorbs scattered light

Answer 23

Choroid

Question 24

In what area do humans have the sharpest vision

Answer 24

Central fovea

Question 25

In what process are the macular and semicircular canals involved

Answer 25

Equilibrium

Question 26

The equilibrium apparatus concerned with maintaining posture

Answer 26

Maculae of the vestibule

Question 27

The structure(s) for dynamic (motion) equilibrium

Answer 27

Semicircular canals

Question 28

What makes up the bony labyrinth

Answer 28

Semicircular canals vestibule

Question 29

The ear structure that converts sound waves into vibrations

Answer 29

Tympanic membrane

Question 30

A Balance disorder which causes a person to feel that they are going around in space and are extremely dizzy

Answer 30

Vertigo

Question 31

A disorder caused by fusion of the bones of the middle ear

Answer 31

Conduction deafness | otosclerosis

Question 32

A constant ringing in the ears

Answer 32

Tinnitus

Question 33

The structure that helps equalize air pressure on the tympanic membrane

Answer 33

Eustanchan tube

Question 34

A disorder caused by nonfunctional organs if corti within the cochlea

Answer 34

Sensorineural deafness

Question 35

What is created when hair cells come in contact with tectorial membrane

Answer 35

An impulse

Question 36

What is the purpose of static equilibrium

Answer 36

Balance

Question 37

Sound waves directly cause what structure to vibrate

Answer 37

Tympanic membrane

Question 38

Nociceptors are receptors of ___

Answer 38

Pain

Question 39

Block the information of chemicals that stimulate the nociceptor

Answer 39

Analgesics

Question 40

Responsible for vision in bright light

Answer 40

Cones

Question 41

Responsible for vision in dim light

Answer 41

Rods

Question 42

Changes the shape of the lens

Answer 42

Ciliary muscles

Question 43

Controls light entry into eyes

Answer 43

Iris

Question 44

Focus light onto the retina

Answer 44

Lens

Question 45

Central area of retina

Answer 45

Macula lutea

Question 46

Farsightedness

Answer 46

Hyperopia

Question 47

Focusing of light rays behind the retina

Answer 47

Hyperopia

Question 48

Corrected by convex corrective lens

Answer 48

Hyperopia

Question 49

Fluid in the anterior cavity of the eye

Answer 49

Aqueous humor

Question 50

Excess fluid pressure in the eye

Answer 50

Glaucoma

Question 51

Clouding of the lens and /or cornea

Answer 51

Catoract

Question 52

Normal vision

Answer 52

Emmetropia

Question 53

Irregular curvature of the lens or cornea

Answer 53

Astigmatism

Question 54

How many molecules of a substance need to be present in air to be smelled

Answer 54

Only a few

Question 55

How are taste and smell related

Answer 55

Much of what we perceive as taste is actually smell

Question 56

These papillae cover most of the surface of the tongue and rarely contain taste buds

Answer 56

Filiform

Question 57

The lateral edges of the tongue are most sensitive to what substances

Answer 57

Sour

Question 58

What substance maintains the precession in the eye

Answer 58

Aqueous humor

Question 59

Where does the aqueous humor drain

Answer 59

Into the blood

Question 60

The structure commonly known as the "white" of the eye

Answer 60

Sclera

Question 61

What is the shape of the lens when you view distant objects

Answer 61

Flat

Question 62

Which type of equilibrium refers to the maintenance of body position (as in posture?)

Answer 62

Static

Question 63

The nerve that carries impulses from our eyes to the occipital lobe of the brain

Answer 63

Optic

Question 64

Nearsightedness

Answer 64

Myopia

Question 65

fluid in the posterior cavity of the eye

Answer 65

Vitreous humor