Exam 30: Sensory Perception

How many coiled and fluid-filled ducts are found in each cochlea?

Match the taste with the correct description. -acids trigger this taste

The three semicircular canals of the vertebrate organs of equilibrium are ____ to each other.

Match the receptor type with the correct description. -humans have two specialized forms of these

The main visual pigment in rods is ____.

Match the receptor type with the correct description. -mostly contained in human skin

Increased pressure due to aqueous humor buildup in the eye causes which disorder?

The pupil is an opening at the center of the ____.

Which substance(s) act as pain-signaling molecules?

Which animal has compound eyes?

An octopus "tastes" with ____.

One of the middle ear bones, the stapes, pushes directly against what part of the inner ear?

Some carnivores have lost the taste receptor that detects ____.

The layer of the vertebrate eye where photoreceptors are located is the ____.

Signaling molecules secreted by one individual that modify the behavior of others are ____.

Signal integration and processing in the vertebrate eye begin in the ____.

Olfactory receptors are used for ____.

Which sensory organs respond to body position and motion?

A higher frequency of action potentials is interpreted by the brain as a ____ sensory stimulus.

The semicircular canals are ____.