Exam 12: Nervous System III: Senses

Max returns to his dorm room late at night to find his roommate throwing up. The smell is at first so bad that Max wants to vomit too, but after helping his roommate clean up, the odor seems to fade. Max has experienced

Impulses from taste receptors can travel in the facial, glossopharyngeal, and vagus nerves.

Farsightedness after the age of forty-five is most likely caused by

Which example fits? "A sensation is ________ , and projection of a sensation is ________."

Receptors for the special senses are found

Choose the statement that correctly pairs sensation, perception, and/or projection with the example.

Retinitis pigmentosa is a disorder in which the photoreceptors of the retina slowly degenerate. At the onset, a person suffering from retinitis pigmentosa loses the ability to see in dim light and grayscale. Of the two types of photoreceptors in the eye, the ________ must be degrading first.

Floaters are bowel movements that float due to a fatty diet.

Receptors for the general senses are found

You are carrying a box when your friend suddenly places another heavy box on top of it. Your muscles respond by immediately ________ because ________ sense the rapid muscle lengthening and cause a reflex response.

A person is born with a genetic mutation that causes rhodopsin to be improperly produced, rendering it useless. Which structure(s)will specifically be affected?

Another name for pain receptors is

The adjustment of the thickness of the lens to make close vision possible is called ________.

A curvature defect of the lens or cornea in which some parts of an image are in focus on the retina and other parts are blurred and vision is distorted is called

The utricle and saccule contain the sensory receptors associated with the sense of dynamic equilibrium.

A person who associates sounds with tastes has synesthesia.

Receptors that are stimulated by changes in chemical concentrations are called thermoreceptors.

Which of the following is part of the inner tunic of the eye?

A young person loves going to music concerts and frequently stands as close to the stage as they can. They never wear earplugs or any protective earwear. After years of concerts, they become hard-of-hearing and can no longer hear quiet sounds or low talking. What has happened to the concert-goer?

General senses result from stimulation of receptors in the head only.