Question 1

Why does a heart attack radiate pain in the left shoulder and arm?

Accepted Answer

A)   The left shoulder and arm are the first to lose their blood supply and begin to hurt.
B)   Sometimes, stimulation of internal pain receptors is felt as pain from the skin.
C)   The nerves that innervate the heart go through the left shoulder and arm before going to the spinal cord.
D)   Damage to the heart muscle results in a flood of inflammatory products carried by the blood stream to the left shoulder and arm first.
E)   The heart will close off the blood supply to the arteries that supply the left arm, leading to the pain.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 2

What is the correct order of cells within the retina starting in the posterior compartment and ending in the choroid?

Accepted Answer

A)   rod and cone cell layer, bipolar cell layer, ganglion cell layer
B)   sclera, rod and cone cell layer, ganglion cell layer
C)   bipolar cell layer, rod and cone cell layer, sclera
D)   ganglion cell layer, bipolar cell layer, rod and cone cell layer
E)   ganglion cell layer, rod and cone cell layer, scleraF) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

Which part of the brain is involved in sensory adaptation?

Accepted Answer

A)   ventricles
B)   cerebellum
C)   medulla oblongata
D)   pons
E)   thalamusF) A) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 4

In what way are the senses of taste and smell different?

Accepted Answer

A)   Taste buds are modified neurons and olfactory cells contain a pore with supporting cells and elongated cells.
B)   Taste buds contain cilia while olfactory cells contain microvilli.
C)   Taste depends on a "weighted average" of all the taste messages while smell depends on the signature of olfactory cells stimulated.
D)   There are hundreds of different tastes while only 5 different smell families.
E)   The sensation of taste occurs in the spinal cord while the sensation of smell occurs in the cerebral cortex.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 5

Taste and smell are similar in that both respond to some sort of pressure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

List in order the structures that are responsible for hearing, starting with the external structures and moving toward the brain.

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Sound is collected by the pinna and dire...

Question 7

What type of exteroceptors are located in the ear?

Accepted Answer

A)   mechanoreceptors
B)   chemoreceptors
C)   photoreceptors
D)   thermoreceptors
E)   none of theseF) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 8

Taste buds

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A)   are located on the tongue, hard palate, pharynx, and epiglottis.
B)   are responsible for 100% of what we perceive as "taste."
C)   respond to over 100 different types of taste.
D)   are actually naked nerve endings.
E)   have a direct connection with the limbic system and its centers for emotion and memory.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 9

Golgi tendon organs are a type of cutaneous receptor for touch.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Nociceptors are sensitive to mechanical, thermal, or electrical stimuli, or toxic substances.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following is not a type of cutaneous receptor?

Accepted Answer

A)   Merkel disks
B)   Meissner corpuscles
C)   Krause end bulbs
D)   Pacinian corpuscles
E)   Golgi tendon organsF) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 12

The receptor proteins for odor molecules are actually located on cilia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In farsightedness,

Accepted Answer

A)   the cornea is uneven.
B)   rays do not focus evenly.
C)   rays focus in front of the retina.
D)   the eyeball is shorter than normal.
E)   a concave lens corrects vision.F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 14

Which of the following is a genetic mutation that affects males more than females?

Accepted Answer

A)   astigmatism
B)   farsightedness
C)   nearsightedness
D)   red green color blindness
E)   blindnessF) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 15

Which receptors are associated with the sense of equilibrium?

Accepted Answer

A)   mechanoreceptors
B)   chemoreceptors
C)   photoreceptors
D)   thermoreceptors
E)   nociceptorsF) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Exam 14: Senses

Which of the following is not a type of cutaneous receptor?

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Which of the following is a genetic mutation that affects males more than females?

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What type of exteroceptors are located in the ear?

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Taste buds

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List in order the structures that are responsible for hearing, starting with the external structures and moving toward the brain.

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Sound is collected by the pinna and dire...
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Which part of the brain is involved in sensory adaptation?

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What is the correct order of cells within the retina starting in the posterior compartment and ending in the choroid?

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Nociceptors are sensitive to mechanical, thermal, or electrical stimuli, or toxic substances.

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Taste and smell are similar in that both respond to some sort of pressure.

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Golgi tendon organs are a type of cutaneous receptor for touch.

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Why does a heart attack radiate pain in the left shoulder and arm?

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In what way are the senses of taste and smell different?

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The receptor proteins for odor molecules are actually located on cilia.

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Which receptors are associated with the sense of equilibrium?

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In farsightedness,

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Exam 14: Senses

Which of the following is not a type of cutaneous receptor?

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Which of the following is a genetic mutation that affects males more than females?

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What type of exteroceptors are located in the ear?

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Taste buds

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List in order the structures that are responsible for hearing, starting with the external structures and moving toward the brain.

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Which part of the brain is involved in sensory adaptation?

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What is the correct order of cells within the retina starting in the posterior compartment and ending in the choroid?

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Nociceptors are sensitive to mechanical, thermal, or electrical stimuli, or toxic substances.

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Taste and smell are similar in that both respond to some sort of pressure.

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Golgi tendon organs are a type of cutaneous receptor for touch.

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Why does a heart attack radiate pain in the left shoulder and arm?

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In what way are the senses of taste and smell different?

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The receptor proteins for odor molecules are actually located on cilia.

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Which receptors are associated with the sense of equilibrium?

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In farsightedness,

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