Exam 7: Nonvisual Sensation and Perception

As people age,they are most likely to have problems hearing sounds with lower frequencies.

Warm receptors transmit information centrally along _________ fibers.

High frequency sounds

Which of the following areas of the human body has the largest representation in the primary somatosensory cortex?

Hairlike cilia extend from

Pain information travels to the brain along

A commonly used drug that can cause hearing loss is

One feature of brainstem auditory neurons that enhances their speed of response is their

Primary auditory cortex,or Heschl's gyrus,is located in the _________ lobe.

Rhesus monkeys have cells in their _________ that respond most vigorously to the vocalizations of other monkeys.

Brittany played a middle C note on the piano,which corresponds to about 261 Hz.It is likely that this tone will

Pathways serving which sensory system do not synapse in the thalamus before communicating with the cerebral cortex?

The range of human hearing

The outer and middle ear both transmit sound through _________ and the inner ear uses a _________ medium in the process of transducing sounds waves to electrical energy.

Spiral ganglion cells forming synapses with hair cells near the apex of the basilar membrane will respond maximally to _________ sounds.

Andrew turned the thermostat on his family's hot tub to 113 degrees F (45 degrees C).When he stuck his toe in the water to test it,it is likely that which of the following receptors responded?

Complex stimuli such as clicks,noise,and vocalizations particularly activate

The amplitude of a sound wave is encoded as _________,whereas the frequency of a sound wave is encoded as _________.

A single auditory neuron can respond to a range of sound intensity of about _________ dB.

Axons from the otolith organs and semicircular canals synapse in the