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What is the function of a sensory receptor?
What is the function of a sensory receptor?
- Controlling involuntary muscle movements
- Maintaining homeostasis in the body
- Monitoring conditions in the body or environment (correct)
- Generating action potentials in motor neurons
Which of the following is considered a special sense?
Which of the following is considered a special sense?
- Pressure
- Touch
- Equilibrium (correct)
- Pain
What is the term for the conscious awareness of a sensation?
What is the term for the conscious awareness of a sensation?
- Adaptation
- Perception (correct)
- Stimulation
- Sensation
Which type of sensory receptor only responds to a single type of stimuli?
Which type of sensory receptor only responds to a single type of stimuli?
What is the term for the area monitored by sensory receptors?
What is the term for the area monitored by sensory receptors?
Which type of sensory adaptation involves a receptor altering its level of activity?
Which type of sensory adaptation involves a receptor altering its level of activity?
What is the outermost layer of the eye called?
What is the outermost layer of the eye called?
Which type of photoreceptor is responsible for color vision?
Which type of photoreceptor is responsible for color vision?
What is the name of the small region at the center of the macula?
What is the name of the small region at the center of the macula?
Which cranial nerve carries visual information from the retina?
Which cranial nerve carries visual information from the retina?
What is the reason for each eye receiving slightly different images?
What is the reason for each eye receiving slightly different images?
What is the name of the structure where the optic nerves partially cross over?
What is the name of the structure where the optic nerves partially cross over?
Which of the following is NOT a component of the external ear?
Which of the following is NOT a component of the external ear?
What is the primary function of the eustachian tube?
What is the primary function of the eustachian tube?
Which part of the inner ear contains the sensory receptors for hearing?
Which part of the inner ear contains the sensory receptors for hearing?
What is the function of the tarsal glands associated with the eyelashes?
What is the function of the tarsal glands associated with the eyelashes?
What is the primary function of the conjunctiva?
What is the primary function of the conjunctiva?
Which of the following is NOT a component of the lacrimal apparatus?
Which of the following is NOT a component of the lacrimal apparatus?
What is the primary function of the retina?
What is the primary function of the retina?
Which cranial nerve is primarily responsible for vision?
Which cranial nerve is primarily responsible for vision?
What is the primary function of the rods in the retina?
What is the primary function of the rods in the retina?
Which part of the eye is responsible for focusing light onto the retina?
Which part of the eye is responsible for focusing light onto the retina?
