Chapter 16 Sense Organs

Anatomy & Physiology The Unity Of FormAnd Function 7th Edition by Kenneth S. Saladin

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Chapter 16 Sense Organs

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

True / False Questions

1. Transduction begins with an action potential in a sensory receptor.

FALSE

 

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms Level: 2. Understand
Gradable: automatic
HAPS Objective: H06.03 Explain the generator potential that occurs when receptors for general senses are stimulated.
HAPS Topic: Module H06 Sensory receptors
Learning Outcome: 16.01a Define receptor and sense organ.
Section: 16.01
Topic: Introduction to sensory receptors

 

2. Sensory receptors sense only stimuli external to the body, such as light, sound waves, olfaction, and touch.

FALSE

 

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
HAPS Objective: H06.01 Describe exteroceptors, interoceptors and proprioceptors in terms of the general location of each in the body and the origin of the stimuli that each receives.
HAPS Topic: Module H06 Sensory receptors
Learning Outcome: 16.01a Define receptor and sense organ.
Section: 16.01
Topic: Introduction to sensory receptors

 

3. Most somesthetic signals in the right side of the body reach the cerebral cortex in the contralateral primary somesthetic area.

TRUE

 

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms Level: 2. Understand
Gradable: automatic
HAPS Objective: H06.04 Describe the relationship between unipolar neurons and receptors for general senses.
HAPS Topic: Module H06 Sensory receptors
Learning Outcome: 16.02b Describe the projection pathways for the general senses.
Section: 16.02
Topic: Introduction to sensory receptors

 

4. Fast pain is a localized response mediated by myelinated nerve fibers.

TRUE

 

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
HAPS Objective: H06.02 Describe each of the following types of receptors, indicating what sensation it detects and giving an example of where it can be found in the body: pain receptors (nociceptors), temperature receptors, mechanoreceptors (including proprioceptors and barorceptors/pressoreceptors), chemoreceptors, and photoreceptors.
HAPS Topic: Module H06 Sensory receptors
Learning Outcome: 16.02c Explain the mechanisms of pain and the spinal blocking of pain signals.
Section: 16.02
Topic: Introduction to sensory receptors

 

5. Divergent sensory pathways explain the phenomenon of referred pain.

FALSE

 

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
HAPS Objective: H06.02 Describe each of the following types of receptors, indicating what sensation it detects and giving an example of where it can be found in the body: pain receptors (nociceptors), temperature receptors, mechanoreceptors (including proprioceptors and barorceptors/pressoreceptors), chemoreceptors, and photoreceptors.
HAPS Topic: Module H06 Sensory receptors
Learning Outcome: 16.02c Explain the mechanisms of pain and the spinal blocking of pain signals.
Section: 16.02
Topic: Introduction to sensory receptors

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