BIO 141 EXAM 5 |103 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Receptors for the general senses are found - -widely distributed throughout the body
-The brain interprets input from sensory receptors as - -perception
-The ability to ignore your socks around your ankles demonstrates - -sensory adaptation
-The sequence of information flow in response to biting into a slice of pizza is - -sensory
receptors, activated, impulse sent to CNS, sensation, perception
-Max returns to his late at night to find his roommate throwing up. The smell is at first so
bad that Max wants to vomit too, but after helping his roommate clean up, the odor seems
to fade, Max has experienced - -sensory adaptation
-Sensory impulses are stimulated at receptors by - -Change in action potentials
-Sensation is - -a feeling that results from sensory stimulation
-Projection of a sensation is the - -brain causing it to seem to come from the receptors
being stimulated
-Henry has a hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy, which means that he cannot
fell pain. he lacks - -nociceptors
-Another name for pain receptors is - -nociceptors
-Fibers of the spinothalamic tract transmit information to the - -Thalamus
-A pole vaulter keeps track f his position in mid ar through - -Proprioceptors
-Pain receptors differ from other somatic receptors by - -adapting very little, if at all
-temperature senses use two types of - -free nerve endings
-pain receptors - -respond to factors that can damage tissue
-As a result of the tympanic reflex involving the Stapedius and tensor tympani muscles in
the middle ear - -vibrations are transmitted less effectively to the inner ear
-Movement of hair cells in the semicircular canals signals - -the direction of motion
-farsightedness after a age of 45 is most likely caused by - -loss of lens capsule elasticity
-__________ corpuscles are abundant in the skin of the palms and soles - -Tactile
, -the ____ ____ connects the middle ear and the pharynx - -auditory tube
-the transparent, anterior portion of the eyes outer tunic is called the ________ - -cornea
-the adjustment of the thickness of the lens to make close vision possible is called
the_________ - -accommodation
-the _______ _______ is the region of sharpest vision in the retina - -fovea centralis
-a device that can restore some hearing is a ______ implant - -cochlear
-temperature senses use two types of - -free nerve endings
-The brain and spinal cord comprise the ________ nervous system - -Central
-The axon is connected to the cell body by the - -synaptic knobs
-Neurotransmitters are released from the - -axon terminals
-The site of intercellular communication between neurons is the - -synapse
-neurons in which dendritic and axonal processes are continuous and the soma lies off to
one side are called - -unipolar
-Neurons that have one axon and one dendrite are called - -bipolar
-Neurons that have several dendrites and a single axon are called - -multipolar
-________ neurons form the afferent divisions of the PNS - -Neural sensory
-All of the following are functions of cerebral spinal fluid except that it - -transports
oxygen
-Bundles of axon in the spinal cord are called - -tracts
-all of the nervous tissue outside of the central nervous system comprises the ______
nervous system - -peripheral
-The ______ division of the nervous system brings sensory information to the central
nervous system - -afferent
-the ______ division carries motor commands to muscle and glands - -efferent
-___ is a wrapping produced by some glial cells that contain 80 percent lipid and 20 percent
protein - -myelin
Receptors for the general senses are found - -widely distributed throughout the body
-The brain interprets input from sensory receptors as - -perception
-The ability to ignore your socks around your ankles demonstrates - -sensory adaptation
-The sequence of information flow in response to biting into a slice of pizza is - -sensory
receptors, activated, impulse sent to CNS, sensation, perception
-Max returns to his late at night to find his roommate throwing up. The smell is at first so
bad that Max wants to vomit too, but after helping his roommate clean up, the odor seems
to fade, Max has experienced - -sensory adaptation
-Sensory impulses are stimulated at receptors by - -Change in action potentials
-Sensation is - -a feeling that results from sensory stimulation
-Projection of a sensation is the - -brain causing it to seem to come from the receptors
being stimulated
-Henry has a hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy, which means that he cannot
fell pain. he lacks - -nociceptors
-Another name for pain receptors is - -nociceptors
-Fibers of the spinothalamic tract transmit information to the - -Thalamus
-A pole vaulter keeps track f his position in mid ar through - -Proprioceptors
-Pain receptors differ from other somatic receptors by - -adapting very little, if at all
-temperature senses use two types of - -free nerve endings
-pain receptors - -respond to factors that can damage tissue
-As a result of the tympanic reflex involving the Stapedius and tensor tympani muscles in
the middle ear - -vibrations are transmitted less effectively to the inner ear
-Movement of hair cells in the semicircular canals signals - -the direction of motion
-farsightedness after a age of 45 is most likely caused by - -loss of lens capsule elasticity
-__________ corpuscles are abundant in the skin of the palms and soles - -Tactile
, -the ____ ____ connects the middle ear and the pharynx - -auditory tube
-the transparent, anterior portion of the eyes outer tunic is called the ________ - -cornea
-the adjustment of the thickness of the lens to make close vision possible is called
the_________ - -accommodation
-the _______ _______ is the region of sharpest vision in the retina - -fovea centralis
-a device that can restore some hearing is a ______ implant - -cochlear
-temperature senses use two types of - -free nerve endings
-The brain and spinal cord comprise the ________ nervous system - -Central
-The axon is connected to the cell body by the - -synaptic knobs
-Neurotransmitters are released from the - -axon terminals
-The site of intercellular communication between neurons is the - -synapse
-neurons in which dendritic and axonal processes are continuous and the soma lies off to
one side are called - -unipolar
-Neurons that have one axon and one dendrite are called - -bipolar
-Neurons that have several dendrites and a single axon are called - -multipolar
-________ neurons form the afferent divisions of the PNS - -Neural sensory
-All of the following are functions of cerebral spinal fluid except that it - -transports
oxygen
-Bundles of axon in the spinal cord are called - -tracts
-all of the nervous tissue outside of the central nervous system comprises the ______
nervous system - -peripheral
-The ______ division of the nervous system brings sensory information to the central
nervous system - -afferent
-the ______ division carries motor commands to muscle and glands - -efferent
-___ is a wrapping produced by some glial cells that contain 80 percent lipid and 20 percent
protein - -myelin
