Exam 7: The Other Sensory Systems

Loudness is to ____ as pitch is to ____.

Describe the basic mechanisms of taste receptors.

What occurs to a tone as the frequency increases?

Auditory receptors are called hair cells.

Endorphins are only released when painful stimuli are present.

Morphine is effective in relieving:

If the cochlea suffers damage but it is confined to one part of the cochlea, that individual will lose:

The receptors for taste are not true neurons, but are actually modified skin cells. In what way are these cells like neurons?

Studies with placebos and studies using hypnotism suggest that much of the reduction in pain is the result of decreased activation in the:

If someone anesthetized your chorda tympani, you would:

Phase differences are useful for detecting localization of low frequency sounds.

After hurting your elbow in a biking accident, the gate-control theory of pain suggests that to reduce the pain, you could:

How do sound waves ultimately result in the production of receptor potentials?

Cutting a spinal nerve would result in loss of:

Pheromone receptors in humans are located in the:

Visual imagery is to ____ as auditory imagery is to ____.

What neurotransmitter is released by axons that carry pain information to the brain?

The sensory aspect of pain activates the ____ cortex, whereas the emotional aspect activates the ____ cortex.

What kind of deafness is the result of damage to the cochlea or the hair cells?

Stimulation of a touch receptor opens ____ channels in the axon.