Exam 8: Extension: B - Organization of the Sensory Systems

Use the following to answer questions: Match the receptor in each question with the appropriate sensory system. -free nerve endings ___

Identify, in correct order, the major connections of the geniculostriate system from the eye to the cortex.

What is a homunculus?

Use the following to answer questions: Match the Brodmann cortical area below with the sensory modality with which it is most closely associated. -area 43 (insula) ___

What functional properties are shared by all sensory systems? Answer Key

Identify, in correct order, the major neural connections of the auditory system from the inner ear to the cortex.

Use the following to answer questions: Each sensory system has its own thalamic nucleus. Match each sensory system with the appropriate thalamic nucleus. -taste ___

Compare stimulus frequency and intensity as used by the visual and auditory systems to create perceptions.

How might synesthesia occur? (Hint: there is no definitive answer to this one.)

Identify four subsystems in the visual system, and describe their postulated functions.

What two kinds of events can take place at the neuronal synapses between one relay and the next in a sensory system?

Use the following to answer questions: The visual system consists of many subsystems. For each subsystem listed below, choose the most appropriate alternative. -visual cortex ___

Use the following to answer questions: Match the Brodmann cortical area below with the sensory modality with which it is most closely associated. -area 41 ___

Identify, in correct order, the major connections of the olfactory system from nose to cortex.

Use the following to answer questions: The visual system consists of many subsystems. For each subsystem listed below, choose the most appropriate alternative. -frontal eye fields ___