THE SENSORY ORGANS

Question 1

Nerve endings that respond to particular stimuli

Answer 1

Sensory Receptors

Question 2

Mechanoreceptors

Answer 2

Respond to physical stresses in the form of touch, pressure, stretching, sound waves & motion

Question 3

Thermoreceptors

Answer 3

Respond to changes in temperature

Question 4

Chemoreceptors

Answer 4

Respond to chemical stimuli

Question 5

Photoreceptors

Answer 5

Respond to light stimuli

Question 6

The skin contains receptors that respond to touch, pressure, pain, & temperature

Answer 6

Skin Sense

Question 7

What receptor is the skin sense?

Answer 7

Mechanoreceptor

Question 8

what receptor is the olfactory sense?

Answer 8

Chemoreceptor

Question 9

What receptor is the gustatory sense?

Answer 9

Chemoreceptor

Question 10

What receptor has the sense of vision?

Answer 10

Photoreceptor

Question 11

What receptor has the sense of hearing?

Answer 11

Mechanoreceptor

Question 12

Photoreceptors that allow for sight in color

Answer 12

Cones

Question 13

The clear dome covering the front of the eye

Answer 13

Cornea

Question 14

Gives color to your eyes

Answer 14

Iris

Question 15

A crystalline structure located behind the iris that focuses light on the retina

Answer 15

Lens

Question 16

Nerve that transmits electrical impulses from the retina to the brain

Answer 16

Optic Nerve

Question 17

the opening in the center of the iris, a hole that changes sizes

Answer 17

Pupil

Question 18

Sensory tissue that lines the back of the eye that contains millions of photoreceptors

Answer 18

Retina

Question 19

Photoreceptors that pick up black and white, used in night vision

Answer 19

Rods

Question 20

Transparent liquid that helps keep the shape of the eye

Answer 20

Vitreous Humor

Question 21

The white of the eye

Answer 21

Sclera

Question 22

Watery fluid

Answer 22

Aquaeous Humor

Question 23

Produces sharper vision with its cones & few rods

Answer 23

Macula

Question 24

Is the pit inside the macula with only cones, so vision can be at its sharpest

Answer 24

Fovea

Question 25

Front part of the eye between the cornea and the iris.

Answer 25

Anterior chamber

Question 26

Is between the iris and lens

Answer 26

Posterior Chamber

Question 27

Is between the lens and the back of the eye

Answer 27

Vitreous Chamber