Exam 12: Nervous System III: Senses

How do pain receptors differ from other somatic receptors?

The taste sensation that amino acids such as glutamic acid cause is

When all three sets of cones are stimulated, a person senses white light.

The process by which the brain causes a sensation to seem to come from the stimulated receptors is called ________.

Lorelei thinks of the days of the week and months of the year as particular colors. She has

Pain receptors

Anosmia is loss of

The ________ ________ muscle rotates the eye away from the midline.

Referred pain occurs when the brain projects the sensation back to the original source in the body from which the pain originated.

The optic disc is medial to the fovea centralis and is the site from which nerve fibers from the retina leave the eye and become part of the optic nerve.

Receptors stimulated by changes in temperature are called ________.

A pole vaulter keeps track of his position in mid-air through