Senses | Ch15 – Test Bank – 16e

View Product website:

https://selldocx.com/docx/senses-ch15-test-bank-16e-1408

Human Biology, 16e (Mader)

Chapter 15 Senses

1) When blood pressure increases, what type of sensory receptor detects this?

A) an exteroceptor called a chemoreceptor

B) an exteroceptor called an osmoreceptor

C) an exteroceptor called a nociceptor

D) an interoceptor called a baroreceptor

E) an interoceptor called a chemoreceptor

Section: 15.01

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 15.01.01 List the four categories of sensory receptors and describe what stimulus each responds to.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

2) Nociceptors are a type of chemoreceptor.

Section: 15.01

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.01.01 List the four categories of sensory receptors and describe what stimulus each responds to.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

3) Where are thermoreceptors located?

A) aorta and vena cava

B) muscles, joints, and tendons

C) hypothalamus and skin

D) nasal cavity and tongue

E) semicircular canals of the ear

Section: 15.01

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 15.01.01 List the four categories of sensory receptors and describe what stimulus each responds to.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

4) What type of exteroceptors are located in the ear?

A) mechanoreceptors

B) chemoreceptors

C) photoreceptors

D) thermoreceptors

E) None of the answer choices is correct.

Section: 15.01

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.01.01 List the four categories of sensory receptors and describe what stimulus each responds to.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

5) All sensory receptors initiate nerve signals.

Section: 15.01

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.01.02 Distinguish between perception and sensation.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

6) If the nerves between the eyes and the ears were switched, stimulation of the mechanoreceptors in the ear would result in

A) hearing sounds.

B) seeing lights.

C) both hearing sounds and seeing lights.

D) deafness.

E) blindness.

Section: 15.01

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 15.01.02 Distinguish between perception and sensation.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

7) Taste and smell are similar in that both respond to some sort of pressure.

Section: 15.01

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 15.01.01 List the four categories of sensory receptors and describe what stimulus each responds to.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

8) The summing up of nerve signals by ________ is called ________.

A) the reticular activating system; perception

B) the cerebral cortex; sensation

C) sensory receptors; sensation

D) the cerebral cortex; perception

E) sensory receptors; integration

Section: 15.01

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.01.03 Explain the purpose of integration and sensory adaptation.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

9) When you entered the room, there was a faint smell of smoke, but after about an hour, you no longer noticed the smell. What happened?

A) sensory reception

B) sensory adaptation

C) mechanoreception

D) nociception

E) thermoreception

Section: 15.01

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 15.01.03 Explain the purpose of integration and sensory adaptation.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

10) Which part of the brain is involved in sensory adaptation?

A) ventricles

B) cerebellum

C) medulla oblongata

D) pons

E) thalamus

Section: 15.01

Topic: Central Nervous System

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.01.03 Explain the purpose of integration and sensory adaptation.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

11) What type of receptor is involved in reflex actions that maintain muscle tone and, thereby, the body's equilibrium and posture?

A) proprioceptors

B) cutaneous receptors

C) pain receptors

D) chemoreceptors

E) nociceptors

Section: 15.02

Topic: Peripheral Nervous System

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.02.01 Distinguish between proprioceptors and cutaneous receptors with regard to function.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

12) Golgi tendon organs are a type of cutaneous receptor for touch.

Section: 15.02

Topic: Peripheral Nervous System

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.02.01 Distinguish between proprioceptors and cutaneous receptors with regard to function.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

13) Order the steps involved in the activity of a muscle spindle:

1. Muscle spindle is stretched.

2. Reflex action occurs.

3. Contraction of muscle fibers adjoining the muscle spindle.

4. Nerve signals are generated.

5. The muscle relaxes.

6. The muscle's length increases.

A) 1,6,2,4,5,3

B) 2,3,1,4,5,6

C) 5,6,1,4,2,3

D) 2,1,6,3,4,5

E) 5,1,2,4,3,6

Section: 15.02

Topic: Peripheral Nervous System

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 15.02.01 Distinguish between proprioceptors and cutaneous receptors with regard to function.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

14) Which of the following is a type of cutaneous receptor?

A) Merkel disks

B) Meissner corpuscles

C) Krause end bulbs

D) Pacinian corpuscles

E) All of the answer choices are types of cutaneous receptors. 

