Chapter 16 - Special Senses - Difficult Questions

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Special Senses Challenge

Test your knowledge of the special senses with this challenging quiz! Designed for those who want to dive deep into the intricacies of sensory receptors, taste sensations, and the structures of the eye, this quiz will push your understanding to the limit.

Features of the quiz include:

10 thought-provoking questions
Multiple choice format
Focus on special senses

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by ExploringVision203

Of the following, the only structures that cannot be sensory receptors are.

Rods and cones

Hair Cells

Dendrites

Axons

Which description is incorrect regarding chemoreceptors?

Detect specific molecules

May be either interoceptors or exteroceptors

Occur in the mouth, nose, and some blood vessels

Are always visceral sensory receptors

Which class of receptors can respond the extreme stimulating agents otherwise detected by all the other classes?

Baroreceptors

Nociceptors

Thermoreceptors

Mechanoreceptors

Of the five basic taste sensations, _____ tastes are caused by metal ions; _____, by hydrogen ions; and _____ by amino acids.

Salty, sour, umami

Sour, sweet, bitter

Bitter, sour, sweet

Sweet, umami, salty

In adults, _____ are one of the few types of neurons that are replaced mitotically.

Bipolar cells of the retina

Olfactory receptors cells

Propriocceptors in joint capsules

Gustatory Receptors

Crista ampulla's is to ampulla as macula is to.

Scala Media

Vestibular Complex

Perilymph and endolymph

Utricle and saccule

The fovea centralis of the retina most directly affects ones ability to.

Preceive light and dark

Distinguish Color

See the fine details

Both b and c

Aqueous humor is similar to ____ in its composition s well as in the way it forms and its ultimate return to the venous circulation.

Cerebrospinal Fluid

Vitreous Humor

Endolymph

All of the above

Failure of aqueous humor to reach the sclera venous sinus causes _____, a condition analogous to _____.

Keratitis; Conjuctivitis

Keratitis; Macular Degeneration

Glaucoma; Hydocephalus

Glaucoma; Detached Retina

______, or opaque lenses, can make a person functionally blind despite having healthy photoreceptors and visual pathways.

Macular Degernation

Cataracts

Phacoemulsification

Glaucoma

Chapter 16 - Special Senses - Difficult Questions

Special Senses Challenge

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