ATTENTION:
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. Rupture of the _____may result in hearing impairment.
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2. ___million olfactory neurons are present within the olfactory epithelium.
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The _____________ or loudness, of sound is a function of wave amplitude, or height, measured in decibels.
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4. The ciliary ring and the base of the ciliary processes contain smooth muscle called_____.
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5. The ______ is an air-filled chamber medial to the tympanic membrane.
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6. The head to the eardrum is also called _______
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The fibrous layer consists of the sclera and cornea; the vascular layer consists of the choroid, ______body, and iris.
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8. Static balance is associated with the utricle and the _____ of the vestibule.
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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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10. The inner ear contains the sensory organs for hearing and______.
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11. Deflection of the _____ toward the kinocilium results in depolarization of the hair cell.
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12. Food served at the wrong temperature is perceived as______.
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_____ attach the ciliary ring and processes to the lens of the eye, and contraction of the ciliary muscles can change the shape of the lens.
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The volume, or loudness, of sound is a function of wave amplitude, or height, measured in______________.
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15. The _____ contains the sensory organs for hearing and balance
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16. The average person can distinguish among approximately _____ different smells
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17. _____ consist of taste cells, basilar cells, and supporting cells.
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The _____ joins the vestibular nerve to become the vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII), which traverses the internal acoustic meatus and enters the cranial cavity.
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The auditory tube opens into the _____________ and enables air pressure to be equalised between the outside air and the middle ear cavity.
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20. The ______ is a set of fluid-filled chambers medial to the middle ear.
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21. _____ is a complete loss of smell
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22. The sclera is continuous with the_____, the anterior sixth of the eyeball.
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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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24. The higher the frequency is, the higher the pitch.
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25. _____ is the least understood of our senses.
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The ______ ear is the part extending from the outside of the head to the tympanic membrane, or eardrum.
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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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The _____________s muscle is attached to the stapes and is innervated by the facial nerve (VII).
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29. The fleshy part of the external ear on the outside of the head is called_____
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The “hairs” of the hair cells consist of numerous microvilli, called_____, and one cilium, called a kinocilium.
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31. The range of normal human speech is ___
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32. ______ is distortion in odour perception (includes parosmia and phantosmia)
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33. Light enters the eye through the _______
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34. Sound waves travel relatively slowly in air ____________ m/s
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35. The _______and _____are attached to auditory ossicles
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36. The ____________and stapedius muscles are attached to auditory ossicles.
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The _____ stimulate action potentials in the sensory neurons which are conducted to the brain where the sense of taste is perceived.
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38. The process of choosing certain types of food in preference to others is called_______
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39. Taste is mainly a function of the _____in the mouth
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40. When an odorant binds to its receptor, a______associated with the receptor is activated.
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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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42. The organs of hearing and balance are divided into ______ parts.
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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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44. _____ of the hairs toward the kinocilium results in depolarization of the hair cell.
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45. Rupture of the tympanic membrane may result in_____.
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Olfactory neurons are bipolar neurons with dendrites extending to the epithelial surface of the _______
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_____ is associated with the semicircular canals and is involved in evaluating changes in the direction and rate of head movements.
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48. The ______ is a branch of the facial nerve carrying taste impulses from the anterior twothirds of the tongue.
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49. The external ear is the part extending from the outside of the head to the_____
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50. The middle ear contains three auditory ossicles: the malleus, incus, and_____________.
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