Sense of sight
Sense of taste
Sense of hearing
Sense of smell
100
The colored disc in the eye with the pupil in the center.
The iris
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100
What are the receptors for taste called?
Taste buds
100
Name the two functions of the ear.
Hearing and balance
100
Name the part of your body responsible for the sense of smell.
The nose!
200
The transparent layer, linked to the sclera.
Cornea
200
Name the five basic tastes.
Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami.
200
The part of the ear you can see, made of cartilage.
The Pinna.
200
Where are the olfactory receptors found?
a. in the occipital lobe of the brain
b. in the top of the nasal cavity
c. in the bottom of the nasal cavity
d. in the ears
b. in the top of the nasal cavity
300
The white part of the eye
The sclera
300
Why is the sense of taste called a "chemical" sense?
Because it detects chemicals in the substances we eat or drink.
300
This is the flexible membrane that vibrates when it receives sound waves.
the Eardrum
300
Things must be volatile to be smelled. What does volatile mean?
Easily vaporized into the air
400
What are the 2 kinds of receptors in the back of the eye?
rods and cones
400
Why does food have to be "wet" to be tasted?
Taste buds can only detect chemicals that are dissolved in a liquid, such as saliva.
400
This part of the ear is involved in balance.
Semicircular canals.
400
What are the ridges in the nasal cavity called?
conchae (or turbinates)
There are three pairs of conchae: the superior, middle, and inferior conchae.
500
What structure in the back of the eye contains the photoreceptors?
The retina
500
What direction do tastebuds face?
Taste buds sit sideways in the grooves around the papillae
500
Name the three bones in the ear.
Malleus, incus and stapes
(or hammer, anvil and stirrup)
500
What are the sensory receptors in the nose that detect odors called?
olfactory receptors
600
The nerve that carries impulses from the eye to the brain
Optic nerve
600
The main nerve that carries impulses from the taste buds to the brain?
the facial nerve
600
The nerve that carries impulses from the cochlea in the ear to the brain.
Auditory nerve. 
600
The nerve that carries impulses from the nose to the brain
the olfactory nerve
700
What lobe of the brain processes sight?
the occipital lobe
700
What lobe of the brain processes the signals from taste buds?
The parietal lobe
700
What lobe of the brain processes signals from the ear?
the temporal lobe
700
What lobe of the brain processes the signals from the nose
the temporal lobe