BIOS 252 EXAM 3 ANATOMY &
PHYSIOLOGY II FINAL EXAM STUDY
GUIDE 2025/2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS
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1. Free Nerve Endings - ANSWER ✓ pain, temperature changes, tickle and
itch
2. Encapsulates Nerve Endings - ANSWER ✓ touch, pressure, vibration
3. Special Sensory Cells - ANSWER ✓ used to create special sensory reception
4. Tactile Free Nerve Endings - ANSWER ✓ itch, tickle
5. Non-Tactile Free Nerve Endings - ANSWER ✓ temperature changes, pain
6. Meissner's Corpuscle - ANSWER ✓ light touch, low frequency vibration
7. Type I Cutaneous Mechanoreceptor: Merkel Cells - ANSWER ✓ pressure
8. Type II Cutaneous Mechanoreceptor: Ruffini's Corpuscle - ANSWER ✓
light and deep pressure (baroreceptors)
9. Lamellated Corpuscles: Pacinian Corpuscle - ANSWER ✓ vibration
10.Fibrous Tunic of the eye - ANSWER ✓ sclera and cornea
,11.Sclera - ANSWER ✓ white of the eye; where extrinsic eye muscles attach
12.Cornea - ANSWER ✓ the transparent outer covering of the eye that allows
light to pass through
13.Vascular Tunic - ANSWER ✓ choroid, ciliary body, iris
14.Choroid - ANSWER ✓ middle, vascular layer of the eye, between the retina
and the sclera. center of the optic nerve made of connective tissue and blood
vessels
15.Ciliary Body - ANSWER ✓ ring of tissue behind the peripheral iris that is
composed of ciliary muscle and ciliary processes
16.Ciliary Process - ANSWER ✓ produces aqueous humor
17.Zonular Fibers - ANSWER ✓ connect the lens to the ciliary body
18.Retina - ANSWER ✓ A light-sensitive layer of the eye; contains rods and
cones, bipolar cell layer, ganglion cell layer, horizontal cell layer, and
amacrine cells.
19.sensory vs. perception - ANSWER ✓ for perception to happen, the sensory
signal must reach the cerebrum
20.adaptation - ANSWER ✓ the ability to no longer perceive sensations due to
prolonged exposure
21.free nerve endings - ANSWER ✓ pain, temperature changes, tickle, itch
22.encapsulated nerve endings - ANSWER ✓ touch, pressure, vibration
23.special sensory cells - ANSWER ✓ used to create special sensory reception
24.exteroceptors - ANSWER ✓ sensations from outside the body
,25.interoceptors - ANSWER ✓ sensations from inside the body
26.proprioreceptors - ANSWER ✓ where your body is in space and time
27.mechanoreceptors - ANSWER ✓ stretch (touch, pressure, vibrations, stretch,
proprioception)
28.osmoreceptors - ANSWER ✓ osmolarity
29.thermoreceptors - ANSWER ✓ temperature
30.chemoreceptors - ANSWER ✓ chemicals
31.photoreceptors - ANSWER ✓ light
32.nociceptors - ANSWER ✓ pain, fast (acute-sharp stabbing)
33.referred pain - ANSWER ✓ the pain is broadcast to spots on your skin just
over the organs or even far from it
34.receptor cells for hearing are located in the ____ of the ear - ANSWER ✓
cochlea
35.area of the eye where the optic nerve and blood vessels enter and exit -
ANSWER ✓ optic disc
36.round structures located at the back of the tongue - ANSWER ✓ vallate
papilla
37.-focuses light on the retina by changing shape accommodate near or far
objects - ANSWER ✓ the lens
38.class of photoreceptors found in the human eye - ANSWER ✓ rods
39.rods and cones, which are special cells in retina that convert light into
signals for the brain - ANSWER ✓ photoreceptors
, 40.aka olfactory receptors, which are proteins or protein complexes that detect
volatile chemicals - ANSWER ✓ chemoreceptors
41.eardrum - ANSWER ✓ tympanic membrane
42.(CN I) - ANSWER ✓ olfactory bulb
43.sweet, umami, salt, spicy, and bitter - ANSWER ✓ primary taste sensations
44.regulates the rate at which your body uses calories - ANSWER ✓ T3 & T4
45.somatotropin, is a natural hormone your pituitary gland makes and releases
that acts on many parts of the body to promote growth in children -
ANSWER ✓ human growth hormone HGH
46.region of the brain that helps maintain the body's internal balance -
ANSWER ✓ hypothalamus
47.temperature regulation - ANSWER ✓ function of hypothalamus
48.ventral diencephalon, above the midbrain and below the thalamus -
ANSWER ✓ hypothalamus location
49.synthesized and secreted by the gonadotropic cells of the anterior pituitary
gland - ANSWER ✓ follicle-stimulating hormone FSH
50.-regulate calcium
-phosphorus
-magnesium levels in the blood and bones - ANSWER ✓ parathyroid glands
51.connects pituitary gland and hypothalamus - ANSWER ✓ infundibulum
52.corticotrophin, is a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland -
ANSWER ✓ adrenocorticotrophic hormone ACTH
53.autoimmune disease which primarily affects the thyroid gland - ANSWER ✓
