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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 _____ regulates the amount of light by controlling the size of the pupil.
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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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3. The ______ of the eye is so named because it contains most of the blood vessels of the eye
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4. The external and middle ears are involved in ______only
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5. The average person can distinguish among approximately _____ different smells
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6. The ____________and stapedius muscles are attached to auditory ossicles.
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7. The bony labyrinth is lined with_______.
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8. ______ is the most common disease involving dizziness from the inner ear.
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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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The stereocilia and kinocilium are embedded in the_____, which is a gelatinous mass weighted with crystals of calcium carbonate and protein called otoliths.
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11. Deflection of the hairs toward the kinocilium results in ______of the hair cell
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12. A slight oscillatory movement of the eyes, called _____ occurs.
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13. The fleshy part of the external ear on the outside of the head is called_____
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Airborne odorants become dissolved in the mucus on the surface of the epithelium and bind to molecules on the membranes of the olfactory hairs called______
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15. The process of choosing certain types of food in preference to others is called_______
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The _____opens into the pharynx and enables air pressure to be equalised between the outside air and the middle ear cavity.
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17. How many primary tastes have been identified in humans?
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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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19. ______ is a complex process not simply confined to one type of input.
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The oval window is approximately ____________ times smaller than the tympanic membrane.
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21. Deflection of the hairs toward the ______ results in depolarization of the hair cell.
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22. The brain interprets the higher frequency of action potentials as a ______________sound
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23. Taste is mainly a function of the _____in the mouth
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24. The ______ is an air-filled chamber medial to the tympanic membrane.
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The ______ consists of interconnecting, fluid-filled tunnels and chambers within the temporal bone called the bony labyrinth.
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26. Sounds louder than _____________ db are painful to the ear
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The ______________ muscle is attached to the malleus and is innervated by the trigeminal nerve (V).
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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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29. Rupture of the _____may result in hearing impairment.
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The organs of hearing and balance are divided into three parts: the external, middle, and _______ear.
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The ends of the dendrites are modified into bulbous enlargements with long specialised cilia called _______
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The “hairs” of the hair cells consist of numerous microvilli, called stereocilia, and one cilium, called a______.
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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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34. The posterior portion of the vascular layer, associated with the sclera, is the_____
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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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36. Static balance is associated with the utricle and the saccule 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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The wide varieties of detectable odours are actually combinations of a smaller number of ______odours.
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39. The _______and _____are attached to auditory ossicles
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40. Sound waves travel relatively slowly in air ____________ m/s
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41. The brain interprets the higher frequency of action potentials as a _____sound.
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Olfactory neurons are ______ neurons with dendrites extending to the epithelial surface of the nasal cavity.
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43. There are _____ semicircular canals placed at nearly right angles to one another.
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44. The higher the frequency is, the higher the pitch.
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45. The sensory cells of each taste bud consist of about _____ taste cells.
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46. The _____ interprets the higher frequency of action potentials as a louder sound.
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47. Deflection of the hairs toward the kinocilium results in depolarization of the____
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48. ______is a partial loss of smell or decreased sensation of smell
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49. Taste is mainly a function of the _____ in the mouth
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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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