Exam 6: Other Sensory Systems

 The somatosensory system involves sensation of ____.

 The current view of how we perceive sounds less than 100 Hz is based on ____.

 Nicola has an area on her arm that itches. That area itches because of _____.

 When mechanical pressure bends the membrane of a Pacinian corpuscle, ____.

 Loudness is to ____ as pitch is to ____.

 Most theorists believe that the first sensory system was ____.

 Where are the auditory receptor cells located?

 Timing differences can be used most accurately for localizing ____.

 Professor Gerke is giving a lecture on the vestibular system. He tells the class that both the ____ are needed for vestibular information.

 Which of the following is true for nerve deafness?

 The structures within the ear amplify the sound waves coming into the ear.

 The ____ nucleus of the thalamus is associated with pain perception of the body.

 In the otolith organs, the otoliths are calcium carbonate particles that ____.

 Given what is known about taste and smell, why does food taste different when a person has congested sinuses?

 A sound shadow refers to ____.

 Areas bordering the primary auditory cortex are important for ____.

 Cody isn't feeling well and his vestibular system is impaired. What is likely to happen to him?

 Along each strip of somatosensory cortex, different subareas respond to ____.

 Many women living in a college dormitory will gradually begin to synchronize their menstrual cycles. The research indicates that this is, at least in part, based on ____.

 Large-diameter pain axons ____.