Exam 7: Nonvisual Sensation and Perception

 In the film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the "Fat Lady" painting tries to break a glass with the high-pitched, loud sound of her singing voice alone. Which type of sound stimulus is the Fat Lady trying to produce?

 The primary function of the ossicles is to

 Which of the following canals are actually connected to each other?

 The _________ forms the boundary between the outer and middle ear, whereas the _________ forms the boundary between the middle and inner ear.

 The endolymph surrounding hair cells differs from other extracellular fluids in that it contains a

 Michelle is conducting a research study that is attempting to reduce the sensation of pain in rats by stimulating their

 The difference in arrival times at each ear for sounds coming from a point perpendicular to your head on either side is about _________ msec.

 Spiral ganglion cells are _________ in structure.

 Whitney is studying for a quiz and writes in her notes that primary auditory cortex is located in the _____ lobe.

 Describe the types of mechanoreceptors that provide information about touch.

 A dermatome is an area of skin

 Echolocation, used by some animals to navigate and find prey, relies on the ability of physical objects to _________ sound.

 Sounds with frequencies below the range of human hearing are referred to as

 The range of human hearing

 What percent of the human population experiences synaesthesia?

 Axons from the otolith organs and semicircular canals synapse in the

 Jazzmen turned her radio up to a higher frequency because she wanted the music to be louder.

 Input from mechanoreceptors travels to

 Meissner's corpuscles, Pacinian corpuscles, Merkel's disks, and Ruffini's endings are served by _________ fibers.

 Approximately how many inner hair cells are found in each human ear?