Exam 16: The Nervous System: Pathways and Higher-Order Functions

Figure 16.2 Use the diagram above to answer the following questions. -Identify the letter that indicates the ciliary body.

Fluid filling the posterior segment of the eye.

What structure regulates the amount of light passing to the visual receptors of the eye?

Light entering the eye passes first to the rod and cone cells, then to bipolar cells, and finally to ganglion cells adjacent to the pigmented retina.

Damage to the hair cells or any part of the auditory pathway to the brain results in .

Transparent mucous membrane covering the inner surface of the eyelid.

Which of the following controls the amount of light entering the eye?

Endolymph-filled structure containing receptors for hearing.

Which of the following would not be associated with strabismus?

The ossicle that is shaped like the stirrup of a saddle is the

Describe the production of aqueous and vitreous humors of the eye, and identify the structures involved in drainage.

Each of the following structures participates in bending of light entering the eye except the

The cristae in the inner ear contain the receptors for

Filaments that pass through the olfactory foramina of the cribriform plate belong to

Another name for the ciliary zonule is

The eyelids house all of the following except the

The first ʺway stationʺ (relay nucleus) in the visual pathway from the eye, after there has been partial crossover of the fibers in the optic chiasma, is the

Taste sensation is carried by the facial, glossopharyngeal, and vagus nerves.

The sensory of the eye consists of an outer pigmented layer and an inner neural layer.

The superior oblique muscle of the eye enables the eye to look upward and laterally.