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Physiology Practice Test: The Nervous System - Sensory Systems
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Physiology Practice Test: The Nervous System - Sensory Systems
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1. What class of TRP channels responds to menthol?
2. What type of vision occurs in light levels that activate both rods and cones?
3. Frequency of sound is coded for by ________.
4. In comparison to low pitch sound, high pitch sound will cause vibrations of the basilar membrane ________.
5. What is the function of the retinal pigmented epithelium?
6. Which of the following occurs during accommodation for near vision?
7. The anterior portion of the semicircular canal detects acceleration in which direction?
8. The first neurons capable of generating action potentials in the transmission pathway for visual information detected by rods and cones are the ________ cells.
9. The lips are the most sensitive to the two-point discrimination threshold because their receptive fields are relatively small.
10. Angiogenesis contributes to the cause of what visual defect in diabetes?
11. The lateral displacement of bipolar and ganglion cells within the macula lutea allow for ________.
12. Afferent neurons from the semicircular canal, the utricle, and the saccule enter the brainstem where most terminate within the ________.
13. Which of the following is NOT a function of TRP channels?
14. Which of the following statements about lateral inhibition is FALSE?
15. What type of receptor responds to chemicals like histamine and bradykinin that are released from damaged tissue?
16. What is a decrease in the amplitude of a receptor potential in the presence of a continuing stimulus called?
17. Which of the following statements about the spinothalamic tract is FALSE?
18. The perception of the position of oneʹs joints and limbs is called ________.
19. The mass of the gelatinous material within the saccule and utricle is enhanced by the presence of what type of crystals?
20. In the absence of light, the membrane potential of a photoreceptor is relatively ________ by the presence of open ________ channels.
21. The light-absorbing portion of the photopigment is ________; its sensitivity to a particular wavelength of light is altered by ________.
22. What is the function of the ear ossicles?
23. What is the adequate stimulus for nociceptors?
24. Whether the hair cell in the semicircular canal is depolarized or hyperpolarized is dependent upon which of the following?
25. Ciliary muscle is innervated by what branch of the nervous system?

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