Deck 29: The Senses

Question 1

What is not possible when eyes are located on the side of the head?

A)Seeing distances
B)Seeing in black and white
C)Seeing green
D)Depth perception

Answer 1

D

Question 2

All of the following animals use echolocation to locate objects except:

A)whales
B)bats
C)cats
D)shrews
E)dolphins

Answer 2

C

Question 3

A lateral line system supplements the _______ sense of hearing.

A)fish's
B)bird's
C)snake's
D)whale's
E)shrew's

Answer 3

A

Question 4

There are _____ kinds of cone cells that allow us to see colors.

A)3
B)10
C)200
D)600

Question 5

The light that passes through the pupil is focused by the lens on the:

A)iris
B)sclera
C)retina
D)lens
E)choroids

Question 6

The chamber of the inner ear that is shaped like a tightly-wound snail shell is the ___________.

Question 7

Many fish have a ________________ system with hair cells that sense pressure waves.

Question 8

Animals such as bats use a type of sonar called ______________ to locate objects.

Question 9

Describe the path that sound travels to reach the inner ear.

Question 10

Balance is associated with the movements of little __________ in the inner ear.

Question 11

Cilia from sensory cells that detect motion are located within the:

A)interior eye
B)semicircular canals
C)upper nasal cavity
D)cochlea

Question 12

The sharpest vision occurs at the ___________ where the concentration of cones is highest.

A)area of the retina closest to the lens at the front of the eye
B)optic nerve
C)fovea
D)parallax

Question 13

List the types of information animals can sense about their internal environments.

Question 14

All sensory receptors are able to initiate nerve impulses by opening or closing:

A)voltage-gated channels
B)exteroreceptors
C)interoreceptors
D)stimulus-gated channels

Question 15

Otoliths are involved in:

A)hearing
B)balance
C)smell
D)taste
E)vision

Question 16

The type of light-detecting visual pigment complex found in rods is:

A)rhodopsin
B)carotene
C)acetylcholine
D)opsin

Question 17

The sensory receptors that sense changes in the body's internal environment are called _______________.

Question 18

Two senses that detect changes in chemical concentration are:

A)touch and pressure
B)sight and smell
C)hearing and balance
D)taste and smell

Question 19

All of the following can be sensed by interoceptors except:

A)muscle tension
B)limb position
C)blood chemistry
D)body temperature
E)hearing