Exam 9: The Senses

The part of a sensory pathway that consists of white matter in the spinal cord or brain is the ____________________.

The hair cells in the semicircular canals of the ear bend in response to:

The sclera of the eye:

Arterial pressoreceptors and chemoreceptors are located in these arteries:

The arterial pressoreceptors detect changes in:

Many of the sensory areas are located in the cerebral ____________________.

Arterial chemoreceptors detect changes in the level of ____________________ in the blood.

The parts of the eye that refract light rays, in order, are the ____________________, aqueous humor, ____________________, and vitreous humor.

The part of the eye that contracts to change the shape of the lens is the:

The part of a sensory pathway that detects a change is the:

The effect of a previous sensation on a current sensation is called ____________________.

The part of a sensory pathway that carries impulses to the central nervous system is the:

The receptors in the retina that detect the presence of light are the:

The cells of the retina that form the optic nerve are the ____________________.

The sensory areas for the cutaneous senses are in the ____________________ lobes.

The ganglion neurons of the retina form the ____________________.

The feeling of a sensation in the place the receptors were stimulated is called ____________________.

Information from arterial pressoreceptors and chemoreceptors may be used by the ____________________ of the brain to regulate ____________________.

The part of the eye that absorbs light within the eyeball to prevent glare is the:

Becoming unaware of a continuing stimulus is called: