Question 1

Receptors stimulated by changes in temperature are called ________.

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Question 2

How do pain receptors differ from other somatic receptors?

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A)  They are stimulated only when pain comes from skeletal muscle.
B)  They adapt very little, if at all.
C)  They are not able to project impulses back to their origin.
D)  They adapt much more than other receptors.

Question 3

Pain receptors

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A)  respond to factors that can damage tissue.
B)  adapt rapidly.
C)  are among the most specialized receptors.
D)  are widely distributed in the brain.

Question 4

Referred pain occurs when the brain projects the sensation back to the original source in the body from which the pain originated.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

A pole vaulter keeps track of his position in mid-air through

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A)  lamellated corpuscles.
B)  pain receptors.
C)  proprioceptors.
D)  baroreceptors.

Question 6

Lorelei thinks of the days of the week and months of the year as particular colors. She has

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A)  synesthesia.
B)  neuropathy.
C)  a deficiency of neurons in her visual cortex.
D)  too few synapses in her hypothalamus.

Question 7

The process by which the brain causes a sensation to seem to come from the stimulated receptors is called ________.

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Question 8

When all three sets of cones are stimulated, a person senses white light.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The taste sensation that amino acids such as glutamic acid cause is

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A)  sour.
B)  salty.
C)  bitter.
D)  umami.

Question 10

The optic disc is medial to the fovea centralis and is the site from which nerve fibers from the retina leave the eye and become part of the optic nerve.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The ________ ________ muscle rotates the eye away from the midline.

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Question 12

Anosmia is loss of

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A)  taste.
B)  smell.
C)  hearing.
D)  vision.

Exam 12: Nervous System III: Senses

The muscle rotates the eye away from the midline.

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The process by which the brain causes a sensation to seem to come from the stimulated receptors is called ________.

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The taste sensation that amino acids such as glutamic acid cause is

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Anosmia is loss of

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A pole vaulter keeps track of his position in mid-air through

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The optic disc is medial to the fovea centralis and is the site from which nerve fibers from the retina leave the eye and become part of the optic nerve.

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Pain receptors

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Receptors stimulated by changes in temperature are called ________.

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Referred pain occurs when the brain projects the sensation back to the original source in the body from which the pain originated.

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Lorelei thinks of the days of the week and months of the year as particular colors. She has

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When all three sets of cones are stimulated, a person senses white light.

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How do pain receptors differ from other somatic receptors?

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The ________ ________ muscle rotates the eye away from the midline.

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The process by which the brain causes a sensation to seem to come from the stimulated receptors is called ________.

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The taste sensation that amino acids such as glutamic acid cause is

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Anosmia is loss of

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A pole vaulter keeps track of his position in mid-air through

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The optic disc is medial to the fovea centralis and is the site from which nerve fibers from the retina leave the eye and become part of the optic nerve.

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Pain receptors

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Receptors stimulated by changes in temperature are called ________.

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Referred pain occurs when the brain projects the sensation back to the original source in the body from which the pain originated.

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Lorelei thinks of the days of the week and months of the year as particular colors. She has

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When all three sets of cones are stimulated, a person senses white light.

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How do pain receptors differ from other somatic receptors?

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The muscle rotates the eye away from the midline.

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