Section: 15.02

Topic: Peripheral Nervous System

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.02.02 State the location and general function of each type of cutaneous receptor.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

15) Which of the following cutaneous receptors is mismatched with its function?

A) Pacinian corpuscles, fine touch

B) Meissner corpuscles, fine touch

C) Krause end bulbs, fine touch

D) Ruffini endings, pressure

E) free nerve endings, temperature

Section: 15.02

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 15.02.02 State the location and general function of each type of cutaneous receptor.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

16) Sensory receptors of the skin are very distinct—each one has its own function.

Section: 15.02

Topic: Peripheral Nervous System

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.02.02 State the location and general function of each type of cutaneous receptor.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

17) Cold receptors are free nerve endings, whereas Merkel disks are the receptors for warmth.

Section: 15.02

Topic: Peripheral Nervous System

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 15.02.02 State the location and general function of each type of cutaneous receptor.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

18) Why does a heart attack radiate pain in the left shoulder and arm?

A) The left shoulder and arm are the first to lose their blood supply and begin to hurt.

B) Sometimes stimulation of internal pain receptors is felt as pain from the skin.  

C) The nerves that innervate the heart go through the left shoulder and arm before going to the spinal cord.

D) Damage to the heart muscle results in a flood of inflammatory products carried by the bloodstream to the left shoulder and arm first.

E) The heart will close off the blood supply to the arteries that supply the left arm, leading to the pain.

Section: 15.02

Topic: Nervous System

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 15.02.03 Explain the role of nociceptors and summarize the type of sensory input that they detect.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

19) Nociceptors are sensitive to mechanical, thermal, electrical stimuli, and toxic substances.

Section: 15.02

Topic: Nervous System

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.02.03 Explain the role of nociceptors and summarize the type of sensory input that they detect.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

20) Taste cells and the carotid bodies are alike in that both

A) are chemoreceptors.

B) are found in the mouth.

C) utilize pressure to activate sensory receptors.

D) respond to distant stimuli.

E) respond to changes in pH.

Section: 15.03

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 15.03.01 Compare and contrast the senses of taste and smell.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

21) Taste buds

A) are located on the tongue, hard palate, pharynx, and epiglottis.

B) are responsible for 100% of what we perceive as "taste."

C) respond to over 100 different types of taste.

D) are actually naked nerve endings.

E) have a direct connection with the limbic system and its centers for emotion and memory.

Section: 15.03

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 5. Evaluate

Learning Outcome: 15.03.01 Compare and contrast the senses of taste and smell.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

22) The type of taste called umami allows us to enjoy what type of flavor?

A) sweet

B) savory

C) sour

D) salty

E) bitter

Section: 15.03

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.03.01 Compare and contrast the senses of taste and smell.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

23) There are many more olfactory cells than there are taste buds.

Section: 15.03

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 15.03.01 Compare and contrast the senses of taste and smell.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

24) In what way are the senses of taste and smell different?

A) Taste buds are modified neurons and olfactory cells contain a pore with supporting cells and elongated cells.

B) Taste buds contain cilia while olfactory cells contain microvilli.

C) Taste depends on a "weighted average" of all the taste messages, while smell depends on the signature of olfactory cells stimulated.

D) There are hundreds of different tastes but only five different smell families.

E) The sensation of taste occurs in the spinal cord, while the sensation of smell occurs in the cerebral cortex.

Section: 15.03

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 15.03.01 Compare and contrast the senses of taste and smell.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

25) Papillae occur along the walls of the taste buds on the tongue.

Section: 15.03

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.03.02 Identify the structures of the tongue and the olfactory areas of the nose.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

26) Which of the following statements is true concerning olfactory cells?

A) Olfactory cells are located in the roof of the nasal cavity.

B) Olfactory cells are modified neurons.

C) Each olfactory cell has only one out of several hundred different types of receptor proteins.

D) Olfactory cells end in a tuft of about five cilia.

E) All of the answer choices are true concerning olfactory cells.

Section: 15.03

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 5. Evaluate

Learning Outcome: 15.03.02 Identify the structures of the tongue and the olfactory areas of the nose.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

27) The receptor proteins for odor molecules are actually located on cilia.

