The Other Senses

What are taste and smell called?

• Chemical senses

• Visual senses

• Auditory senses

• Tactile senses

How many basic groupings of taste are there?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

What is the fifth taste called?

• Sweet

• Salty

• Sour

• Umami

Which sensory receptors respond to molecules in the food we eat?

• Taste buds

• Olfactory receptors

• Meissner's corpuscles

• Pacinian corpuscles

Where are olfactory receptor cells located?

• Tongue

• Mouth

• Nose

• Ears

What is the function of Meissner's corpuscles?

• Respond to pressure and lower frequency vibrations

• Detect transient pressure and higher frequency vibrations

• Respond to light pressure

• Detect stretch

What is the purpose of pain perception?

• To make us aware of an injury

• To motivate us to remove ourselves from the cause of injury

• To make us less likely to suffer additional injury

• All of the above

What is the major sensory organ of the vestibular system?

• Utricle

• Saccule

• Semicircular canals

• Cochlea

What do proprioception and kinesthesia interact with?

• Vestibular system

• Taste buds

• Olfactory receptors

• Pain receptors

Where does proprioceptive and kinesthetic information travel to?

• Brain

• Spinal cord

• Medulla

• Thalamus