A&p Sense Study Guide
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- 1.Somatic senses
- A.
All over the body
- B.
Specific parts of the body
- 2.Special senses
- A.
All over the body
- B.
Specific body parts
- 3.Mark all of the somatic senses
- A.
Touch (texture)
- B.
Hearing
- C.
Pressure
- D.
Temperature
- E.
Pain
- F.
Vision
- G.
Body position
- 4.Mark all of the special senses
- A.
Pressure
- B.
Smell (olfaction)
- C.
Hearing
- D.
Pain
- E.
Taste (gustation)
- F.
Vision
- G.
Balance (equilibrium)
- 5.Mark the 5 types of sensory receptors
- A.
Photoreceptors
- B.
Mechanoreceptors
- C.
Chemoreceptors
- D.
Thermoreceptors
- E.
Endoreceptors
- F.
Pain receptors
- 6.Mark the 3 receptors which handle touch and pressure sensations
- A.
Free nerve endings
- B.
Broca's corpuscles
- C.
Pacinian corpuscles
- D.
Meissner's corpuscles
- E.
Wernicke's corpuscles
- 7._________ receptors and _________ receptors are the two types of free nerve endings that detect temperature.
- A.
Soft and hard
- B.
Hot and cold
- C.
Burning and freezing
- D.
Light and dark
- 8.What receptors detect extreme temperatures?
- A.
Thermoreceptors
- B.
Hot and cold receptors
- C.
Pain receptors
- D.
Photoreceptors
- E.
None of the above
- 9.Temperature receptors adapt
- A.
Rapidly
- B.
Steadily
- C.
Slowly
- D.
Never
- 10.What receptors detect pain?
- A.
Chemoreceptors
- B.
Pain receptors (type of free nerve endings)
- C.
Mechanoreceptors
- D.
None of the above
- 11.How quickly do pain receptors adapt to stimuli?
- A.
Not at all
- B.
Quickly
- C.
Steadily
- D.
Slowly
- 12.Visceral pain is pain in internal organs - feels like it's coming from another part of the body
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Pain that feels like it's coming from another part of the body is referred pain
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.How does referred pain occur?
- A.
This happens when the pathway of a common nerve shares the same pathway with the pain neuron from another part of the body and the brain gets confused
- B.
You first feel the pain in the spot it's coming from and then it travels to another spot
- C.
All of the above
- D.
None of the above
- 15.Smell receptors are ___________ receptors. They detect scent particles in the air.
- A.
Pain
- B.
Chemo
- C.
Photo
- D.
None of the above
- 16.Where are scent receptors (olfactory organs) found?
- A.
Chemo
- B.
Nasal cavity
- C.
Olfaction hairs
- D.
None of the above
- 17.How do scent receptors detect smells?
- A.
Olfactory receptors cells are covered in CILIA with different receptor molecules that each bind to a unique scent molecule.
- B.
Olfactory receptors cells are covered in THERMORECEPTORS with different receptor molecules that each bind to a unique scent molecule.
- C.
Chemoreceptors cells are covered in THERMORECEPTORS with different receptor molecules that each bind to a unique scent molecule.
- D.
None of the above
- 18.What kind of receptors are taste receptors?
- A.
Photoreceptors
- B.
Chemoreceptors
- C.
Mechanoreceptors
- D.
Thermoreceptors
- 19.What are taste receptors called?
- A.
Taste buds
- B.
Taste bumps
- C.
Taste circles
- D.
None of the above
- 20.Mark the 5 taste sensations.
- A.
Sweet
- B.
Tangy
- C.
Salty
- D.
Sour
- E.
Bitter
- F.
Spicy
- G.
Unami/ savory
- 21.Taste and _____ are closely linked.
- 22.One of the tubes of the cochlea is the scala chambers which begins at the ______, goes the entire length of the spiral, and returns, ending at the _________
- A.
Square window, rectangle window
- B.
Round window, oval window
- C.
Oval window, round window
- D.
None of the above
- 23.In the inner ear the scala chambers contain a fluid called ____________
- A.
Perilymph
- B.
Scala
- C.
Vestibule
- D.
None of the above
- 24.In the inner ear between the scala chambers, a second tube ________ is filled with a fluid called __________
- A.
Cochlear duct, endolymph
- B.
Scala duct, endolymph
- C.
Round window, perilymph
- D.
None of the above
- 25.In the inner ear the fluid in the cochlear duct contains the hearing receptor cells, the ____________
- A.
Vestibule
- B.
Endolymph
- C.
Organ of corti
- D.
None of the above
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