Practice Quizzes Senses (touch, taste, smell)- A&P 2

The taste sensation that is triggered by the amino acid glutamate is known as

umami

The largest numbers of taste buds in adults are associated with the

Circumvallate papillae (maybe)

An encapsulated receptor that is fast adapting and plays a role in discriminitive touch is:

Meissner's corpuscle

You are hiking along the top of a very steep ridge. you slip and fall and as you go bouncing down the hill you have receptors that are keeping track of limb movement, changes in blood pressure, the pressure of you bouncing off of rocks and trees, but the ones that seem to be holding your attention at the moment are the receptors that specialize in pain called

nociceptors

The only sense that ties directly into the limbic system is

smell

In order for a sensation to become a perception

it must be received by the somatosensory cortex

Receptors that monitor the position of joints belong to the category called

proprioceptors

Myra has lost her sense of taste for bitter substances, his most likely is the result of damage cranial nerve

IX

The term general senses refers to sensitivity to all of the following, except

taste

The taste sensation that is triggered by monovalent metallic cations is

salty

Gustatory receptors are sensitive to dissolved chemicals but insensitive to light. This is due to

receptor specificity

A receptor that is a free dendritic ending and has both tonic and phasic characteristics is a:

thermoreceptor

Peter Pettigrew (aka wormtail) sacrificed his hand to bring back Voldemort, unfortunately the missing hand still caused him a great deal of pain, this phenomenon is known as

none of the above

In what category of sensory receptors are the receptor cells in taste buds?

Chemoreceptors

The conversion of sensory information such as light or temperature or pressure into an action potential is called

transduction

As Major Tom continues on his journey through space he wakes up in his tin can in complete darkness with no gravity or sense of up from down. the darkness is so complete he can not even see his own limbs. he has not moved but he knows his arms and legs are bent which is likely due to

Ruffini's corpusle

Which of the following is not one of the six primary taste sensations?

peppery

A patient who experienced head trauma has lost the ability to taste spicy food. You should expect damage to cranial nerve ________.

V

The taste that is the result of OH-

bitter

Taste involves

all of the above

Which of the following is NOT an encapsulated receptor

merkel's disc

All of the following are true of nociceptors except

are encapsulated

Due to anatomical pathways that involve the limbic system, which type of sensation can lead to the most immediate emotional reactions?

Smell

Decreased sensitivity to a continued stimulus is called

adaption

________ are receptors in the aorta that monitor the blood pressure

baroreceptors

All of the following are involved in the perception of taste except

There is no except, all of the above play a role in taste

Your uncle was just diagnosed with a heart attack. One of his major symptoms is left arm pain. You are not surprised because you are familiar with the phenomenon of

referred pain

The taste that is the result of H+

sour

All of the following are primary taste sensations, EXCEPT

minty

Which structural classification on sensory receptor are only mechanoreceptors

encapsulated

Stimulation of nociceptive receptors within the trigeminal nerve might produce a perception of

peppery hot

The following are true of olfaction, EXCEPT

adapts slowly

A reduction in sensitivity to a continually applied stimulus is called

adaption

Which of the following would NOT function as a proprioceptor

Meissner's corpuscle

Rachel steps on a tack, which hurts. to make it feel better she begins rubbing the area where the tack stuck her. Her pressure around the area of the wound is an example of activation of

spinal gating

Which tastes directly depolarizes the gustatory cell

sour

A fast-adapting encapsulated mechanoreceptor in the papillary layer of the dermis that responds to fine touch is a

tactile (Meissner) corpuscle

Which of the following is true of olfactory discrimination?

Olfaction is both synthetic and analytical

Conscious awareness of incoming sensory information is called

sensation

Which of the following lingual papillae has the largest number of taste buds?

circumvallate papillae

Which of the following descriptions best matches the term aqueous humor?

excessive production may lead to glaucoma

In the visual pathway providing sensory action potentials to the brain, the first cells that are capable of initiating action potentials are

ganglion cells.

Which of the following does not display dual innervation

more than one of the above?