This is the basic type of receptor that responds to touch stimuli.
What is Mechanoreceptors
100
Basic type of receptors that respond to chemicals in food
What is chemoreceptors
100
The basic type of receptors that respond to chemicals in the air.
What is chemoreceptors or olfactory receptors
200
This is the layer of the eye that contains the blood vessels.
choroid
200
These are the two main functions of the ear.
What are detecting sound and maintaining balance
200
What is the function of the pinna?
To funnel sound into the ear
200
These are the types of taste
sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami
200
This is the "science term" for smell
What is olfaction
300
This is the transparent membrane that coats the entire eye and is the first portion to bend light as it enters the eye.
What is the cornea
300
What are the three parts of the ear?
outer, middle, inner
300
Tell me a disease of the senses.
Astigmatism, etc
300
How does mBerry work?
Blocks your receptors for sour and bitter.
300
What can cause anosmia?
Getting hit in the face, snorting too much cocaine.
400
This structure determines how much light enters the eye
What is the iris (controls the size of the pupil)
400
This is the main structure of the ear that helps us to maintain balance
What is the semi-circular canals
400
What is the function of nose hairs?
to filter the air entering your nose
400
This is where the receptor of the tongue are located.
Inside the tastebuds.
400
Why do smells trigger memories?
The area of the brain that deals with smell is very closely associated with the area of the brain that deals with emotion and memory.
500
Explain how vision works.
Light enters the eye and is bent by the cornea and focused by the lens onto the retina. The retina is covered by photoreceptors. Sends message to the brain via the optic nerve.
500
This is the part of the ear that lets us hear.
Name the ear bones in order.
cochlea
malleus, incus, stapes
500
What are the four parts of a sensory pathway?
Receptor-->Sensory neuron-->Spinal tract (chord)-->Sensory area of the brain
500
True or False
Different parts of your tongue sense different tastes
False
500
Why is your mucous important to smell?
It allows the chemicals to dissolve and be sensed by the chemoreceptors. (Just like saliva in the tongue)