Exam 38: Sense Organs

Glaucoma is caused by an increase in intraocular pressure due to inadequate drainage of the

The organ of Corti consists of the

The correct order in which a light ray reaches the retina is:

What is the aqueous humor?

The molecules rhodopsin and retinal are involved in the sensory system that detects

The actual physiological mechanism that allows fish to school involves both the cutaneous receptors known as the lateral line as well as their eyesight. Therefore, the stimuli that fish use to school are light and

Which of the following statements about photoreceptors is NOT true?

What kind of receptors are involved in hearing?

Which of the following visual association with its related cause is NOT correct?

In the abnormal eyeball pictured here, the size of a normal eye is noted with a dotted line. This type of abnormality results in

Since chemoreceptors are found in arthropods, crustaceans, vertebrates and all other animals it is believed that chemoreception is the most primitive sense.

Which statement about smell receptors is NOT true?

Which statement about chemoreceptors is NOT true?

Identify and briefly describe the function of the labeled structures in the human eye pictured here. A: B: C: D: E: F: G: H: I: J:

When the cerebral cortex interprets the sense of taste it will also be interpreting the sense of smell.

There are more rods than cones but many rods may synapse with one ganglion cell while only one cone synapses with one ganglion. Therefore, when light intensity drops at night, we can expect a lit city street scene to be