Chapter 8: Special Senses Exam

What is the function of the pupil?

• Sends messages picked up by the retina to the brain
• The hole that controls the different amounts of light
• the colored part of the eye that controls the size of the pupil
• transparent jelly like fluid that fills the eye and refracts light

The white portion of the eye (In Humans).

• Pupil
• Sclera
• Dyslexia
• Retina

Which layer is a blood vessel-rich layer with a dark brown membrane? 

• Choroid
• Sclera
• Retina
• Cornea

What is letter E?

• Vitreous humor
• Retina
• Cornea
• Optic nerve

The type of receptor involved in smell and taste is

• chemoreceptor
• photoreceptor
• mechanoreceptor
• tastebud

DEAFNESS CAUSED BY DAMAGE TO PATHWAY OF SOUND

• SENSOINEURAL
• VERTIGO
• OTITIS MEDIA
• CONDUCTION

Which special sense is the least developed at birth?

• Vision
• Olfaction (smell)
• Taste
• Hearing

What kind of receptor is responsible for gustation?

• Mechanoreceptor
• Chemoreceptor
• Photoreceptor

What is this?

• Cochlea
• Vestibule 
• Semicircular Canals

What is the innermost layer and most delicate layer of the eyeball where photoreceptors are located?

• Sclera
• Choroid
• Retina
• Cornea