Answer Options:
A. external acoustic meatus
B. pinna
C. tympanic membrane
D. pharyngotympanic tube
Answer Options:
A. external acoustic meatus
B. pinna
C. tympanic membrane
D. pharyngotympanic tube
Answer: D. pharyngotympanic tube
Question: Where would you not find an autonomic ganglion?
Answer Options:
In the head
In the cervical region
Close to the visceral effectors they serve
In the brain
Answer: In the brain
Question: The quality of a sound is based on the atmospheric pressure at the time the sound is generated.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: The force of muscle contraction is controlled by multiple motor unit summation or ________.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Light passes through the following structures in which order?
Answer Options:
A. vitreous humor, lens, aqueous humor, cornea
B. aqueous humor, cornea, lens, vitreous humor
C. cornea, vitreous humor, lens, aqueous humor
D. cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitreous humor
Answer Options:
A. vitreous humor, lens, aqueous humor, cornea
B. aqueous humor, cornea, lens, vitreous humor
C. cornea, vitreous humor, lens, aqueous humor
D. cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitreous humor
Answer: D. cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitreous humor
Question: Receptors for hearing are located in the _______.
Answer Options:
a) cochlea
b) tympanic membrane
c) vestibule
d) semicircular canals
Answer: a) cochlea
Question: The receptor membranes of gustatory cells are ________.
Answer Options:
fungiform papillae
basal cells
gustatory hairs
Answer: gustatory hairs
Question: Light passes through the following structures in which order?
Answer Options:
cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitreous humor, retina
vitreous humor, lens, aqueous humor, cornea
aqueous humor, cornea, lens, vitreous humor
cornea, vitreous humor, lens, aqueous humor
Answer: cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitreous humor, retina
Question: Select the correct statement about olfaction.
Answer Options:
Olfactory adaptation is only due to fading of receptor cell responses.
Substances must be volatile and hydrophobic in order to activate olfactory receptors.
Some of the sensation of olfaction is actually one of pain.
Olfactory receptors have a high degree of specificity toward a single type of chemical.
Answer: Substances must be volatile and hydrophobic in order to activate olfactory receptors.
Question: As sound levels increase in the spiral organ (of Corti), ________.
Answer Options:
inner hair cells bend the cilia away from the kinocilium
outer hair cells stiffen the basilar membrane
inner hair cells stiffen the basilar membrane
outer hair cells bend the cilia away from the kinocilium
Answer: outer hair cells stiffen the basilar membrane
Question: A reflex that causes muscle relaxation and lengthening in response to muscle tension is called a ________.
Answer Options:
A. crossed extensor reflex
B. plantar reflex
C. tendon reflex
D. flexor reflex
Answer Options:
A. crossed extensor reflex
B. plantar reflex
C. tendon reflex
D. flexor reflex
Answer: C. tendon reflex
Question: The quality of a sound is based on the atmospheric pressure at the time the sound is generated.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Light passes through the following structures in which order?
Answer Options:
a) vitreous humor, lens, aqueous humor, cornea
b) cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitreous humor
c) aqueous humor, cornea, lens, vitreous humor
d) cornea, vitreous humor, lens, aqueous humor
Answer: b) cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitreous humor
Question: What structure regulates the amount of light passing to the visual receptors of the eye?
Answer Options:
a) iris
b) lens
c) cornea
d) aqueous humor
Answer: a) iris
Question: What is the main function of the rods in the eye?
Answer Options:
vision in dim light
accommodation for near vision
depth perception
color vision
Answer: vision in dim light
Question: Pressure, pain, and temperature receptors in the skin are ________.
Answer Options:
A. mechanoreceptors
B. thermoreceptors
C. proprioceptors
D. exteroceptors
Answer Options:
A. mechanoreceptors
B. thermoreceptors
C. proprioceptors
D. exteroceptors
Answer: D. exteroceptors
Question: Receptors for hearing are located in the _______.
Answer Options:
a) cochlea
b) tympanic membrane
c) vestibule
d) semicircular canals
Answer: a) cochlea
Question: Light passes through the entire thickness of the neural layer of the retina to excite the photoreceptors.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True