Section: 15.03

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.03.02 Identify the structures of the tongue and the olfactory areas of the nose.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

28) Nerve signals from taste buds go primarily to the ________, while those for olfactory cells go primarily to the ________.

A) hypothalamus; thalamus

B) thalamus; hypothalamus

C) temporal lobe; parietal lobe

D) spinal cord; cerebral cortex

E) parietal lobe; temporal lobe

Section: 15.03

Topic: Central Nervous System

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.03.03 Summarize how the brain receives taste and odor information.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

29) Memories are often elicited by smell.

Section: 15.03

Topic: Nervous System

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.03.03 Summarize how the brain receives taste and odor information.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

30) One-third of the cerebral cortex takes part in processing visual information.

Section: 15.04

Topic: Central Nervous System

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 15.04.01 Identify the structures of the human eye.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

31) Which of the following is a layer or coat of the eye?

A) sclera

B) choroid

C) retina

D) collagen fibers

E) All of the answer choices are layers of the eye. 

Section: 15.04

Topic: Peripheral Nervous System

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.04.01 Identify the structures of the human eye.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

32) The rod and cone cells are located within which layer of the eye?

A) sclera

B) choroid

C) retina

D) lens

E) iris

Section: 15.04

Topic: Peripheral Nervous System

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 15.04.01 Identify the structures of the human eye.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

33) Which layer of the eye contains an extensive blood supply?

A) sclera

B) choroid

C) retina

D) lens

E) cornea

Section: 15.04

Topic: Peripheral Nervous System

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.04.01 Identify the structures of the human eye.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

34) What controls the shape of the lens?

A) ciliary muscle

B) cornea

C) iris

D) pupil

E) fovea centralis

Section: 15.04

Topic: Peripheral Nervous System

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.04.02 Explain how the eye focuses on near and far objects.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

35) As you try to focus on a faraway object, the lens of the eye becomes round and thick.

Section: 15.04

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.04.02 Explain how the eye focuses on near and far objects.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

36) When the ciliary muscle is relaxed, the suspensory ligament is

A) taut and the lens is flattened.

B) relaxed and the lens is flattened.

C) taut and the lens is rounded.

D) relaxed and the lens is rounded.

E) taut and the lens is oval.

Section: 15.04

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 15.04.02 Explain how the eye focuses on near and far objects.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

37) It is just a myth that eating carrots will improve your night vision.

Section: 15.04

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 3. Apply

Learning Outcome: 15.04.03 Describe the role of photoreceptors in vision.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

38) What is the correct order of cells within the retina starting in the posterior compartment and ending in the choroid?

A) rod and cone cell layer, bipolar cell layer, ganglion cell layer

B) sclera, rod and cone cell layer, ganglion cell layer

C) bipolar cell layer, rod and cone cell layer, sclera

D) ganglion cell layer, bipolar cell layer, rod and cone cell layer

E) ganglion cell layer, rod and cone cell layer, sclera

Section: 15.04

Topic: Peripheral Nervous System

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 15.04.01 Identify the structures of the human eye.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

39) Many rod cells share one bipolar cell but cone cells do not. Certain cone cells synapse with only one ganglion cell. What are the consequences of this arrangement?

A) Rod cells distinguish color better than cone cells.

B) Cone cells are better up close, while rod cells are better far away.

C) Rod cells are better up close, while cone cells are better far away.

D) Rod cells distinguish more detail than cone cells.

E) Cone cells distinguish more detail than rod cells.

Section: 15.04

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 5. Evaluate

Learning Outcome: 15.04.03 Describe the role of photoreceptors in vision.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

40) Which of the following is a genetic mutation that affects males more than females?

A) astigmatism

B) farsightedness

C) nearsightedness

D) red-green color blindness

E) blindness

Section: 15.04

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.04.04 Summarize the abnormalities of the eye that produce vision problems.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

41) Nearsighted people cannot see objects that are close.

Section: 15.04

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 15.04.04 Summarize the abnormalities of the eye that produce vision problems.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

42) In farsightedness

A) the cornea is uneven.

B) rays do not focus evenly.

C) rays focus in front of the retina.

D) the eyeball is shorter than normal.

