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Exam 3 - BIOS 252: Anatomy & Physiology II with Lab
(Latest Update ) Review Questions with
Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain
1. Which division detects stimuli of the general senses and special senses?
A. Visceral sensory division
B. Somatic motor division
C. Visceral motor division (autonomic nervous system)
D. Somatic sensory division: D. Somatic sensory division
2. You wrap your hands around a warm cup of hot chocolate. This sensation is detected
by
A. hair follicle receptors
B. chemoreceptors
C. thermoreceptors
D. photoreceptors: C. thermoreceptors
3. What are the regions of skin supplied by a spinal nerve for somatic sensation known as?
A. Myotomes
B. Dermatomes
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C. Rule of nines
D. Lines of cleavage: B. Dermatomes
4. Thermoreceptors depolarize in response to hot and cold stimuli, turning a stimulus
into an electrical signal. This conversion is known as _______________. A. sensory
transduction
B. repolarization
C. propagation
D. adaptation: A. sensory transduction
5. Potentially damaging stimuli that result in pain are selectively detected by A.
nociceptors
B. photoreceptors
C. chemoreceptors
D. proprioceptors: A. nociceptors
6. The stretch of a full urinary bladder is detected by
A. exteroceptors
B. photoreceptors
C. interoceptors
D. thermoreceptors: C. interoceptors
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7. Jessica went to her doctor's office with pain in her right shoulder blade and learned
she was having a gallbladder attack. You are not surprised to hear about the unusual
location of her pain, since it is known as ________________. A. the receptive field
B. phantom limb pain
C. referred pain
D. chronic pain: C. referred pain
8. Which mechanoreceptor detects deep pressure?
A. Tactile corpuscle
B. Ruffini ending
C. Lamellated corpuscle
D. Merkel cell fiber: C. ruffini endings
9. Proprioceptors are located in the musculoskeletal system where they detect the
movement and position of a joint or body part.
A. True
B. False: A. True
10. __________________ are the fast-adapting type of sensory receptors. They sense a
stimulus and then shut down very quickly. ________________ are the slowly-adapting
receptors.
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A. Tonic receptors
B. Exteroceptors
C. Interoceptors
D. Phasic receptors: A. Tonic receptors D. Phasic receptors
11. Which receptors detect itch and tickle?
A. Free nerve endings
B. Muscle spindles
C. Ruffini end organs
D. Lamellated corpuscles: A. Free nerve endings
12. Which receptor senses very light touch and low frequencies?
A. Meissner's corpuscle
B. Muscle spindle
C. Golgi tendon organ
D. Pacinian corpuscle: A. Meissner's corpuscle
13. The tactile sensations include all the following except
A. touch
B. itch
C. vibration
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BIOS 252
Exam 3 - BIOS 252: Anatomy & Physiology II with Lab
(Latest Update ) Review Questions with
Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain
1. Which division detects stimuli of the general senses and special senses?
A. Visceral sensory division
B. Somatic motor division
C. Visceral motor division (autonomic nervous system)
D. Somatic sensory division: D. Somatic sensory division
2. You wrap your hands around a warm cup of hot chocolate. This sensation is detected
by
A. hair follicle receptors
B. chemoreceptors
C. thermoreceptors
D. photoreceptors: C. thermoreceptors
3. What are the regions of skin supplied by a spinal nerve for somatic sensation known as?
A. Myotomes
B. Dermatomes
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C. Rule of nines
D. Lines of cleavage: B. Dermatomes
4. Thermoreceptors depolarize in response to hot and cold stimuli, turning a stimulus
into an electrical signal. This conversion is known as _______________. A. sensory
transduction
B. repolarization
C. propagation
D. adaptation: A. sensory transduction
5. Potentially damaging stimuli that result in pain are selectively detected by A.
nociceptors
B. photoreceptors
C. chemoreceptors
D. proprioceptors: A. nociceptors
6. The stretch of a full urinary bladder is detected by
A. exteroceptors
B. photoreceptors
C. interoceptors
D. thermoreceptors: C. interoceptors
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7. Jessica went to her doctor's office with pain in her right shoulder blade and learned
she was having a gallbladder attack. You are not surprised to hear about the unusual
location of her pain, since it is known as ________________. A. the receptive field
B. phantom limb pain
C. referred pain
D. chronic pain: C. referred pain
8. Which mechanoreceptor detects deep pressure?
A. Tactile corpuscle
B. Ruffini ending
C. Lamellated corpuscle
D. Merkel cell fiber: C. ruffini endings
9. Proprioceptors are located in the musculoskeletal system where they detect the
movement and position of a joint or body part.
A. True
B. False: A. True
10. __________________ are the fast-adapting type of sensory receptors. They sense a
stimulus and then shut down very quickly. ________________ are the slowly-adapting
receptors.
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A. Tonic receptors
B. Exteroceptors
C. Interoceptors
D. Phasic receptors: A. Tonic receptors D. Phasic receptors
11. Which receptors detect itch and tickle?
A. Free nerve endings
B. Muscle spindles
C. Ruffini end organs
D. Lamellated corpuscles: A. Free nerve endings
12. Which receptor senses very light touch and low frequencies?
A. Meissner's corpuscle
B. Muscle spindle
C. Golgi tendon organ
D. Pacinian corpuscle: A. Meissner's corpuscle
13. The tactile sensations include all the following except
A. touch
B. itch
C. vibration
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