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Hole's Human Anatomy & Physiology, 9/e

David Shier, Washtenaw Community College
Ricki Lewis, The University at Albany
Jackie Butler, Grayson County Community College

Somatic and Special Senses

Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions


1	Sounds are detected by _____-receptors.
		A)	chemo
		B)	thermo
		C)	mechano
		D)	photo


2	A nociceptor is a type of _____ receptor.
		A)	mechano
		B)	photo
		C)	chemo
		D)	pain


3	Pressoreceptors respond to changes in stimuli such as _____.
		A)	pressure around the arms
		B)	pressure within a vessel
		C)	intensity of light variations
		D)	increases in sound levels


4	Sensory adaptation occurs when stimuli become _____.
		A)	gradually ignored
		B)	increased in intensity
		C)	lessened in intensity
		D)	forgotten


5	Stimulation of a _____usually results in pain.
		A)	Meissner corpuscle
		B)	Pacinian Corpuscle
		C)	visceroceptor
		D)	free nerve ending


6	Light skin touch is sensed by _____ receptors.
		A)	Pacinian
		B)	Meissner
		C)	free nerve endings
		D)	nociceptor


7	At a temperature of 50 degrees C, the most likely perception of a skin sensation is one of _____.
		A)	cold
		B)	heat
		C)	pain
		D)	freezing


8	The following are usual causes of pain except which one.
		A)	kinins
		B)	hypoxia
		C)	ischemia
		D)	polypeptides


9	Of the following, which can least likely undergo adaptation.
		A)	thermoreceptors
		B)	mechanoreceptors
		C)	photoreceptors
		D)	pain receptors


10	Which of the following is not likely to cause a headache.
		A)	school stress
		B)	high blood pressure
		C)	a full stomach
		D)	food flavorings such as MSG


11	Pain in the left arm caused by lack of blood to the heart is a type of _____ pain.
		A)	imaginary
		B)	psychological
		C)	referred
		D)	generalized


12	The best explanation for referred pain is that the nerves that are responsible are _____.
		A)	shared between visceral and somatic pathways
		B)	somehow confused within the brain
		C)	over-stimulated
		D)	under-stimulated


13	Pain originating in the parietal pericardium is _____ by the brain.
		A)	ignored
		B)	referred
		C)	usually intensified
		D)	felt directly


14	Which does not belong with the other items?
		A)	chronic pain
		B)	acute pain
		C)	A-delta fibers
		D)	spinothalamic tract


15	An analgesic is a drug which usually _____ pain impulses.
		A)	increases
		B)	decreases
		C)	has no effect on
		D)	decreases the threshold for


16	The _____of the brain seems to give one a crude awareness of pain.
		A)	cerebral cortex
		B)	hypothalamus
		C)	thalamus
		D)	hippocampus


17	Which of the following cannot block pain in the brain.
		A)	endorphin
		B)	enkephalin
		C)	acetylcholine
		D)	serotonin


18	The movements in breathing can be detected by the _____ in the tendons of the thorax.
		A)	spindles
		B)	Golgi organs
		C)	Golgi bodies
		D)	free nerve endings


19	A stretch reflex occurs when the intrafusal fibers of a _____ are stimulated.
		A)	muscle spindle
		B)	muscle fiber
		C)	Golgi tendon organ
		D)	motor unit


20	The _____ are the actual areas that respond to chemical stimulations for the sense of smell.
		A)	olfactory lobes
		B)	olfactory mucous membrane cells
		C)	cilia on olfactory cells
		D)	olfactory organs


21	The olfactory receptor cells are examples of _____ neurons.
		A)	sensory
		B)	multipolar
		C)	association
		D)	bipolar


22	Which area allows one to perceive the aroma of a pizza.
		A)	olfactory bulb
		B)	olfactory lobe
		C)	olfactory cortex
		D)	olfactory tracts


23	Which sense is most likely to adapt rapidly?
		A)	taste
		B)	smell
		C)	hearing
		D)	vision


24	A person aged 21 will probably lose _____ of their smell at 22.
		A)	none
		B)	50%
		C)	1%
		D)	5%


25	The visible elevations on the tongue, that contain the receptors for taste are the _____.
		A)	taste buds
		B)	taste pores
		C)	papillae
		D)	gustatory cells


26	Which of the following could be detected on the back of the tongue?
		A)	sweet
		B)	sour
		C)	salty
		D)	bitter


27	Which of these does not belong with the rest?
		A)	strychnine
		B)	nicotine
		C)	alkaline
		D)	alkaloid


28	The nerves, which convey taste sensations, are the following except which one?
		A)	VII
		B)	VIII
		C)	IX
		D)	vagus


29	The gustatory cortex is located within the _____lobe.
		A)	temporal
		B)	parietal
		C)	occipital
		D)	frontal


30	Which of these does not belong with the others?
		A)	pinna
		B)	external ear
		C)	ceruminous glands
		D)	malleus


31	The purpose of the auricle is to _____sound waves.
		A)	dampen
		B)	increase the intensity of
		C)	act as a collector of
		D)	vibrate in response to


