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Chapter 12

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#1
Front (Question)

When you jump into Coldwater it takes you a short while to accumulate and get used to it this is due to the reduction and sensory activity called

Back (Answer)

Receptor adaption

#2
Front (Question)

The function of the inner ear is to

Back (Answer)

Generate nerve impulses

#3
Front (Question)

What kind a receptors are found in the ear and detects found head position acceleration and movement.

Back (Answer)

Mechanoreceptors

#4
Front (Question)

Which of the following receptors is least likely to demonstrate receptor adaptation.

Back (Answer)

Pain receptors

#5
Front (Question)

Rotational movement of the head censored by the

Back (Answer)

Semicircular canals

#6
Front (Question)

What type of structures are merkel discs

Back (Answer)

Mechanoreceptors in the skin

#7
Front (Question)

Which of the following is not a special sense

Back (Answer)

Light touch

#8
Front (Question)

Which of the following structures foun in the eye nourishes and cushions the cornea and lens

Back (Answer)

The aqueous humor

#9
Front (Question)

The central nervous system and interprets impulses based on the organ and

Back (Answer)

Frequency

#10
Front (Question)

The lens of the eye becomes opaque with

Back (Answer)

Cataracts

#11
Front (Question)

What’s the purpose of the auditory tube

Back (Answer)

It connects the middle ear to the pharynx and allows equal pressure

#12
Front (Question)

Olfactory cells

Back (Answer)

Are sensory neurons

#13
Front (Question)

What best describes the blind spot on the retina of the eye

Back (Answer)

There are no photoreceptors in the optic disc

#14
Front (Question)

The shape of the eyeball may affect

Back (Answer)

The ability to focus the sharp image onto the retina

#15
Front (Question)

Which is not involved in undetected chronic glaucoma

Back (Answer)

Loss of vision is temporary.

#16
Front (Question)

Glaucoma is most often an insidious chronic disease with slow developing symptoms

Back (Answer)

True

#17
Front (Question)

Receptors are classified according to the type of stimulus energy they convert

Back (Answer)

True

#18
Front (Question)

The five different taste qualities are in each located in a separate region of the tongue

Back (Answer)

False

#19
Front (Question)

Accommodation refers to the adjustment of the lens

Back (Answer)

True

#20
Front (Question)

Otoliths within the vestibule are important

Back (Answer)

True

#21
Front (Question)

The middle ear consist of the cochlea

Back (Answer)

False

#22
Front (Question)

Somatic sensations originate from receptors that are present in more than one location

Back (Answer)

True

#23
Front (Question)

Some sensory receptors are the result of adaptation of the axon

Back (Answer)

False

#24
Front (Question)

Taste buds contain taste cells that convert chemical signals into action potential

Back (Answer)

True