Exam 15: The Special Senses

Arrange the following in correct sequence: (1) gustatory cell depolarizes (2) action potential stimulated in gustatory neurons (3) food substance dissolves in saliva (4) neurotransmitter released by gustatory cell (5) food substance enters taste pore and attaches to receptor on gustatory hair

Match the structure with the appropriate description. -aqueous humor

Match the structure with the appropriate description. -optic chiasma

The semicircular canals

Match the structure with the appropriate description. -pupil

Match the structure with the appropriate description. -palpebral conjunctiva

The primary olfactory cortex is located in the ______ lobe.

Otoliths can break off and float inside the inner ear. What might happen if the otoliths settle on top of the hair cells?

Following a stroke, Harriet has impaired sense of taste on one side of the tip of her tongue, indicating the part of her brain that was affected must communicate with the

Match the structure with the appropriate description. -optic tract

Match the structure with the appropriate description. -mitral cell

The round window

Match the structure with the appropriate description. -canthi

Match the structure with the appropriate description. -vitreous humor

Some thyroid disorders are characterized by an increase in the width of the palpebral fissure. This would be an increase in the distance between the

Match the structure with the appropriate description. -visual cortex

Which of the special senses contains receptor neurons that are the only nerve cells in direct contact with the outside environment?

The external ear terminates at the

The superior olivary nucleus

For distant vision,