Chapter 9: The General and Special Senses

1. Chapter 9: The General and Special Senses Receptors Olfaction Gustation Vision Audition, Proprioception, and Aging $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 FINAL ROUND

2. Receptors: $100 Question • Which structures, made up of free nerve endings, monitor distortions and movements across the body surface? • tactile (Merkel) discs • root hair plexus • Ruffini corpuscles • tactile (Meissner) corpuscles ANSWER BACK TO GAME

3. Receptors: $100 Answer • Which structures, made up of free nerve endings, monitor distortions and movements across the body surface? • tactile (Merkel) discs • root hair plexus • Ruffini corpuscles • tactile (Meissner) corpuscles BACK TO GAME

4. Receptors: $200 Question • Which of the following receptors play a major role in regulating cardiac function and adjusting blood flow to vital tissues? • baroreceptors • chemoreceptors • proprioceptors • thermoreceptors ANSWER BACK TO GAME

5. Receptors: $200 Answer • Which of the following receptors play a major role in regulating cardiac function and adjusting blood flow to vital tissues? • baroreceptors • chemoreceptors • proprioceptors • thermoreceptors BACK TO GAME

6. Receptors: $300 Question • What type of receptor sends afferent fibers from the carotid and aortic bodies to the respiratory centers in the CNS? • mechanoreceptor • proprioceptor • chemoreceptor • baroreceptor ANSWER BACK TO GAME

7. Receptors: $300 Answer • What type of receptor sends afferent fibers from the carotid and aortic bodies to the respiratory centers in the CNS? • mechanoreceptor • proprioceptor • chemoreceptor • baroreceptor BACK TO GAME

8. Receptors: $400 Question • Which of the following types of stimulus would not result in receptor adaptation? • constant elevated blood pressure • constant odor • constant muscle stretch • constant low blood oxygen level ANSWER BACK TO GAME

9. Receptors: $400 Answer • Which of the following types of stimulus would not result in receptor adaptation? • constant elevated blood pressure • constant odor • constant muscle stretch • constant low blood oxygen level BACK TO GAME

10. Receptors: $500 Question • Touch receptors of the fingertips have ________ receptive fields, and thus provide ________ information regarding the location of a stimulus. • small; imprecise • large; imprecise • small; precise • large; precise ANSWER BACK TO GAME

11. Receptors: $500 Answer • Touch receptors of the fingertips have ________ receptive fields, and thus provide ________ information regarding the location of a stimulus. • small; imprecise • large; imprecise • small; precise • large; precise BACK TO GAME

12. Olfaction: $100 Question • Olfactory reception occurs as dissolved chemicals react with what structures on the surface of cilia? • olfactory epithelia • odorant-binding proteins • G-proteins • second messengers ANSWER BACK TO GAME

13. Olfaction: $100 Answer • Olfactory reception occurs as dissolved chemicals react with what structures on the surface of cilia? • olfactory epithelia • odorant-binding proteins • G-proteins • second messengers BACK TO GAME

14. Olfaction: $200 Question • The axons of olfactory receptors form bundles that are part of which cranial nerve? • N I • N II • N III • N IV ANSWER BACK TO GAME

15. Olfaction: $200 Answer • The axons of olfactory receptors form bundles that are part of which cranial nerve? • N I • N II • N III • N IV BACK TO GAME

16. Olfaction: $300 Question • Which of the following cells are regenerative stem cells found in the olfactory epithelium? • pigment cells • odorant-binding proteins • basal cells • limbic cells ANSWER BACK TO GAME

17. Olfaction: $300 Answer • Which of the following cells are regenerative stem cells found in the olfactory epithelium? • pigment cells • odorant-binding proteins • basal cells • limbic cells BACK TO GAME

18. Olfaction: $400 Question • The binding of an odorant changes what feature of the receptor? • the rate of transcription • the permeability of the receptor membrane • the amount of odorant-binding proteins • the rate of endocytosis of the odorant molecules ANSWER BACK TO GAME

19. Olfaction: $400 Answer • The binding of an odorant changes what feature of the receptor? • the rate of transcription • the permeability of the receptor membrane • the amount of odorant-binding proteins • the rate of endocytosis of the odorant molecules BACK TO GAME

20. Olfaction: $500 Question • Profound emotional and behavioral responses result from certain smells due to which characteristic of the olfactory pathway? • extensive limbic and hypothalamic connections • extensive amygdaloid synapses • numerous thalamic receptors • hippocampal and insular connections ANSWER BACK TO GAME

21. Olfaction: $500 Answer • Profound emotional and behavioral responses result from certain smells due to which characteristic of the olfactory pathway? • extensive limbic and hypothalamic connections • extensive amygdaloid synapses • numerous thalamic receptors • hippocampal and insular connections BACK TO GAME

22. Gustation: $100 Question • Which of the following is not a primary taste sensation? • sweet • sour • water • salty ANSWER BACK TO GAME

23. Gustation: $100 Answer • Which of the following is not a primary taste sensation? • sweet • sour • water • salty BACK TO GAME

24. Gustation: $200 Question • Each gustatory cell extends which of the following structures into the surrounding fluid? • taste pores • taste hairs • supporting cells • gustatory pores ANSWER BACK TO GAME

25. Gustation: $200 Answer • Each gustatory cell extends which of the following structures into the surrounding fluid? • taste pores • taste hairs • supporting cells • gustatory pores BACK TO GAME