32	The first structure to vibrate in response to sounds is _____.
		A)	auricle
		B)	malleus
		C)	organ of Corti
		D)	tympanic membrane


33	The following belong together except which one?
		A)	incus
		B)	tympanic cavity
		C)	middle ear
		D)	cochlear duct


34	The purpose of the ossicles is to _____ the incoming vibrations.
		A)	lessen the intensity of
		B)	increase the force of
		C)	change the wavelength of
		D)	move with


35	The stapes sends its vibrations to the _____.
		A)	incus
		B)	tympanic membrane
		C)	oval window
		D)	round window


36	Which of these does not belong with the others?
		A)	tympanic reflex
		B)	stapedius
		C)	increase sound
		D)	decrease sound


37	The auditory tube acts to equalize pressure between the middle ear and _____.
		A)	throat
		B)	inner ear
		C)	outer ear
		D)	cochlea


38	The term labyrinth refers to the appearance of the _____.
		A)	outer ear
		B)	inner ear
		C)	middle ear
		D)	vestibule


39	The membranous labyrinth contains _____fluid.
		A)	cerebrospinal
		B)	plasma
		C)	endolymph
		D)	perilymph


40	The portion of the inner ear, which detects sounds, is the _____.
		A)	semicircular canals
		B)	osseous labyrinth
		C)	vestibule
		D)	cochlea


41	Reissner's membrane separates the cochlear duct from the _____.
		A)	round window
		B)	scala vestibuli
		C)	scala tympani
		D)	basilar membrane


42	Vibrations from the _____ reach the scala vestibuli first.
		A)	round window
		B)	scala tympani
		C)	oval window
		D)	cochlear duct


43	The cells that convert vibrations into neurological impulses are the _____ cells.
		A)	hair
		B)	otolith
		C)	basilar membrane
		D)	crista acoustica


44	The connection between the cochlear hair cells and the VIII cranial nerve are made by _____.
		A)	direct contact
		B)	release of neurotransmitter
		C)	the axons in contact
		D)	the dendrites in contact


45	The intensity of sounds is measured in units of _____.
		A)	mv
		B)	amperes
		C)	daltons
		D)	dB


46	The auditory perception center is located within the _____.
		A)	medial geniculate body of thalamus
		B)	midbrain
		C)	temporal lobe
		D)	medulla oblongata


47	Which type of deafness can be treated by a cochlear implant.
		A)	presbycusis
		B)	conductive
		C)	sensorineural
		D)	otosclerosis


48	The following belong together except which one?
		A)	dynamic equilibrium
		B)	vestibule
		C)	static equilibrium
		D)	utricle


49	The maculae can be found in the _____.
		A)	cochlear duct
		B)	saccule
		C)	semicircular canals
		D)	4. semicircular ducts


50	Stimulation of the crista ampullaris results in _____.
		A)	deafness
		B)	loud sounds
		C)	feeling of motion
		D)	a sense of body position


51	The term for eyelid is _____.
		A)	conjunctiva
		B)	sclera
		C)	levator palpebrae
		D)	palpebra


52	Tears drain into the openings of the _____.
		A)	puncta
		B)	lacrimal sac
		C)	canaliculi
		D)	nasolacrimal duct


53	Movement of the eyeball is effected by muscles innervated mainly by the _____nerve.
		A)	VI
		B)	IV
		C)	oculomotor
		D)	vagus


54	The outer covering of the eye is called the _____.
		A)	vascular tunic
		B)	conjunctiva
		C)	sclera
		D)	choroid layer


55	The suspensory ligaments attach to the _____.
		A)	lens
		B)	sclera
		C)	canal of Schlemm
		D)	iris


56	The process of adjusting vision from a near to a distant object is called _____.
		A)	adaptation
		B)	accommodation
		C)	amblyopia
		D)	cataracts


57	An increase in aqueous fluid pressure is a symptom of _____.
		A)	cataract
		B)	migraine
		C)	glaucoma
		D)	hyperopia


58	Which of the following is the first to come into contact with light?
		A)	rods
		B)	bipolar neurons
		C)	cones
		D)	ganglion cells


59	The point of sharpest retinal vision is called the _____.
		A)	fovea centralis
		B)	macula lutea
		C)	vitreous body
		D)	optic disk


60	Which of the following is decomposed under light?
		A)	vitamin A
		B)	retinene
		C)	rhodopsin
		D)	iodopsin

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