Exam 15: The Special Senses

The blind spot of the eye is where .

Odorants must be volatile to be smelled.

The function of the lens of the eye is to allow precise focusing of light on the retina.

Ordinarily, it is not possible to transplant tissues from one person to another, yet corneas can be transplanted without tissue rejection. This is because the cornea .

Hair cells in the spiral organ of the ear are never replaced.

The nuclei are in the visual pathway and mediate the pupillary light reflexes.

Figure 15.4Using Figure 15.4, match the following: -Houses organ of Corti.