Exam 10: Sensory Physiology

Provide three reasons for the greater visual acuity at the fovea.

Because of involvement of the ________,pain may be accompanied by emotional distress and nausea or sweating.

Gustatory receptors are clustered in individual ________.

On a dark night,the rods have a high concentration of

Based on your knowledge of the structures of the eye and visual pathway,propose several possible causes for blindness.How does the disease glaucoma fit in this scheme?

Nociceptors activate ________ pathways that provide protection by allowing rapid responses to noxious stimuli.

A receptor potential is

The central opening in the eye through which the light passes on to the retina is the

Which of the following are responsible for a receptor adapting to a stimulus?

A blind spot in the retina occurs where

Human eyes are sensitive to light in the visible spectrum between the wavelengths of ________.

A sensory receptor is a ________ that converts a stimulus into electrical graded potentials.

Louder noises result in action potentials in the sensory neuron that are

Aside from the obvious,describe the differences between slow and fast pain.

________ hearing loss occurs because of damage to the structure of the inner ear.

Each olfactory receptor cell extends a(n)________ into the mucus layer.

Primary sensory neurons transmitting information on sweet and umami are activated by release of ________ whereas salty and sour are activated by release of ________.

Tonic receptors

________ is the fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth (vestibular apparatus).

List the five taste receptors,what they respond to and describe how each of these receptors transduce that response.