Exam 12: Vestibular Sensation

When participants stand on a tilted platform and then indicate which direction is "up" using a handheld haptic indicator, how do they do at this task?

_______ is a change in afference caused by self-generated activity.

If, for some unfortunate reason, your cristae are destroyed, which sense would you then lack?

_______ typically result(s) from a disagreement between the motion and orientation signals provided by the semicircular canals, otolith organs, and vision.

The sense of _______ is comprised of three interacting sensory modalities: our sense of linear motion, angular motion, and tilt.

Semicircular-canal neurons respond to _______ and _______, but not _______.

When someone looks at visual display that rolls clockwise, they may start to feel as if they are

Suppose you are sitting still in a chair, wearing virtual reality glasses and experiencing the visual input of a roller coaster. You might feel like you are actually moving due to the sense of

When you drive forward in a car, the motion you experience is called _______ translation.

Which symptom is quite common with vestibular dysfunctions?

The illusory sense of swaying, rocking, or tilting perceptions that occur after spending time on a boat and then returning to land is called

When you switch from lying down to standing up, which system or structure(s) is/are responsible for regulating the blood pressure in your head so that you don't faint?

If you close your eyes and rotate your head from side to side, as if to say "no," you are experiencing _______, which is registered by your _______.

The _______ reflex helps us see visual stimuli clearly, even when the head is moving.

What is the vestibulo-ocular reflex?

The _______ system is the collective term for neurons in cranial nerve VIII and the set of organs located in the inner ear that sense head motion and head orientation with respect to gravity.

If you close your eyes and tilt your left ear towards your left shoulder, you are experiencing _______, which is registered by your _______.

If a person fixates on an object and then rotates her head to the right, the _______ reflex will cause her eyes to rotate to the left to maintain fixation.

The two otolith organs are the _______ and the _______.

A(n) _______ is the change in voltage of sensory receptor cells in response to stimulation.