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The _____________ or loudness, of sound is a function of wave amplitude, or height, measured in decibels.
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2. Pitch is measured in ______________
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3. The ____________and stapedius muscles are attached to auditory ossicles.
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4. _____ consist of taste cells, basilar cells, and supporting cells.
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The _____ functions as two separate nerves carrying information from two separate but closely related structures.
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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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7. Sensitivity for bitter substances is the highest.
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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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9. The sclera is continuous with the_____, the anterior sixth of the eyeball.
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10. The iris contains ______ groups of smooth muscles
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_____ neurons are bipolar neurons with dendrites extending to the epithelial surface of the nasal cavity.
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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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Swallowing, yawning, chewing, and holding the nose and mouth shut while gently trying to force air out of the lungs are methods used to open the______
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Each of the ______ taste buds on a person’s tongue consists of three major types of specialised epithelial cells
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15. _________ smell perception with no external stimulus
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16. The _______and _____are attached to auditory ossicles
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17. ______ simply means that an animal will choose certain types of food in preference to others
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18. The ______________ of sound is a function of the wave frequency.
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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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20. ___million olfactory neurons are present within the olfactory epithelium.
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21. Sounds louder than _____________ db are painful to the ear
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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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23. The posterior portion of the vascular layer, associated with the sclera, is the_____
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24. The eyeball is composed of _____layers.
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25. The _____________collects sound waves and directs them into the external acoustic meatus.
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Olfactory neurons are ______ neurons with dendrites extending to the epithelial surface of the nasal cavity.
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27. The fleshy part of the external ear on the outside of the head is called_____
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Most of the sensations thought of as being tastes are strongly influenced by ______ sensations.
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The ends of the dendrites are modified into bulbous enlargements with long specialised cilia called _______
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30. The external and middle ears are involved in ______only
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31. The ______ is an air-filled chamber medial to the tympanic membrane.
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The wide varieties of detectable odours are actually combinations of a smaller number of ______odours.
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33. Rupture of the _____may result in hearing impairment.
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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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35. The tensor tympani and stapedius muscles are attached to ______ ossicles.
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36. The ______ is a set of fluid-filled chambers medial to the middle ear.
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37. The higher the frequency is, the higher the pitch.
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38. The brain interprets the higher frequency of action potentials as a ______________sound
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39. Axons from olfactory neurons form the _______
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40. Receptors on the hairs detect ______
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41. ______ is a complex process not simply confined to one type of input.
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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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43. The inner ear contains the sensory organs for hearing and______.
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44. The sensory cells of each taste bud consist of about _____ taste cells.
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The volume, or loudness, of sound is a function of wave amplitude, or height, measured in______________.
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46. The ______ of the eye is so named because it contains most of the blood vessels of the eye
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47. Sound waves travel relatively slowly in air ____________ m/s
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48. Distortion of the ______ membrane can make sounds seem muffled and stimulate pain
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The _____________s muscle is attached to the stapes and is innervated by the facial nerve (VII).
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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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