BIOS 252 - Week 5: The Senses questions with verified
answers
_________ frequencies vibrate the basilar membrane on the proximal end while
_________ frequencies vibrate the basilar membrane on the distal end. Ans✓✓✓
high; low
_________ is detected by how much the basilar membrane is shaken while
_________ is detected by what part of the basilar membrane shakes. Ans✓✓✓
amplitude; frequency
__________ are the fast adapting type of sensory receptors. They sense a stimuli
and then shutdown very quickly. __________ are the slowly adapting receptors.
Ans✓✓✓ tonic receptors; phasic receptors
A patient has come into triage complaining of being dizzy. To be considered true
vertigo, what must the patient mean when they say they feel dizzy? Ans✓✓✓ the
room is spinning to them
An _________ axon with a _________ diameter carries electrical impulses the
fastest. Ans✓✓✓ myelinated, large
Any senses categorized as special senses have this in common: Ans✓✓✓ they are
all exteroceptors
Auditory tube (eustachian tube) Ans✓✓✓ allows for air to enter or exit the
middle ear.
, Because of the setup of the eye, the image winds up ____________ on the retina.
Ans✓✓✓ upside-down
Cerumen is: Ans✓✓✓ a wax substance created in the auditory canal
Chemoceptors Ans✓✓✓ sense changed in chemical composition
Color Blindness arises from genetic anomalies or lack photo pigments.
If you are red-green color blind you are probably lacking pigments in these types
of cones: Ans✓✓✓ - medium wavelength
- long wavelength
Contains aqueous humor. Borders are the cornea, ciliary body and lens. Ans✓✓✓
anterior cavity
Contains melanin to help absorb any light that may have made it past the special
cells that detect light. Also contains the vascular network. Ans✓✓✓ choroid
Contains vitreous humor. The inner lining of it is the retina. Ans✓✓✓ posterior
cavity
Encapsulated nerve endings Ans✓✓✓ respond to touch, pressure, vibration
Equilibrium is sensed by structures within the _________ while light is sensed by
the _________ found in the eye. Ans✓✓✓ inner ear; retina
answers
_________ frequencies vibrate the basilar membrane on the proximal end while
_________ frequencies vibrate the basilar membrane on the distal end. Ans✓✓✓
high; low
_________ is detected by how much the basilar membrane is shaken while
_________ is detected by what part of the basilar membrane shakes. Ans✓✓✓
amplitude; frequency
__________ are the fast adapting type of sensory receptors. They sense a stimuli
and then shutdown very quickly. __________ are the slowly adapting receptors.
Ans✓✓✓ tonic receptors; phasic receptors
A patient has come into triage complaining of being dizzy. To be considered true
vertigo, what must the patient mean when they say they feel dizzy? Ans✓✓✓ the
room is spinning to them
An _________ axon with a _________ diameter carries electrical impulses the
fastest. Ans✓✓✓ myelinated, large
Any senses categorized as special senses have this in common: Ans✓✓✓ they are
all exteroceptors
Auditory tube (eustachian tube) Ans✓✓✓ allows for air to enter or exit the
middle ear.
, Because of the setup of the eye, the image winds up ____________ on the retina.
Ans✓✓✓ upside-down
Cerumen is: Ans✓✓✓ a wax substance created in the auditory canal
Chemoceptors Ans✓✓✓ sense changed in chemical composition
Color Blindness arises from genetic anomalies or lack photo pigments.
If you are red-green color blind you are probably lacking pigments in these types
of cones: Ans✓✓✓ - medium wavelength
- long wavelength
Contains aqueous humor. Borders are the cornea, ciliary body and lens. Ans✓✓✓
anterior cavity
Contains melanin to help absorb any light that may have made it past the special
cells that detect light. Also contains the vascular network. Ans✓✓✓ choroid
Contains vitreous humor. The inner lining of it is the retina. Ans✓✓✓ posterior
cavity
Encapsulated nerve endings Ans✓✓✓ respond to touch, pressure, vibration
Equilibrium is sensed by structures within the _________ while light is sensed by
the _________ found in the eye. Ans✓✓✓ inner ear; retina
