Chapter 12

Question 0

When you jump into Coldwater it takes you a short while to accumulate and get used to it this is due to the reduction and sensory activity called

Answer 0

Receptor adaption

Question 1

The function of the inner ear is to

Answer 1

Generate nerve impulses

Question 2

What kind a receptors are found in the ear and detects found head position acceleration and movement.

Answer 2

Mechanoreceptors

Question 3

Which of the following receptors is least likely to demonstrate receptor adaptation.

Answer 3

Pain receptors

Question 4

Rotational movement of the head censored by the

Answer 4

Semicircular canals

Question 5

What type of structures are merkel discs

Answer 5

Mechanoreceptors in the skin

Question 6

Which of the following is not a special sense

Answer 6

Light touch

Question 7

Which of the following structures foun in the eye nourishes and cushions the cornea and lens

Answer 7

The aqueous humor

Question 8

The central nervous system and interprets impulses based on the organ and

Answer 8

Frequency

Question 9

The lens of the eye becomes opaque with

Answer 9

Cataracts

Question 10

What’s the purpose of the auditory tube

Answer 10

It connects the middle ear to the pharynx and allows equal pressure

Question 11

Olfactory cells

Answer 11

Are sensory neurons

Question 12

What best describes the blind spot on the retina of the eye

Answer 12

There are no photoreceptors in the optic disc

Question 13

The shape of the eyeball may affect

Answer 13

The ability to focus the sharp image onto the retina

Question 14

Which is not involved in undetected chronic glaucoma

Answer 14

Loss of vision is temporary.

Question 15

Glaucoma is most often an insidious chronic disease with slow developing symptoms

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Receptors are classified according to the type of stimulus energy they convert

Answer 16

True

Question 17

The five different taste qualities are in each located in a separate region of the tongue

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Accommodation refers to the adjustment of the lens

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Otoliths within the vestibule are important

Answer 19

True

Question 20

The middle ear consist of the cochlea

Answer 20

False

Question 21

Somatic sensations originate from receptors that are present in more than one location

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Some sensory receptors are the result of adaptation of the axon

Answer 22

False

Question 23

Taste buds contain taste cells that convert chemical signals into action potential

Answer 23

True

Question 24

In order to tast smell and hear the body must convert a chemical stimulus

Answer 24

False

Question 25

People with the red green colorblind

Answer 25

False

Question 26

The fovea is the area at the back of the eye

Answer 26

False

Question 27

A difference between the chemoreceptors for taste and smell is that the receptors for smell

Answer 27

True

Question 28

The most common cause of retail detachment is a blow to the head

Answer 28

True

Question 29

The cochlea contains receptors that convert stimuli of movement and body position

Answer 29

False

Question 30

List the five classifications of receptors in terms of types of stimulus they convert

Answer 30

Mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors, pain receptors, chemoreceptors, photoreceptors

Question 31

Describe how receptor adaptation works

Answer 31

The sensory neuron stop sending impulses even though the original stimulus id still present.

Question 32

What info does the somatic sensations provide

Answer 32

Provide the brain w info about Temperature, touch, vibration, pressure pain,

Question 33

Name the 5 special senses

Answer 33

``` Touch Taste Hearing Smell Sight ```

Question 34

Compare and contrast fast pain, slow pain and referred pain

Answer 34

Fast pain arises is within a fraction of a second in response to injury from physical pressure heat light or chemicals. That's been generally originates from receptors knew the body surface. Slow pain originates in muscles are internal organs. Referred pain occurs when an internal receptor sends an impluse along the same service man

Question 35

Describe te overall function of the three bones of the middle ear.

Answer 35

They transmit vibrations of the tympanic membrane caused by sound to s smaller membrane called the oval window