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?
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?
