The Senses Study Guide

What are the 3 types of sensory receptors?

• Photoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Chemoreceptors

• Nuclear receptors

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What is the job of the photoreceptors?

• hearing/balance

• touch

• taste and smell

• vision

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What is the job of the mechanoreceptors?

• hearing/balance

• touch

• taste and smell

• vision

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What is the job of the chemoreceptors?

• hearing/balance

• touch

• taste and smell

• vision

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What are the 5 tactile senses of touch?

• heat, cold, pain

• heat, cold, pain, pressure, light touch

• sight, sound, touch, hearing, balance

• pain, pressure, light touch

Why can some parts of your body sense more information on some parts while others only notice small amounts?

• Some parts have more receptors

• Some parts are larger

• Some parts have less receptors

• Some parts are smaller

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How do we taste salty and sour flavors? How do they interact with our cell membranes in our tongues?

• triggered when molecules bind with receptor proteins

• triggered when you taste something salty or sour

• triggered when ions enter the cell membrane

• triggered when you taste something sweet or bitter

How do we taste sweet and umami flavors? How do they interact with our cell membranes in our tongues?

• triggered when molecules bind with receptor proteins

• triggered when you taste something salty or sour

• triggered when ions enter the cell membrane

• triggered when you taste something sweet or bitter

What are the tiny structures in the picture? What do they do?

• hairs, they tickle

• cilia; contain ions

• cilia; contain receptors proteins

• Flagella; contain receptor proteins

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What role do the cilia play in hearing?

• They detect changes in temperature

• They detect changes in pressure

• They detect the movement of liquid in the semicircular canals

• They detect vibrations in the fluid in the cochlea