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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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_____ 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 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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Substances called tastants dissolve in saliva, enter the taste pores, and by various mechanisms cause the taste cells to______.
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4. Sensitivity for bitter substances is the highest.
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5. ___million olfactory neurons are present within the olfactory epithelium.
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6. The _____ interprets the higher frequency of action potentials as a louder sound.
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7. The term _____ refers to the cochlea of the inner ear, which is involved in hearing
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8. Distortion of the ______ membrane can make sounds seem muffled and stimulate pain
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______ is associated with the vestibule and is involved in evaluating the position of the head relative to gravity.
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_____ neurons are bipolar neurons with dendrites extending to the epithelial surface of the nasal cavity.
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11. Deflection of the hairs toward the ______ results in depolarization of the hair cell.
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When the taste cells depolarize, they release _____ that diffuse to sensory neurons associated with the taste cells.
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13. _____ is a complete loss of smell
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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 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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16. _____ is the least understood of our senses.
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17. ______ can produce strong emotional reactions, memories, and other responses
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18. The external and middle ears are involved in ______only
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19. A condition in which there is enhanced smell sensitivity is called_____
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20. The middle ear contains three auditory ossicles: the malleus, incus, and_____________.
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21. The average person can distinguish among approximately _____ different smells
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22. Rupture of the _____may result in hearing impairment.
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23. Static balance is associated with the utricle and the _____ of the vestibule.
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24. The auricle collects sound waves and directs them into the external_____________.
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25. The ______ of the eye is so named because it contains most of the blood vessels of the eye
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26. Taste is mainly a function of the _____in the mouth
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27. Axons from olfactory neurons form the _______
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28. The distortion of the tympanic membrane can make sounds seem muffled and stimulate pain.
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The volume, or loudness, of sound is a function of wave amplitude, or height, measured in______________.
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30. ______ simply means that an animal will choose certain types of food in preference to others
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31. The _____________collects sound waves and directs them into the external acoustic meatus.
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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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33. A small superior part of the nasal cavity is lined with______.
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34. Static balance is associated with the ______ and the saccule of the vestibule.
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35. The ______________ of sound is a function of the wave frequency.
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36. Sound waves travel relatively slowly in air ____________ m/s
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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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38. Sounds louder than _____________ db are painful to the ear
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39. _________ smell perception with no external stimulus
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40. The ______ is a set of fluid-filled chambers medial to the middle ear.
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41. The ______ interprets the higher frequency of action potentials as a louder sound.
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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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43. The ____________and stapedius muscles are attached to auditory ossicles.
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44. When an odorant binds to its receptor, a______associated with the receptor is activated.
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45. The ______ is an air-filled chamber medial to the tympanic membrane.
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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 _____ 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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48. _____ consist of taste cells, basilar cells, and supporting cells.
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49. The sense of balance, or equilibrium, has two components: _____ and____
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50. Deflection of the hairs toward the kinocilium results in ______of the hair cell
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