Chapter 10: Sensory Systems
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By Iheartwaffles on November 1, 2009
Question Excerpt
| 1. | The mechanism by which a receptor converts a stimulus into an electrical signal is called |
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| 2. | Which of the following best illustrates the concept of an adequate stimulus? |
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| 3. | The ability to perceive different frequencies in sound vibrations is based on the fact that |
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| 4. | The stereocilia for hearing are exposed to |
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| 5. | The parasympathetic nervous system causes |
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| 6. | The Two types of thermoreceptors are ___________ and _________. |
| 7. | Receptors are most sensitive to energy from the _________ stimulus. |
| 8. | A phasic receptor adapts (quickly/ slowly) to a constant stimulus |
| 9. | The three types of nociceptors are __________, _________, and __________. |
| 10. | Information about touch detected on the left side of the body is transmitted to the brain in the dorsal columns on the _________ side of the spinal cord. |
| 11. | The first neurons that support production of action potentials in the visual pathway are (photoreceptors/ biopolar cells/ ganglion cells). |
| 12. | The pitch of sound vibration reflects its (amplitutde/ frequency) |
| 13. | A hair cell in the cochlea can be excited by sounds of different frequencies (true / false). |
| 14. | The process by which the lens becomes stronger for close-up vision is called ____________. |
| 15. | Rods and Cones differ with regard to the type of (retinal / opsin) they contain. |
| 16. | A single ganglion cell will either be excited or inhibited by light applied to its visual field (True / false). |
| 17. | Odorant molecules must be dissolved in mucus if they are to bind to olfactory receptors (True / False). |
| 18. | A given taste receptor cell responds to only one of the four primary tastes (true / false). |
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