Exam 8: Special Senses

What are the three cranial nerves that carry taste sensations to the brain?

When Brock walked out of the dark movie theater into the bright, mid-day sun, he experienced ________.

Match the following ear structures to their appropriate descriptions: -Location of the cochlea

What specific receptor cells respond to chemicals dissolved in saliva?

What structure is lined with ceruminous glands?

Match the following taste sensations: -Metal ions in solution

Your elderly neighbor wears hearing aids. Without them, he can't hear you knocking on his door. Do you think he wears the hearing aids for sensorineural deafness or conduction deafness? Explain your choice and differentiate between the causes of these two types of deafness.

The pupil is an opening within the ________.

Hair cells that function as hearing receptors are located within the ________.

Match the following eye disorders with their descriptions: -Decreased lens elasticity associated with aging

Eye movements are controlled by the abducens, oculomotor, and trochlear nerves.

Using Figure 8.1, identify the following: -The auricle (pinna) is indicated by ________.

What flexible, crystal-like structure of the eye focuses light on the retina?

The "stirrup" is also referred to as the stapes.

Tarsal glands situated between the eyelashes release an oily secretion that lubricates the eye.

Static equilibrium receptors are located in the ________.

The small, peglike projections of the tongue's surface are called ________.

Using Figure 8.1, identify the following: -The malleus (hammer) is indicated by ________.

Sound waves entering the external acoustic meatus (auditory canal) hit the eardrum, also known as the ________.

Match the following ear structures to their appropriate descriptions: -Location of the auricle (pinna) and external acoustic meatus