18 Questions
Baroreceptors are found in the skin.
False
Taste receptor cells in the tongue are bipolar in form.
True
Olfactory cells in the nose synapse in the olfactory bulb.
True
Free nerve endings are encapsulated in the skin.
False
Hair cells in the ear are responsible for vision.
False
Rod cells in the retina are sensitive to colors.
False
Mechanoreceptors in the skin detect temperature.
False
Receptor cells in the tongue for taste are called chemoreceptors.
True
Olfactory cells in the nose are specialized for detecting light.
False
Baroreceptors are found in joints and muscles.
False
Mechanoreceptors in the skin respond to hits and stabs.
True
Receptor cells in the tongue for taste are also called photoreceptors.
False
Ependymal cells in the CNS are responsible for supplying nutrients to neurons.
False
Astrocytes in the CNS are involved in forming the myelin sheath.
False
Microglia in the CNS absorb damaged cells.
True
Schwann cells in the PNS form the axon sheath.
True
Neuroglia include ependymal cells, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and Schwann cells.
False
The neuron is in a depolarized state when there is a stimulus on the neuron's plasma membrane.
True
This quiz covers receptors in the skin such as free nerve endings and encapsulated endings like Meissner's, Merkel's, Krause's, Pacinian's, and Ruffini's corpuscle, along with receptor cells in the tongue. Test your knowledge of the functions of these receptors found in the dermis layer.
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