Exam 11: Sensory Systems

If you listen to a rock band at 130 dB, it may cause irreversible hearing damage. In contrast, tasting a boiling hot soup may burn your tongue but does not cause permanent damage. How can you explain this difference?

Lewis had a hereditary disorder that caused his cochlear hair cells to progressively die, beginning with those nearest to the oval window and then on to the rest of the hair cells. What will be the earliest problem noticed?

Natasha has just been diagnosed as having a torn diaphragm. This confuses her, since she knows her diaphragm is just above her abdomen whereas she feels the pain in her neck and upper arms. What she is experiencing is an example of ________.

Sound amplification happens in the middle ear because of ________.

The correct sequence of sound waves in the ear is ________.

Why is the sense of smell associated with memories and emotions?

The white portion of the tough outer coat of the eye is called the ________.

Ned is reading his newspaper by holding it at arm's length. Sandra asks him why he isn't holding it closer. He explains that he would not be able to see the print if he held it closer. Which of the following corrective measures would be the best solution for Ned?

The area where the optic nerve leaves the retina and where photoreceptors are absent is called the ________.

Taste buds that are more sensitive to sweet flavors than to others are located ________.

Which condition involves an uninjured body part experiencing pain as the result of injury to another part of the body?

The ________ is the innermost layer of the eye that is lined with almost a quarter-billion photoreceptors.

Mina had a throat infection; in a few days it had spread to her ear. What part of her ear would be affected first?

If a person had sensorineural deafness, why would a bone-vibrating hearing aid be useless?

Until asked, most people are not aware of the texture of the shirt that they have been wearing all day on their shoulders. What is the term for this phenomenon?

The part of the inner ear that helps you to know the position of your head with respect to gravity when you are not moving is called the ________.

Jamal and his friends order some chicken at a new restaurant, but they immediately notice that it tastes bitter. Jamal knows that everyone is really hungry, but he tells them not to eat another bite because the bitterness could potentially mean that ________.

________ are rare types of neurons with only a single axon and a single dendrite, which receives messages from the rods and cones.

A jelly-like fluid that prevents the eye from collapsing and holds the retina against the wall of the eye is called the ________.

The ________ is a sheet of tissue that separates the outer ear from the middle ear.