Understanding the Five Senses

What do all sensory receptors have in common?

• They all require physical contact to work.

• They all respond to light.

• They are all located in the brain.

• They all detect changes in the environment.

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Which type of receptor responds to chemical substances?

• Chemoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Photoreceptors

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How many different odorant receptors do humans have?

• About 100

• About 400

• About 1000

• About 2000

What type of receptors are found within the taste buds on our tongues?

• Mechanoreceptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Gustatory receptors

• Photoreceptors

What do rods in our eyes help us to see?

• Colors in bright light

• In dim light

• Specific shapes

• Movement at great distances

Which cells in the cochlea act as mechanoreceptors?

• Olfactory cells

• Merkel cells

• Hair cells

• Cone cells

What do Merkel cells detect?

• Light

• Sound

• Touch

• Chemicals

Which receptors sense temperature changes?

• Thermal receptors

• Gustatory receptors

• Hair cells

• Photoreceptors

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the receptors responsible for taste (taste buds) and smell are

• Mechanorecptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Chemoreceptors

• Olfactory nerve

senses temperature changes

• mechanoreceptors

• thermoreceptors

• photoreceptors

• chemoreceptors

• nociceptors

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