Lab Quiz 4

Question 1

Adaptation

Answer 1

Decrease in impulse generation in the sensory neurons

Question 2

Referred pain

Answer 2

pain felt in the areas that are not injured; pain coming from inside the body is poorly localized due to small number of sensory receptors

Question 3

Photoreceptors

Answer 3

Specialized sensory receptors to see visible wavelengths of light (vision)

Question 4

Mechanoreceptors

Answer 4

Specialized sensory receptors to sense sound waves (sound)

Question 5

Chemoreceptors

Answer 5

Specialized sensory receptors to sense chemicals in a solution (smell or taste)

Question 6

Two types of photoreceptors

Answer 6

rods and cones

Question 7

Blind spot

Answer 7

Where the optic nerve exits the eye

Question 8

Myopic

Answer 8

Nearsighted (can’t see far)

Question 9

Hyperopic

Answer 9

Farsighted (can’t see close)

Question 10

Emmetropic

Answer 10

Normal vision

Question 11

Accommodation

Answer 11

Ability of the lens to change shape in order to bend light rays to focus

Question 12

Tonotopy

Answer 12

Spatial arrangement of the representation of sounds of different frequencies and where they can be detected

Question 13

Weber and Rinne Test

Answer 13

Use tuning fork to determine wether a hearing loss is present

Question 14

Olfaction

Answer 14

Smell

Question 15

Gustation

Answer 15

Taste