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Kindly note that you will be presented with 50 questions randomized from the NOUN question bank. Make sure to take the quiz multiple times so you can get familiar with the questions and answers, as new questions are randomized in each attempt.
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1. The _____ is the firm, opaque, white, outer layer of the posterior fivesixths of the eyeball.
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The ______ helps maintain the shape of the eyeball, protects its internal structures, and provides an attachment point for the extrinsic eye muscles.
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The fibrous layer consists of the sclera and cornea; the vascular layer consists of the choroid, ciliary body, and_____.
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4. The brain interprets the higher frequency of action potentials as a _____sound.
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5. The brain interprets the higher _____ of action potentials as a louder sound.
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6. Distortion of the ______ membrane can make sounds seem muffled and stimulate pain
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7. The _____ regulates the amount of light by controlling the size of the pupil.
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The _____ functions as two separate nerves carrying information from two separate but closely related structures.
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9. ______is a partial loss of smell or decreased sensation of smell
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The ______ consists of a connective tissue matrix containing collagen, elastic fibers, and proteoglycans, with a layer of stratified squamous epithelium covering the outer surface and a layer of simple squamous epithelium on the inner surface.
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The _____________s muscle is attached to the stapes and is innervated by the facial nerve (VII).
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Substances called tastants dissolve in saliva, enter the taste pores, and by various mechanisms cause the taste cells to______.
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13. Static balance is associated with the utricle and the _____ of the vestibule.
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14. Food served at the wrong ______ is perceived as distasteful.
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The importance of taste lies in the fact that it allows a person to select _____ in accord with desires
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16. The ______ is a branch of the facial nerve carrying taste impulses from the anterior twothirds of the tongue.
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The stereocilia and kinocilium are embedded in the otolithic membrane, which is a gelatinous mass weighted with crystals of calcium carbonate and protein called___
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The inner ear consists of interconnecting, fluid-filled tunnels and chambers within the temporal bone called the______
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19. The head to the eardrum is also called _______
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A ______ pathway allows the maintenance of visual fixation on an object while the head is in motion.
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21. The term _____ refers to the cochlea of the inner ear, which is involved in hearing
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22. The auricle collects sound waves and directs them into the external_____________.
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23. The bony labyrinth is lined with_______.
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24. How many taste buds do adults have?
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25. _____ of the hairs toward the kinocilium results in depolarization of the hair cell.
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Each taste cell has several taste hairs extending from its apex into a tiny opening in the epithelium called the______
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27. Rupture of the tympanic membrane may result in_____.
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28. Pitch is measured in ______________
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29. The ______ interprets the higher frequency of action potentials as a louder sound.
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30. Each taste cell has several microvilli, called ______
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The wide varieties of detectable odours are actually combinations of a smaller number of ______odours.
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32. ____ is distortion of perception of an external stimulus
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33. The higher the frequency is, the higher the pitch.
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34. MSG stands for_______
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35. The ciliary ring and the base of the ciliary processes contain smooth muscle called_____.
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The cochlear nerve joins the vestibular nerve to become the_____, which traverses the internal acoustic meatus and enters the cranial cavity.
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37. The ______ is an air-filled chamber medial to the tympanic membrane.
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The ends of the dendrites are modified into bulbous enlargements with long specialised cilia called _______
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_______________ of the inner hair cells by the nervous system stimulates the contraction of actin filaments within the hair cells causing them to shorten.
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40. ______ simply means that an animal will choose certain types of food in preference to others
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41. Deflection of the hairs toward the kinocilium results in ______of the hair cell
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42. The ______ is a set of fluid-filled chambers medial to the middle ear.
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Axons from olfactory neurons form the olfactory nerves which pass through the olfactory foramina of the cribriform plate and enter the______
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Olfactory neurons are bipolar neurons with dendrites extending to the epithelial surface of the _______
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Within the olfactory bulb and olfactory cortex, ______ occur that tend to inhibit transmission of action potentials resulting from prolonged exposure to a given odorant.
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46. The middle ear contains ______________auditory ossicles
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47. The average person can distinguish among approximately _____ different smells
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The fibrous layer consists of the sclera and cornea; the vascular layer consists of the_____, ciliary body, and iris.
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_____ neurons are bipolar neurons with dendrites extending to the epithelial surface of the nasal cavity.
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50. A small superior part of the nasal cavity is lined with______.
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