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Eye
Ear
Smell, Taste, Touch
Vocabulary
Mish Mash
100
The white part of the eye is the
What is sclera.
100
The part of the outer ear that collects and directs sound waves down the auditory canal? (Hint: You can say either of the two accepted names.)
What is the pinna or auricle.
100
Flavor is influenced by the senses of smell and ____.
What is taste.
100
Light sensitive cells called ___ enable a person to see in very dim light, while cones enable a person to see in color.
What are rods.
100
The body's largest organ is the ____. It is receptive to the sense of touch.
What is the skin.
200
The colored part of the eye.
What is iris.
200
This is found at the end of the auditory canal. It vibrates when sound waves hit it.
What is the eardrum.
200
Of the following, skin in not receptive to A. pain B. pressure C. bitter taste D. heat
What is bitter taste.
200
If distant objects are blurry, a person is likely
What is nearsighted.
200
The ___ bone is a protrusion of bone above the eye that provides protection.
What is frontal.
300
The part of the eye that carries nerve impulses to the brain.
What is the optic nerve.
300
What are the three bones of the middle ear?
What are the hammer, anvil, and stirrup.
300
Receptors for taste are clustered in ____ on the tongue.
What is taste buds.
300
Blind people read ___, a series of raised dots.
What is Braille.
300
This reflex action occurs about every six seconds. It happens more frequently if foreign particles reach the surface of the eye.
What is blinking.
400
The part of the eye that contains light sensitive cells, rods and cones.
What is the retina.
400
The snail shaped structure that converts sound waves into nerve impulses
What is the cochlea.
400
Smell and taste depend on ___ in food or in the air. A. light B. waves C. rods D. chemicals
What are chemicals.
400
What is the name of the smallest bone in the human body? Hint: It is found in the middle ear.
What is the stirrup.
400
The eye's lens focuses light on to this part of the eye.
What is the retina.
500
The jelly-like fluid between the lens and the retina that gives the eye its shape.
What is vitreous humor.
500
What is the structure in the inner ear that helps to regulate a person's sense of balance?
What are the semi-circular canals.
500
The recepts for smell are located on ____ cells in teh upper part of the nasal cavity.
What is olfactory.
500
What is the name of the fluid found between the cornea and pupil that provides nourishment to the eye?
What is the aqueous humor.
500
This structure in the ear equalizes air pressure on both sides of the eardrum.
What is the Eustachian tube.