graves' disease
PHYSIOLOGY II FINAL EXAM STUDY
GUIDE 2025/2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION> CHAMBERLAIN
COLLEGE OF NURSING
1. Free Nerve Endings - ANSWER ✓ pain, temperature changes, tickle and
itch
2. Encapsulates Nerve Endings - ANSWER ✓ touch, pressure, vibration
3. Special Sensory Cells - ANSWER ✓ used to create special sensory reception
4. Tactile Free Nerve Endings - ANSWER ✓ itch, tickle
5. Non-Tactile Free Nerve Endings - ANSWER ✓ temperature changes, pain
6. Meissner's Corpuscle - ANSWER ✓ light touch, low frequency vibration
7. Type I Cutaneous Mechanoreceptor: Merkel Cells - ANSWER ✓ pressure
8. Type II Cutaneous Mechanoreceptor: Ruffini's Corpuscle - ANSWER ✓
light and deep pressure (baroreceptors)
9. Lamellated Corpuscles: Pacinian Corpuscle - ANSWER ✓ vibration
10.Fibrous Tunic of the eye - ANSWER ✓ sclera and cornea
,11.Sclera - ANSWER ✓ white of the eye; where extrinsic eye muscles attach
12.Cornea - ANSWER ✓ the transparent outer covering of the eye that allows
light to pass through
13.Vascular Tunic - ANSWER ✓ choroid, ciliary body, iris
14.Choroid - ANSWER ✓ middle, vascular layer of the eye, between the retina
and the sclera. center of the optic nerve made of connective tissue and blood
vessels
15.Ciliary Body - ANSWER ✓ ring of tissue behind the peripheral iris that is
composed of ciliary muscle and ciliary processes
16.Ciliary Process - ANSWER ✓ produces aqueous humor
17.Zonular Fibers - ANSWER ✓ connect the lens to the ciliary body
18.Retina - ANSWER ✓ A light-sensitive layer of the eye; contains rods and
cones, bipolar cell layer, ganglion cell layer, horizontal cell layer, and
amacrine cells.
19.sensory vs. perception - ANSWER ✓ for perception to happen, the sensory
signal must reach the cerebrum
20.adaptation - ANSWER ✓ the ability to no longer perceive sensations due to
prolonged exposure
21.free nerve endings - ANSWER ✓ pain, temperature changes, tickle, itch
22.encapsulated nerve endings - ANSWER ✓ touch, pressure, vibration
23.special sensory cells - ANSWER ✓ used to create special sensory reception
24.exteroceptors - ANSWER ✓ sensations from outside the body
,25.interoceptors - ANSWER ✓ sensations from inside the body
26.proprioreceptors - ANSWER ✓ where your body is in space and time
27.mechanoreceptors - ANSWER ✓ stretch (touch, pressure, vibrations, stretch,
proprioception)
28.osmoreceptors - ANSWER ✓ osmolarity
29.thermoreceptors - ANSWER ✓ temperature
30.chemoreceptors - ANSWER ✓ chemicals
31.photoreceptors - ANSWER ✓ light
32.nociceptors - ANSWER ✓ pain, fast (acute-sharp stabbing)
33.referred pain - ANSWER ✓ the pain is broadcast to spots on your skin just
over the organs or even far from it
34.receptor cells for hearing are located in the ____ of the ear - ANSWER ✓
cochlea
35.area of the eye where the optic nerve and blood vessels enter and exit -
ANSWER ✓ optic disc
36.round structures located at the back of the tongue - ANSWER ✓ vallate
papilla
37.-focuses light on the retina by changing shape accommodate near or far
objects - ANSWER ✓ the lens
38.class of photoreceptors found in the human eye - ANSWER ✓ rods
39.rods and cones, which are special cells in retina that convert light into
signals for the brain - ANSWER ✓ photoreceptors
, 40.aka olfactory receptors, which are proteins or protein complexes that detect
volatile chemicals - ANSWER ✓ chemoreceptors
41.eardrum - ANSWER ✓ tympanic membrane
42.(CN I) - ANSWER ✓ olfactory bulb
43.sweet, umami, salt, spicy, and bitter - ANSWER ✓ primary taste sensations
44.regulates the rate at which your body uses calories - ANSWER ✓ T3 & T4
45.somatotropin, is a natural hormone your pituitary gland makes and releases
that acts on many parts of the body to promote growth in children -
ANSWER ✓ human growth hormone HGH
46.region of the brain that helps maintain the body's internal balance -
ANSWER ✓ hypothalamus
47.temperature regulation - ANSWER ✓ function of hypothalamus
48.ventral diencephalon, above the midbrain and below the thalamus -
ANSWER ✓ hypothalamus location
49.synthesized and secreted by the gonadotropic cells of the anterior pituitary
gland - ANSWER ✓ follicle-stimulating hormone FSH
50.-regulate calcium
-phosphorus
-magnesium levels in the blood and bones - ANSWER ✓ parathyroid glands
51.connects pituitary gland and hypothalamus - ANSWER ✓ infundibulum
52.corticotrophin, is a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland -
ANSWER ✓ adrenocorticotrophic hormone ACTH
53.autoimmune disease which primarily affects the thyroid gland - ANSWER ✓
graves' disease
