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MC questions for Sensory System
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
03/15/2011

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Sense organs include:

A. Ear

B. Olfactory Organs

C. Taste Buds

D. Eye

C. All of the above

Definition
C. All of the above
Term

The term "general senses" refers to the sensations of:

A. Pain and proprioception

B. Touch

C. Temperature

D. Pressure and vibration

E. All of the above

Definition
E. all of the above
Term

General Sensory receptors are:

A. able to interpret sensations of many different stimulus types

B. distributed throughout the body

C. responsible for providing sensations to the somatosensory cortex

D. Concentrated at the ends of the Limbs

E. B and C

Definition
E. B and C
Term

Which of the following is true of receptors?

A. Each receptor is equally sensitive to several different types of stimuli

B. The most complex, specific, and sensitive receptors are free nerve endings

C. They are evenly distributed over all surfaces of teh body

D. Each has a characteristic sensitivity.

E. None of the above are true

Definition
D. Each has a characteristic sensitivity.
Term

Visceral pain that is sometimes felt in more superficial areas of the body is called:

A. Nociceptive pain

B. Fast

C. Slow pain

D. Referred pain

E. all of the above

Definition
D. Referred Pain
Term

Structurally free nerve endings, root hair plexi, and tactile discs are referred to as:

A. unencapsulated receptors

B. crude touch receptors

C. proprioceptors

D. pain receptors

E. encapsulated receptors

Definition
A. Unencapsulated receptors
Term

The olfactory organs consist of all of the following except:

A. an olfactory epithelium

B. olfactory glands, which are located in the underlying lamina propria

C. Olfactory bulbs

D. basal cells

E. Specialized olfactory receptors within the epithelium

Definition
C. olfactory bulbs (located in forebrain)
Term

Damage to the fovea of the eye interferes with the ability to:

A. Regulate the amount of light striking the retina

B. Bleach visual pigments

C. See color

D. focus the image

E. do none of the above

Definition
C. see color
Term

Which of the following cranial nerves transmit sensory impules from the taste buds?

A. III, VI, VIII

B. I, II, IV

C. VII, IX, X

D. VII, IX, XI

E. V, VII, IX, XI, XII

Definition
C. VII, IX, X
Term

Most taste buds are located on (the)....

A. Pharyngeal wall

B. Filiform papillae

C. Circumvallate Papillae

D. Fungiform papillae

E. non of the above

Definition
C. Circumvallate Papillae
Term

The three main anatomical regions into which the ear is divided are

A. External ear, tympanum, and stapes

B. malleus, incus and organ of corti

c. ceruminous gland, cochlea, and utricle

d. external ear, middle ear, and inner ear

e. none of the above

Definition
D. external ear, middle ear, and inner ear
Term

The ear and nasopharynx are connected by the pharyngotympanic tube, which connects the throat and (the)...

A. inner ear

b. external ear

c. cochlea

d. middle ear

e. none of the above

Definition
d. middle ear
Term

The external ear includes all of the following except the....

a. external auditory canal

b. pinna

c. pharyngotympanic tube

d. ceruminous glands

e. tympanic membrane

Definition
c. pharyngotympanic tube
Term

When proprioceptors are stimulated, what kind of information is proved to the CNS?

a. vibration

b. position of structures

c. pressure

d. pH of body fluids

e. none of the above

Definition
b. position of structures
Term

The auditory ossicles connect (the)...

A. cochlea to the round window

b. tympanic membrane to the round window

c. cochlea to the tympanic membrane

d. tympanic membrane to the oval window

e. none of the above

Definition
d. tympanic membrane to the oval window
Term

Calcium carbonate crystals in the utricle and saccule are called...

a. maculae

b. stones

c. otoliths

d. statoconia

e. none of the above

Definition
c. otoliths
Term

The vestibuler complex is filled with..

a. plasma

b. endolymph

c. perilymph

d. CSF

e. none of the above

Definition
b. endolymph
Term

Sensory receptors of the ear are

a. tympanic membrane

b. the ossicles

c. merkel cells

d. hair cells

e. none of the above

Definition
d. hair cells
Term

The system of fluid-filled tubes and chambers of the inner ear is called the...

a. bony labyrinth

b. cochlea

c. membranous labyrinth

d. endootic space

e. all of the above

Definition
c. membranous labyrinth
Term

The size difference between the tympanic membrane and the oval window cause vibrations to

a. become faints

b. amplify

c. become more frequent

d. change tone

e. do none of the above

 

Definition
b. amplify
Term

Muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs are...

a. nociceptors

b. mechanoreceptors

c. proprioceptors

d. chemoreceptors

e. none of the above

Definition
c. proprioceptors
Term

The epithelium covering the inner surface of the eyelids and the outer surface of the eye ball is called...

a. lacrimal gland

b. cornea

c. lacrimal caruncle

d. conjunctiva

e. none of the above

 

Definition
d. conjunctiva
Term

Taste buds are

a. pressoceptors

b. proprioceptors

c. chemoreceptors

d. mechanoreceptors

e. nociceptors

Definition
c. chemoreceptors
Term

The auditory ossicle that attaches to the tympanic membrane is the

a. incus

b. malleus

c. stirrup

d. stapes

e. anvil

Definition
b. malleus
Term

The primary functio of the lense of the eye is to..

a. maintain the shape of the eye

b. focus the visual image onto the optic disc

c. focus teh visual image on the retinal photoreceptors

d. provide coloring of the eye

e. do A and B

Definition
c. focus the visual image on the retinal photoreceptors
Term

Which Oz character would have trouble processing sensory input?

a. Toto

b. The Good Witch of the North

c. The Lion

d. The Scarecrow

e. Dorothy

Definition

d. The Scarecrow

 

 

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