Question 1

Match the following receptors to their locations by using the answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all).
-receptors in olfactory mucosa

Accepted Answer

A) chemoreceptors 
B) mechanoreceptors 
C) photoreceptors

Question 2

An incoming pathway for subconscious information derived from the internal viscera is called a(n)__________,whereas an incoming pathway for information propagated to the conscious levels of the brain is called a(n)__________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of An incoming pathway for subconscious information derived...

Question 3

The utricle detects changes in head position away from horizontally and vertically directed linear acceleration and deceleration.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Hearing aids are more beneficial in conductive deafness than in sensorineural deafness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Match the following eye disorder with its description by using the following answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all).
-stiffened lens

Accepted Answer

A) colour blindness 
B) night blindness 
C) glaucoma 
D) hyperopia 
E) diplopia
F)presbyopia
G)myopia lens
H)cataract
I)astigmatism

Question 6

The refractive structure of the eye that has the ability to change its strength is the __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The refractive structure of the eye that...

Question 7

The ______ is the ossicle attached to the oval window.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ______ is the ossicle attached to...

Question 8

What relays incoming visual information to the appropriate cortical tissue?

Accepted Answer

A)  colliculi 
B)  lateral geniculate nuclei 
C)  hypothalamus. 
D)  thalamus and hypothalamus

Question 9

Indicate the characteristics associated with each part of the ear by using the answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all).
-components aligned in three different planes all perpendicular to each other

Accepted Answer

A) external ear 
B) middle ear 
C) cochlea in the inner ear 
D) semicircular canal in the inner ear 
E) utricle and saccule in the inner ear

Question 10

What happens in response to movement of the oval window?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pressure waves occur in the scala vestibuli. 
B)  A portion of oval window vibrates. 
C)  Certain hair cell receptors in the ossicles become excited. 
D)  The eardrum vibrates.

Question 11

The eye structure with the greatest refractive ability is the __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The eye structure with the greatest refractive...

Question 12

Each sensory neuron responds to stimulus information within its __________,which is a circumscribed region of the skin surface surrounding it.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Each sensory neuron responds to stimulus information...

Question 13

Which statement concerning receptors is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  The larger the receptor potential, the greater the frequency of action potentials initiated in the afferent neuron. 
B)  Tonic receptors often exhibit an "off-response." 
C)  Phasic receptors are important in situations where maintained information about a stimulus is valuable. 
D)  Receptor adaptation results from nerve fatigue.

Question 14

Match the following eye disorder with its description by using the following answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all).
-images from two eyes not fused within cortex

Accepted Answer

A) colour blindness 
B) night blindness 
C) glaucoma 
D) hyperopia 
E) diplopia
F)presbyopia
G)myopia lens
H)cataract
I)astigmatism

Question 15

Which statement is correct for taste?

Accepted Answer

A)  Discrimination depends on the ratio of stimulation of the taste buds, which have a variation in relative sensitivity. 
B)  Taste buds are stimulated only by touching foods. 
C)  Discrimination does not go beyond distinguishing between the four primary tastes-sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. 
D)  Taste buds are present only in the oral cavity, but not in the throat.

Question 16

The inner ear is involved only with hearing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT involved in sending a vibrational signal to the inner ear?

Accepted Answer

A)  external auditory meatus 
B)  eustachian tube 
C)  malleus 
D)  stapes

Question 18

Contraction of the radial muscle of the iris produces a dilation of the iris.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Accommodation permits near vision.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The auditory cortex is on which lobe of the cerebral cortex?

Accepted Answer

A)  frontal 
B)  occipital 
C)  parietal 
D)  temporal

Exam 4: The Peripheral Nervous System

Match the following receptors to their locations by using the answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all) . -receptors in olfactory mucosa

An incoming pathway for subconscious information derived from the internal viscera is called a(n),whereas an incoming pathway for information propagated to the conscious levels of the brain is called a(n).

The utricle detects changes in head position away from horizontally and vertically directed linear acceleration and deceleration.

Hearing aids are more beneficial in conductive deafness than in sensorineural deafness.

Match the following eye disorder with its description by using the following answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all) . -stiffened lens

The refractive structure of the eye that has the ability to change its strength is the __________.

The ______ is the ossicle attached to the oval window.

What relays incoming visual information to the appropriate cortical tissue?

Indicate the characteristics associated with each part of the ear by using the answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all) . -components aligned in three different planes all perpendicular to each other

What happens in response to movement of the oval window?

The eye structure with the greatest refractive ability is the __________.

Each sensory neuron responds to stimulus information within its __________,which is a circumscribed region of the skin surface surrounding it.

Which statement concerning receptors is correct?

Match the following eye disorder with its description by using the following answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all) . -images from two eyes not fused within cortex

Which statement is correct for taste?

The inner ear is involved only with hearing.

Which of the following is NOT involved in sending a vibrational signal to the inner ear?

Contraction of the radial muscle of the iris produces a dilation of the iris.

Accommodation permits near vision.

The auditory cortex is on which lobe of the cerebral cortex?