Special Human Senses: Multiple Choice Quiz Questions – Chapter 15, Week 6

Summary

The special senses are the senses of smell, taste, sight and balance. Students get multiple choice questions to test their understanding of the special senses and the autonomic nervous system.

The Sense of Smell

The sense of smell is called olfaction. It is helped by inhaling deeply through the nose. The olfactory epithelium is involved in detecting odours.

The Sense of Taste

Taste is detected by taste buds. The taste buds are found in papillae. The palpebral fissure is the distance between the eyelids.

The Sense of Sight

The eye has a lens, suspensory ligaments, and ciliary muscles. The optic disc is where blood vessels enter the eye. Rhodopsin is involved in vision. The optic nerve carries information from the eye to the brain.

The Sense of Balance

The vestibulocochlear nerve is involved in balance. Damage to it can result in loss of balance. The autonomic nervous system has a sympathetic and a parasympathetic branch.

Key terms

olfactory epithelium

The tissue in the nose that detects odours.

papillae

The structures on the tongue that contain taste buds.

optic disc

The part of the eye where blood vessels enter and nerve processes exit.

rhodopsin

A pigment in the eye that is involved in vision.

vestibulocochlear nerve

The nerve that is involved in hearing and balance.

autonomic nervous system

The part of the nervous system that controls involuntary actions.

Questions this document helps with

• How does the sense of smell work?
• What are the structures involved in taste?
• Which nerve is involved in balance?

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