26. Gustation:$300 Question • Where are water receptors mainly located? • tip of the tongue • base of the tongue • pharynx • larynx ANSWER BACK TO GAME

27. Gustation: $300 Answer • Where are water receptors mainly located? • tip of the tongue • base of the tongue • pharynx • larynx BACK TO GAME

28. Gustation: $400 Question • Sensory afferents in which cranial nerve carry information regarding food texture, as well as sensations such as "peppery" or "spicy hot"? • trigeminal (N V) • olfactory (N I) • facial (N VII) • hypoglossal (N XII) ANSWER BACK TO GAME

29. Gustation: $400 Answer • Sensory afferents in which cranial nerve carry information regarding food texture, as well as sensations such as "peppery" or "spicy hot"? • trigeminal (N V) • olfactory (N I) • facial (N VII) • hypoglossal (N XII) BACK TO GAME

30. Gustation: $500 Question • Sensory gustatory afferents of cranial nerves VII, IX, and X synapse within a nucleus in which of the following structures? • pons • medulla oblongata • hypothalamus • hippocampus ANSWER BACK TO GAME

31. Gustation: $500 Answer • Sensory gustatory afferents of cranial nerves VII, IX, and X synapse within a nucleus in which of the following structures? • pons • medulla oblongata • hypothalamus • hippocampus BACK TO GAME

32. Vision: $100 Question • The eyelids are connected at the • medial and lateral canthus. • palpebrae. • lacrimal caruncle. • tarsal plate. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

33. Vision: $100 Answer • The eyelids are connected at the • medial and lateral canthus. • palpebrae. • lacrimal caruncle. • tarsal plate. BACK TO GAME

34. Vision: $200 Question • Which extrinsic eye muscle has, as its origin, the maxillary bone at the anterior portion of the orbit? • inferior oblique • medial rectus • superior oblique • lateral rectus ANSWER BACK TO GAME

35. Vision: $200 Answer • Which extrinsic eye muscle has, as its origin, the maxillary bone at the anterior portion of the orbit? • inferior oblique • medial rectus • superior oblique • lateral rectus BACK TO GAME

36. Vision: $300 Question • Where are the light-absorbing visual pigments located? • pigment epithelium • outer segment of photoreceptors • inner segment of photoreceptors • bipolar cells ANSWER BACK TO GAME

37. Vision: $300 Answer • Where are the light-absorbing visual pigments located? • pigment epithelium • outer segment of photoreceptors • inner segment of photoreceptors • bipolar cells BACK TO GAME

38. Vision: $400 Question • Lens shape affects focal distance. The rounder the lens, the ________ the distance. • wider • shorter • narrower • longer ANSWER BACK TO GAME

39. Vision: $400 Answer • Lens shape affects focal distance. The rounder the lens, the ________ the distance. • wider • shorter • narrower • longer BACK TO GAME

40. Vision: $500 Question • Moving the eyeball both medially and inferiorly, such as to look at the tip of the nose, requires contraction of which two extrinsic eye muscles? • medial rectus and inferior oblique • medial rectus and inferior rectus • lateral rectus and inferior oblique • inferior rectus and superior oblique ANSWER BACK TO GAME

41. Vision: $500 Answer • Moving the eyeball both medially and inferiorly, such as to look at the tip of the nose, requires contraction of which two extrinsic eye muscles? • medial rectus and inferior oblique • medial rectus and inferior rectus • lateral rectus and inferior oblique • inferior rectus and superior oblique BACK TO GAME

42. Audition, Proprioception, and Aging: $100 Question • Where does the external acoustic meatus end? • at the tympanic membrane • at the vestibule • at the auditory tube • at the oval window ANSWER BACK TO GAME

43. Audition, Proprioception, and Aging: $100 Answer • Where does the external acoustic meatus end? • at the tympanic membrane • at the vestibule • at the auditory tube • at the oval window BACK TO GAME

44. Audition, Proprioception, and Aging: $200 Question • Which portion of the cochlea contains endolymph? • the scala vestibuli • the bony labyrinth • the cochlear duct • the tympanic duct ANSWER BACK TO GAME

45. Audition, Proprioception, and Aging: $200 Answer • Which portion of the cochlea contains endolymph? • the scala vestibuli • the bony labyrinth • the cochlear duct • the tympanic duct BACK TO GAME

46. Audition, Proprioception, and Aging: $300 Question • Sensing gravity and linear acceleration are functions of the otoliths, found in the • spiral organ. • vestibule. • ampulla. • vestibular complex. ANSWER BACK TO GAME

47. Audition, Proprioception, and Aging: $300 Answer • Sensing gravity and linear acceleration are functions of the otoliths, found in the • spiral organ. • vestibule. • ampulla. • vestibular complex. BACK TO GAME

48. Audition, Proprioception, and Aging: $400 Question • Where are the hair cells of the cochlear duct located? • in the vestibule • in the tympanic duct • in the scala vestibuli • in the spiral organ ANSWER BACK TO GAME

49. Audition, Proprioception, and Aging: $400 Answer • Where are the hair cells of the cochlear duct located? • in the vestibule • in the tympanic duct • in the scala vestibuli • in the spiral organ BACK TO GAME

50. Audition, Proprioception, and Aging: $500 Question • From the cochlear nuclei, auditory information ascends to which of the following structures? • thalamus • inferior colliculus • reticular activating system • superior colliculus ANSWER BACK TO GAME