A&P I Unit 4 Review

What is the primary function of senses in the human body?

• To perceive the world

• To maintain homeostasis by connecting us to the outside environment

• To produce hormones

• To regulate blood pressure

The semicircular canals of the ear are responsible for

• static equilibrium

• hearing

• pressure balance

• dynamic equilibrium

Where are special senses primarily located?

• In the skin

• In various organs and joints

• In structures in the head

• Throughout the entire body

Where does the interpretation of sensory information occur in the CNS?

• Sensory receptors

• Peripheral nerves

• Brain or spinal cord

• Muscles

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What do sensory receptors respond to?

• General stimuli

• Specific stimuli

• Random stimuli

• All stimuli equally

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Which tissue lacks pain receptors?

• Skin tissue

• Nervous tissue of the brain

• Muscle tissue

• Bone tissue

Which type of sensory receptor responds to changes in chemical concentrations?

• Pain receptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Chemoreceptors

• Photoreceptors

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Which receptors are best at accomplishing sensory adaptation?

• Photoreceptors and mechanoreceptors

• Chemoreceptors and nociceptors

• Thermoreceptors and olfactory receptors

• Auditory receptors and gustatory receptors

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Which of the following is a characteristic of general senses?

• Specialized receptors confined to structures in the head

• Receptors that are widely distributed throughout the body

• Only found in the eyes and ears

• Limited to the digestive system

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Which receptors respond to moderate changes in temperature?

• Mechanoreceptors

• Photoreceptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Chemoreceptors

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