Test Bank
by Brian Bagatto
to accompany
Animal Physiology, Third Edition
Hill • Wyse • Anderson
Chapter 14: Sensory Processes
1. The conversion of stimulus energy into an electrical signal is known as
a. transmutation.
b. transference.
c. transduction.
d. an action potential.
e. a graded potential.
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: Organization of Sensory Systems, p. 360
Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering
2. Which of the following receptors does not appear to use an ionotropic mechanism of
signal transduction?
a. Photoreceptors
b. Vestibular receptors
c. Mechanoreceptors
d. Thermoreceptors
e. Auditory receptors
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Organization of Sensory Systems, p. 361
Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
3. “The sensory modality or quality of sensation associated with a stimulus depends
solely on which receptor cells are stimulated, rather than on how they are stimulated.”
This generalization is known as the
a. brain partitioning principle.
b. principle of pathway analysis.
c. regional cortex principle.
d. principle of sensory organization.
e. principle of labeled lines.
Answer: e
Textbook Reference: Organization of Sensory Systems, p. 361
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
4. Which of the following senses is not based on direct ionotropic activation via stretch?
a. Insect touch
b. Vertebrate touch
c. Insect hearing
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,d. Vertebrate hearing
e. Insect vision
Answer: e
Textbook Reference: Organization of Sensory Systems, p. 364
Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
5.–6. Refer to the figure below.
5. Which panel(s) would be categorized as a phasic receptor?
a. A
b. D
c. A and B
d. C and D
e. A, B, C, and D
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Organization of Sensory Systems, p. 365
Bloom’s Category: 4. Analyzing
6. Which panel best represents the action of a Pacinian corpuscle?
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
e. None of the above
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Organization of Sensory Systems, p. 365
Bloom’s Category: 4. Analyzing
7. In insects, the most common form of auditory organ is the
a. tympanal organ.
b. statocyst.
c. cochlea.
d. bristle sensillum.
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, e. hair cell.
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Vestibular Organs and Hearing, p. 366
Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering
8. Which of the following statements regarding the vertebrate hair cell is false?
a. The vertebrate hair cell is an epithelial cell.
b. Displacement toward the kinocilium produces a depolarization.
c. Displacement away from the kinocilium produces a hyperpolarization.
d. When displaced enough toward the kinocilium, the hair cell will produce a train of
action potentials.
e. Hair cells are found in the lateral line system of fish.
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Vestibular Organs and Hearing, pp. 366‒367
Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
9. Which of the following does not contribute to the transduction of sound qualities?
a. The degree of hair cell bending
b. The direction of hair cell bending
c. The number of hair cells that are bending
d. The location of the hair cells that are bending
e. All of the above contribute to the transduction of sound qualities.
Answer: e
Textbook Reference: Vestibular Organs and Hearing, p. 367
Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
10. Which of the following statements best describes the vertebrate vestibular system?
a. Three semicircular canals detect movement via fluid that stimulates hair cells in the
crista ampullaris.
b. A circular canal detects movement via fluid that stimulates the oval window.
c. Four canals, including the cochlea, detect indirect movement of hair cells.
d. The incus, malleus, and stapes detect movement by amplifying sound to the oval
window.
e. The Eustachian tube detects movement via air that bends the associated hair cells.
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Vestibular Organs and Hearing, p. 368
Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
11. Which of the following statements regarding the basilar membrane is false?
a. It separates the cochlea into an upper chamber and a lower chamber.
b. It vibrates during sound transduction.
c. It is widest at its basal end and narrowest at its apical end.
d. It is stiffer at its basal end and more compliant near its apical end.
e. It responds maximally to high frequency sounds toward its basal end.
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: Vestibular Organs and Hearing, p. 369
© 2012 Sinauer Associates, Inc.
by Brian Bagatto
to accompany
Animal Physiology, Third Edition
Hill • Wyse • Anderson
Chapter 14: Sensory Processes
1. The conversion of stimulus energy into an electrical signal is known as
a. transmutation.
b. transference.
c. transduction.
d. an action potential.
e. a graded potential.
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: Organization of Sensory Systems, p. 360
Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering
2. Which of the following receptors does not appear to use an ionotropic mechanism of
signal transduction?
a. Photoreceptors
b. Vestibular receptors
c. Mechanoreceptors
d. Thermoreceptors
e. Auditory receptors
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Organization of Sensory Systems, p. 361
Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
3. “The sensory modality or quality of sensation associated with a stimulus depends
solely on which receptor cells are stimulated, rather than on how they are stimulated.”
This generalization is known as the
a. brain partitioning principle.
b. principle of pathway analysis.
c. regional cortex principle.
d. principle of sensory organization.
e. principle of labeled lines.
Answer: e
Textbook Reference: Organization of Sensory Systems, p. 361
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
4. Which of the following senses is not based on direct ionotropic activation via stretch?
a. Insect touch
b. Vertebrate touch
c. Insect hearing
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,d. Vertebrate hearing
e. Insect vision
Answer: e
Textbook Reference: Organization of Sensory Systems, p. 364
Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
5.–6. Refer to the figure below.
5. Which panel(s) would be categorized as a phasic receptor?
a. A
b. D
c. A and B
d. C and D
e. A, B, C, and D
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Organization of Sensory Systems, p. 365
Bloom’s Category: 4. Analyzing
6. Which panel best represents the action of a Pacinian corpuscle?
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
e. None of the above
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Organization of Sensory Systems, p. 365
Bloom’s Category: 4. Analyzing
7. In insects, the most common form of auditory organ is the
a. tympanal organ.
b. statocyst.
c. cochlea.
d. bristle sensillum.
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, e. hair cell.
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Vestibular Organs and Hearing, p. 366
Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering
8. Which of the following statements regarding the vertebrate hair cell is false?
a. The vertebrate hair cell is an epithelial cell.
b. Displacement toward the kinocilium produces a depolarization.
c. Displacement away from the kinocilium produces a hyperpolarization.
d. When displaced enough toward the kinocilium, the hair cell will produce a train of
action potentials.
e. Hair cells are found in the lateral line system of fish.
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Vestibular Organs and Hearing, pp. 366‒367
Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
9. Which of the following does not contribute to the transduction of sound qualities?
a. The degree of hair cell bending
b. The direction of hair cell bending
c. The number of hair cells that are bending
d. The location of the hair cells that are bending
e. All of the above contribute to the transduction of sound qualities.
Answer: e
Textbook Reference: Vestibular Organs and Hearing, p. 367
Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
10. Which of the following statements best describes the vertebrate vestibular system?
a. Three semicircular canals detect movement via fluid that stimulates hair cells in the
crista ampullaris.
b. A circular canal detects movement via fluid that stimulates the oval window.
c. Four canals, including the cochlea, detect indirect movement of hair cells.
d. The incus, malleus, and stapes detect movement by amplifying sound to the oval
window.
e. The Eustachian tube detects movement via air that bends the associated hair cells.
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Vestibular Organs and Hearing, p. 368
Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
11. Which of the following statements regarding the basilar membrane is false?
a. It separates the cochlea into an upper chamber and a lower chamber.
b. It vibrates during sound transduction.
c. It is widest at its basal end and narrowest at its apical end.
d. It is stiffer at its basal end and more compliant near its apical end.
e. It responds maximally to high frequency sounds toward its basal end.
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: Vestibular Organs and Hearing, p. 369
© 2012 Sinauer Associates, Inc.
