BIOL 348 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100% APPROVED CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025 FIRST CLASS PASS

BIOL 348 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100% APPROVED CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025 FIRST CLASS PASS 2025 EXAM  BIOL 348 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100% APPROVED CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025 FIRST CLASS PASS What is a sensory system? - CORRECT ANSWER portion of CNS devoted to detecting and encoding information What are the 5 sensory modalities? - CORRECT ANSWER Vision- Photons Hearing- Sound (pressure waves) Smell- Volatile Chemicals Taste- Surface Chemicals Touch- Displacement of skin tissue What is transduction? - CORRECT ANSWER conversion of one form of energy into another What is intensity? - CORRECT ANSWER stimulus strength What is identity? - CORRECT ANSWER distinguishable physical features What is intermittency? - CORRECT ANSWER timing/duration What is location? - CORRECT ANSWER relative position What is range fractionation? - CORRECT ANSWER When receptors respond to overlapping receptive ranges What is tuning breadth? - CORRECT ANSWER number of stimuli to which neurons respond What does a larger tuning breadth equate to for selectivity? - CORRECT ANSWER less selective What does tonic mean for adaption? - CORRECT ANSWER sustained firing that varies with intensity and interval What does phasic mean for adaption? - CORRECT ANSWER burst firing at stimulus onset For taste, what is the encoded information/ (only 2 for taste) - CORRECT ANSWER Identity- chemical structure Intensity- concentration Where are tase receptor cells housed? - CORRECT ANSWER in the papillae Why are taste receptor cells distributed across the tongue in a specific arrangement? - CORRECT ANSWER because this allows for a taste map for the gustatory system