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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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______ is associated with the vestibule and is involved in evaluating the position of the head relative to gravity.
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2. The middle ear contains ______________auditory ossicles
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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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4. The ______ of the eye is so named because it contains most of the blood vessels of the eye
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5. Pitch is measured in ______________
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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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The importance of taste lies in the fact that it allows a person to select _____ in accord with desires
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8. Rupture of the _____may result in hearing impairment.
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9. The binding of tastants to receptors on the taste hairs activates ______
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10. How many taste buds do adults have?
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11. The remaining two nonsensory cell types are basal cells and_____
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12. _____ is a complete loss of smell
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13. A small superior part of the nasal cavity is lined with______.
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The _____________ or loudness, of sound is a function of wave amplitude, or height, measured in decibels.
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15. The cells of the taste buds each have a normal life span of about ______days.
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16. The eyeball is composed of _____layers.
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17. ______is a partial loss of smell or decreased sensation of smell
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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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19. Substances called ______ dissolve in saliv
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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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21. The _____ interprets the higher frequency of action potentials as a louder sound.
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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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23. The ciliary ring and the base of the ciliary processes contain smooth muscle called_____.
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24. The sclera is continuous with the_____, the anterior sixth of the eyeball.
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25. The _______and _____are attached to auditory ossicles
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26. Each taste cell has several microvilli, called ______
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27. Taste is mainly a function of the _____ in the mouth
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28. ___million olfactory neurons are present within the olfactory epithelium.
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29. Static balance is associated with the utricle and the _____ of the vestibule.
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Most of the sensations thought of as being tastes are strongly influenced by ______ sensations.
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31. ____ is distortion of perception of an external stimulus
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32. The brain interprets the higher frequency of action potentials as a ______________sound
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33. Food served at the wrong temperature is perceived as______.
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34. The brain interprets the higher frequency of action potentials as a _____sound.
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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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36. The distortion of the tympanic membrane can make sounds seem muffled and stimulate pain.
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37. ______ is distortion in odour perception (includes parosmia and phantosmia)
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38. Deflection of the hairs toward the kinocilium results in depolarization of the____
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39. Receptors on the hairs detect ______
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40. The term _____ refers to the cochlea of the inner ear, which is involved in hearing
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41. _____ is mainly a function of the taste buds in the mouth
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42. ______ enters the eye through the pupil
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43. Rupture of the tympanic membrane may result in_____.
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44. The tensor tympani and stapedius muscles are attached to ______ ossicles.
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45. A condition in which there is enhanced smell sensitivity is called_____
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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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47. The higher the frequency is, the higher the pitch.
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48. The bony labyrinth is lined with_______.
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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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The ends of the dendrites are modified into bulbous enlargements with long specialised cilia called _______
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