The Sensory System Quiz

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1. Question
There are four categories of tactile sensation: cold, heat, pressure, and pain.
- True
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2. Question
The most complex sensory organ in the body has been called the _____________.
- Inner canals of the ear
- The nervous system
- The heart
- The eye
- None of the preceding
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3. Question
The function of the sensory system is to _________________.
- Detect environmental stimuli and start an action potential on its way to the brain.
- Network nerves that allow the brain to communicate with the rest of the body.
- Allow movement and consists of all the skeletal muscles and their connective tissue that attach one bone to another.
- Organize a collection of bones that interconnects, frames, and holds our body up.
- None of the preceding.
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4. Question
The malleus, the incus, and the stapes are also known as…
- The hammer, anvil, and stirrup
- Static, dynamic, and differential equilibrium
- Bitter, sweet, and salty tastes
- The iris, pupil, and cornea
- None of the preceding
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5. Question
Static Equilibrium holds the position of the head in place while the body rotates.
- True
- False
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6. Question
What are the five main senses?
- Bitter, sweet, heat, thirst, pain, noise
- Vision, smell, taste, touch, and hearing
- Bitter, smell, heat, cold, equilibrium, touch
- Vision, smell and taste
- None of the preceding
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7. Question
Which is a part of the anatomy of the eye?
- Vitreous humor
- Cornea
- Sclera
- All of the preceding
- None of the preceding
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8. Question
When smelling a flower, chemoreceptors in the nose are stimulated by vapor molecules that transmit the sensations to the brain via the olfactory nerve.
- True
- False
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Question 9 of 15

9. Question
Receptor cells that determine head movements which is information used to establish equilibrium is located in ______________.
- A tube that enters the temporal bone
- The tympanic cavity
- The incus
- The semicircular canals
- None of the preceding
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10. Question
Which of the following is a condition needed for sensation:
- Sight
- Taste
- Zonular fibers
- A stimulus
- None of the preceding
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Question 11 of 15

11. Question
Which statement is true?
- Equilibrium takes place in the portion of the ear which consists of the vestibule and the semicircular canals.
- Static equilibrium maintains the position of the head in response to body movements.
- Dynamic equilibrium maintains the position of the head in response to rotational body motions.
- All of the preceding.
- None of the preceding.
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12. Question
The organ for hearing is the ear and consists of three regions: the outer ear, the middle pinna cavity, and the internal ear.
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- False
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13. Question
The pinna, or outer ear, is shaped like a cup so that…
- The head and body can maintain balance.
- It can direct sounds into our ear canal toward the tympanic membrane.
- It can contribute to our sense of balance and spatial orientation.
- It can turn the vibrations into impulses that are sent to the brain via the auditory nerve.
- None of the preceding
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14. Question
_________ receptor cells respond to four taste sensations: sweet, bitter, sour and salty.
- Olfactory
- Gustatory
- Papillae
- Cilia
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15. Question
The brain is the most complex organ in the body.
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- False
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