Exam 15: The Special Senses

Contraction of the ciliary muscle causes the lens to bend the light less.

Which of the following structures is not part of the external ear?

Figure 15.2Using Figure 15.2, match the following: -Consists of a pigmented layer and a neural layer.

Visible light fits between .

A 60- year- old woman is experiencing vertigo. She ignores the symptoms initially, but now her attacks are accompanied by severe nausea and vomiting. Following an attack, she hears a roaring in her ears that causes temporary deafness for some time after. What do you think her problem is, and what is its suspected cause?

Tinnitus, vertigo, and gradual hearing loss typify the disorder called .

Sound is generally perceived in the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex.

Figure 15.1Using Figure 15.1, match the following: -Taste is solely a response to chemicals dissolved in .

Theoretically, an individual born without a middle ear would be able to hear by bone conduction with a hearing aid.

The mucous membrane that lines the eyelids and is reflected over the anterior surface of the eyeball is the conjunctiva.

The eye muscle that elevates and turns the eye laterally is the .

Figure 15.1Using Figure 15.1, match the following: -Bipolar cells.

The quality of a sound is based on the atmospheric pressure at the time the sound is generated.

The oval window is connected directly to which passageway?

The neural layer of the retina prevents excessive scattering of light within the eye.

An essential part of the maculae involved in static equilibrium is (are) the _ _.

There are three layers of neurons in the retina. The axons of which of these neuron layers form the optic nerves?

Another name for the primary visual cortex is .

Olfactory cells and taste buds are normally stimulated by .

Which statement about malnutrition- induced night blindness is most accurate?