Chamberlain University College of Nursing BIOS 252 Exam 3 questions and answers ( update)

Chamberlain University College of Nursing BIOS 252 Exam
3 questions and answers (2025-2026 update)

Which division detects stimuli of the general senses and special senses?
A. Visceral sensory division
B. Somatic motor division
C. Visceral motor division (autonomic nervous system)
D. Somatic sensory division - ✔✔ANS D. Somatic sensory division


You wrap your hands around a warm cup of hot chocolate. This sensation is detected by
A. hair follicle receptors
B. chemoreceptors
C. thermoreceptors
D. photoreceptors - ✔✔ANS C. thermoreceptors


What are the regions of skin supplied by a spinal nerve for somatic sensation known as?
A. Myotomes
B. Dermatomes
C. Rule of nines
D. Lines of cleavage - ✔✔ANS B. Dermatomes


Thermoreceptors depolarize in response to hot and cold stimuli, turning a stimulus into an electrical signa
This conversion is known as _______________.

,A. sensory transduction
B. repolarization
C. propagation
D. adaptation - ✔✔ANS A. sensory transduction


Potentially damaging stimuli that result in pain are selectively detected by
A. nociceptors
B. photoreceptors
C. chemoreceptors
D. proprioceptors - ✔✔ANS A. nociceptors


The stretch of a full urinary bladder is detected by
A. exteroceptors
B. photoreceptors
C. interoceptors
D. thermoreceptors - ✔✔ANS C. interoceptors


Jessica went to her doctor's office with pain in her right shoulder blade and learned she was having
gallbladder attack. You are not surprised to hear about the unusual location of her pain, since it is known a
________________.
A. the receptive field
B. phantom limb pain
C. referred pain
D. chronic pain - ✔✔ANS C. referred pain


Which mechanoreceptor detects deep pressure?
A. Tactile corpuscle
B. Ruffini ending
C. Lamellated corpuscle
D. Merkel cell fiber - ✔✔ANS C. Lamellated corpuscle


,Proprioceptors are located in the musculoskeletal system where they detect the movement and position of
joint or body part.
A. True
B. False - ✔✔ANS A. True


__________________ are the fast-adapting type of sensory receptors. They sense a stimulus and then shu
down very quickly. ________________ are the slowly-adapting receptors.
A. Tonic receptors
B. Exteroceptors
C. Interoceptors
D. Phasic receptors - ✔✔ANS A. Tonic receptors
D. Phasic receptors


Which receptors detect itch and tickle?
A. Free nerve endings
B. Muscle spindles
C. Ruffini end organs
D. Lamellated corpuscles - ✔✔ANS A. Free nerve endings


Which receptor senses very light touch and low frequencies?
A. Meissner's corpuscle
B. Muscle spindle
C. Golgi tendon organ
D. Pacinian corpuscle - ✔✔ANS A. Meissner's corpuscle


The tactile sensations include all the following except
A. touch
B. itch
C. vibration


, D. pain - ✔✔ANS C. vibration
D. pain


The special sensory receptors of the eye are
A. photoreceptors
B. mechanoreceptors
C. chemoreceptors
D. thermoreceptors - ✔✔ANS A. photoreceptors


Which cranial nerve carries the visual impulses from the retina to the brain?
A. Trochlear nerve
B. Ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve
C. Oculomotor nerve
D. Optic nerve - ✔✔ANS D. Optic nerve


The superior rectus moves the eye ________________, while the inferior rectus moves the ey
________________.
A. superiorly
B. inferiorly
C. laterally
D. medially - ✔✔ANS A. superiorly
B. inferiorly


The sclera is continuous with a transparent layer over the anterior eye known as the
A. lens
B. cornea
C. conjunctiva
D. choroid - ✔✔ANS B. cornea


What part of the eye controls the amount of light entering through the pupil?