E) a concave lens corrects vision.

Section: 15.04

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.04.04 Summarize the abnormalities of the eye that produce vision problems.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

43) Which of the following is part of the middle ear?

A) pinna

B) auditory canal

C) malleus

D) cochlea

E) semicircular canals

Section: 15.05

Topic: Peripheral Nervous System

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.05.01 Identify the structures of the ear that are involved in hearing.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

44) All of the parts of the inner ear are concerned with equilibrium.

Section: 15.05

Topic: Peripheral Nervous System

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 15.05.01 Identify the structures of the ear that are involved in hearing.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

45) What structures, in order, are responsible for hearing, starting with a sound wave?

A) auditory canal, tympanic membrane, malleus, incus, stapes, oval window, cochlea

B) cochlea, tympanic membrane, auditory canal, malleus, incus, stapes, oval window

C) tympanic membrane, incus, stapes, malleus, oval window, cochlea, auditory canal

D) auditory canal, oval window, stapes, incus, malleus, tympanic membrane, cochlea

E) tympanic membrane, malleus, incus, stapes, auditory canal, cochlea, oval window

Section: 15.05

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 15.05.02 Summarize how sound waves are converted into nerve signals.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

46) Which of the following is found within the cochlea?

A) stapes

B) spiral organ

C) tympanic membrane

D) semicircular canals

E) incus

Section: 15.05

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.05.02 Summarize how sound waves are converted into nerve signals.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

47) Hearing actually results from the bending of stereocilia.

Section: 15.05

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.05.02 Summarize how sound waves are converted into nerve signals.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

48) How can you tell the difference between the sound of a tuba and that of a flute?

A) Each part of the spiral organ is sensitive to different wave frequencies.

B) The brain interprets pitches based on the strength of the sound waves.

C) Lower pitches cause the tympanic membrane to vibrate, while higher pitches vibrate the vestibular canal.

D) Lower pitches activate all three bones of the middle ear, while higher pitches only activate one or two.

E) The cochlear nerve fires more frequently for higher pitches and less frequently for lower pitches.

Section: 15.05

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 4. Analyze

Learning Outcome: 15.05.03 Describe the pathway of sensory information from the ear to the brain.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

49) The louder a pitch, the more the basilar membrane vibrates.

Section: 15.05

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.05.02 Summarize how sound waves are converted into nerve signals.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

50) The receptors involved in our sense of equilibrium are

A) mechanoreceptors.

B) chemoreceptors.

C) nociceptors.

D) thermoreceptors.

E) pain receptors.

Section: 15.06

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.06.01 Explain how mechanoreceptors are involved in the sense of equilibrium.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

51) Which receptors are associated with the sense of equilibrium?

A) mechanoreceptors

B) chemoreceptors

C) photoreceptors

D) thermoreceptors

E) nociceptors

Section: 15.06

Topic: Peripheral Nervous System

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.06.01 Explain how mechanoreceptors are involved in the sense of equilibrium.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

52) The brain receives input from the proprioceptors, the eyes, and the vestibular nerve to help maintain our equilibrium.

Section: 15.06

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.06.02 Identify the structures of the ear involved in the sense of equilibrium.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

53) Mechanoreceptors located in the auditory tubes are responsible for determining rotational equilibrium.

Section: 15.06

Topic: Peripheral Nervous System

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 15.06.02 Identify the structures of the ear involved in the sense of equilibrium.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

54) Which of the following is involved in rotational equilibrium?

A) otoliths

B) saccule

C) utricle

D) ampulla

E) kinocilium

Section: 15.06

Topic: Peripheral Nervous System

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.06.03 Distinguish between rotational and gravitational equilibrium.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

55) If you get seasick, the rotational equilibrium pathway is confused.

Section: 15.06

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.06.03 Distinguish between rotational and gravitational equilibrium.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

56) If stereocilia move toward the kinocilium, which of the following occurs?

A) Nerve impulses increase in the vestibular nerve.

B) The cupula begins to move in the same direction.

C) Fluid within the semicircular canal flows over and displaces the cupula.

D) The otoliths in the utricle return to their resting position.

E) The data is sent to the medulla oblongata for processing.

