Anatomy Special Senses Review

Which of the following lists structures of the eye in the order through which light passes?

• cornea, aqueous humor, pupil, lens, vitreous humor

• lens, pupil, aqueous humor, vitreous humor

• cornea, pupil, lens, aqueous humor, vitreous humor

• pupil, cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitreous humor

• auditory ossicles

• round window

• External Acoustic meatus

• Semicircular canals

• Oval window

• Cochlea

• Organ of Corti

• auricle

• round window

• Organ of Corti

• tympanic membrae

• vestibule

Match each term to its correct definition.

• nearsightedness

• lacrimal

• taste receptors cells

• gustatory cells

• papillae that contains taste buds

• olfactory bulb

• brain area that receives smell impulses

• fungiform

• gland that produces tears

• myopia

Gel like liquid inside the larger eye chamber

• aqueous humor

• vitreous humor

• iris

• fovea centralis

Which of the following is NOT true about the eye?

• responds to light stimuli

• it floats in the bony orbit

• hollow sphere filled with fluid

• contains 70% of all sensory receptors

The transparent mucous membrane that lines the eyelids and covers most of the surface of the eye is

• cornea

• sclera

• conjunctiva

• retina

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

• rods and cones are located in the retina

• the choroid produces tears

• overlapping of visual fields provides depth perception or 3-D vision

• the iris is the colored part of the eye

The only special sense that is NOT fully functional at birth is

• taste

• vision

• hearing

• smell