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What is the function of a mechanoreceptor?
What is the function of a mechanoreceptor?
- They sense chemical stimuli, examples being taste, smell and the osmotic pressure of the body’s extracellular fluids
- They sense pain
- They sense physicial stimuli, including pressure, vibration, sound and gravity. (correct)
- They sense temperature and changes in temperature
Visceral senses:
Visceral senses:
- Help sense the chemical environment of our blood and body fluids
- Are located in, and sense information from, the somatic structure of skin, muscles, joints and organ capsules
- Help monitor the state of the internal environment
- Both A & C (correct)
Which of the following is not a major somatosensory modality?
Which of the following is not a major somatosensory modality?
- Proprioception (correct)
- Discriminative touch
- Temperature
- Nociception
Which of the following is not somewhere you would expect to find nociceptors?
Which of the following is not somewhere you would expect to find nociceptors?
When might you experience hyperalgesia?
When might you experience hyperalgesia?
The headache in forehead and behind the eyes sometimes felt when eating ice cream, also known as “brain freeze”, involves referred pain along what cranial nerve?
The headache in forehead and behind the eyes sometimes felt when eating ice cream, also known as “brain freeze”, involves referred pain along what cranial nerve?
Which of the following steps in defining the activation of a reflex is incorrect?
Which of the following steps in defining the activation of a reflex is incorrect?
Which of the following components of the eye is responsible for focusing light on the back of the eye?
Which of the following components of the eye is responsible for focusing light on the back of the eye?
Which of the following muscles helps the eye rotate to look down?
Which of the following muscles helps the eye rotate to look down?
Which of the following is associated with an image formed on the retina?
Which of the following is associated with an image formed on the retina?
The anterior fibrous tunic of the sclera is highly modified to form a transparent area of the eye known as the:
The anterior fibrous tunic of the sclera is highly modified to form a transparent area of the eye known as the:
Where is the retina located in the eye?
Where is the retina located in the eye?
Which part of the ear consists of a space spanned by three small bones?
Which part of the ear consists of a space spanned by three small bones?
The receptors for static and dynamic equilibrium are located in the:
The receptors for static and dynamic equilibrium are located in the:
Which structure of the mouth is most associated with taste?
Which structure of the mouth is most associated with taste?
Axons from the three cranial nerves carrying taste information travel first to which brain structure?
Axons from the three cranial nerves carrying taste information travel first to which brain structure?
Collectively the axons that pass through the cribriform plate are called the:
Collectively the axons that pass through the cribriform plate are called the:
What is anosmia?
What is anosmia?
Which structure contains the primary motor cortex?
Which structure contains the primary motor cortex?
Meninges are found:
Meninges are found:
