Exam 7: Nonvisual Sensation and Perception

 High frequency sounds produce a peak response

 Eilene has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Her doctor said that he isn't surprised because many patients with severe _____ dysfunction, as Eilene also has, end up developing Parkinson's disease.

 Reissner's membrane separates the _________, whereas the basilar membrane separates the _________.

 Axons from the vestibular nuclei form connections with the _________ of the thalamus.

 Fibers from the mechanoreceptors make their first synapses in the

 Danielle began taking violin lessons when she was only four years old, and she spends many hours practicing each week. When she volunteered to participate in an imaging study at her university, the researchers noticed that

 As he has gotten older, Mr. Ortega has noticed that he is having trouble hearing

 Zakoria is making a model of the human ear for a class project. She decides to use clay to create the visible, outer structure called the ______.

 Meissner's corpuscles feature small receptive fields and rapid adaptation.

 Neurons in the substantia gelatinosa release

(see Figure 7.24) - In the thalamus, pain information is sent to both the ____________________ nucleus (#5) and the ____________________ nuclei (#6).

 The processing of the sense of taste differs from most other senses, because taste information travels to the cortex before it travels to the thalamus.

 Which of the following is NOT one of the identified taste categories?

 Gustavo is able to detect that a noise is coming from straight above his head because of

 The analysis of equal loudness contours indicates that

 Michael has decided to donate to a blood drive at his university. As the nurse prepares to insert a needle into Michael's arm, which of the following structures becomes more active in anticipation of pain?

 The organ of Corti rests on the

 Periaqueductal gray (PAG) contains large numbers of _________ receptors.

 High frequencies are processed by _________ areas of A1, or primary motor cortex.

 When Daniel drives down the street, other people stop and stare because of the loud, low-pitched sounds coming from the new sound system in his car. What types of sound waves are coming from Daniel's car?