Section: 15.06

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 5. Evaluate

Learning Outcome: 15.06.02 Identify the structures of the ear involved in the sense of equilibrium.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

57) Gravitational equilibrium is responsible for detecting up and down movements of the head.

Section: 15.06

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 15.06.03 Distinguish between rotational and gravitational equilibrium.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

58) The utricle is especially sensitive to what type of movements?

A) back and forth

B) up and down

C) standing upright

D) spinning around

E) bending over

Section: 15.06

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.06.02 Identify the structures of the ear involved in the sense of equilibrium.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

59) Which type of sensory receptor responds to chemicals?

A) taste cells

B) rod and cone cells in the retina

C) hair cells in the spiral organ of the inner ear

D) hair cells in the semicircular canal of the inner ear

E) hair cells in the vestibule of the inner ear

Section: 15.01

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 15.01.01 List the four categories of sensory receptors and describe what stimulus each responds to.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

60) List the four categories of sensory receptors and describe what they respond to.

Nociceptors: respond to chemicals released by damaged tissues

Photoreceptors: respond to light

Mechanoreceptors: respond to mechanical forces like pressure

Section: 15.01

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 6. Create

Learning Outcome: 15.01.01 List the four categories of sensory receptors and describe what stimulus each responds to.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

61) Proprioceptors are classified as which type of receptor?

A) mechanoreceptors

B) cutaneous receptors

C) nociceptors

D) photoreceptors

E) chemoreceptors

Section: 15.02

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.02.01 Distinguish between proprioceptors and cutaneous receptors with regard to function.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

62) Describe the steps involved in the action of a muscle spindle.

2. Muscle spindles embedded in the muscle stretch, sending sensory nerve impulses to the spinal cord. 

3. Motor nerve impulses from the spinal cord cause the muscles to contract.

Section: 15.02

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 6. Create

Learning Outcome: 15.02.01 Distinguish between proprioceptors and cutaneous receptors with regard to function.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

63) Which region of the brain contains the olfactory cortex?

A) temporal lobe

B) frontal lobe

C) parietal lobe

D) brain stem

E) pons

Section: 15.03

Topic: Central Nervous System

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 15.03.03 Summarize how the brain receives taste and odor information.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

64) What percentage of what we perceive as taste is due to smell?

A) 80–90%

B) 100%

C) 40–50%

D) 10–20%

E) 0%

Section: 15.03

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 15.03.03 Summarize how the brain receives taste and odor information.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

65) Which structure in the eye plays a role in accommodation by holding the lens in place?

A) ciliary body

B) pupil

C) sclera

D) vitreous humor

E) optic nerve

Section: 15.04

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.04.02 Explain how the eye focuses on near and far objects.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

66) Which structure in the eye refracts and focuses light rays?

A) lens

B) humors

C) cone cells

D) retina

E) pupil

Section: 15.04

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 15.04.01 Identify the structures of the human eye.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

67) Which disorder of the eye is due to an accumulation of aqueous humor?

A) glaucoma

B) color blindness

C) nearsightedness

D) farsightedness

E) astigmatism

Section: 15.04

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 15.04.04 Summarize the abnormalities of the eye that produce vision problems.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

68) Which disorder of the eye is due to the cornea or lens being uneven, resulting in a fuzzy image?

A) astigmatism

B) glaucoma

C) color blindness

D) nearsightedness

E) farsightedness

Section: 15.04

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 15.04.04 Summarize the abnormalities of the eye that produce vision problems.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

69) List in order the structures that are responsible for hearing, starting with the external structures and moving toward the brain.

Section: 15.05

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 6. Create

Learning Outcome: 15.05.03 Describe the pathway of sensory information from the ear to the brain.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

70) What do nociceptors detect?

A) stimuli of pain

B) stimuli of smell

C) stimuli of touch

D) stimuli of pressure

E) stimuli of taste

Section: 15.02

Topic: Senses

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 15.02.03 Explain the role of nociceptors and summarize the type of sensory input that they detect.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

71) Which structure is associated with the outer ear?

A) auditory canal

B) tympanic membrane

C) round ear

D) semicircular canals

E) cochlea

Section: 15.05

Topic: Peripheral Nervous System

Bloom's: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 15.05.01 Identify the structures of the ear that are involved in hearing.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation