Human Anatomy

Front 1

Taste buds are located on the apical surface of circumvallated papillae

Back 1

False

Front 2

Taste sensation is carried by the facial glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves

Back 2

True

Front 3

The transparancy of the cornea is due to the presence of air-filled corneal epithelial cells

Back 3

False

Front 4

Light entering the eye passes through the vitreous humor first to the rod and cone cells, then to bipolar cell, and finally to ganglion cells adjacent to the pigmented retina

Back 4

False

Front 5

The posterior segment of the eye contains vitreous humor whereas the posterior chamber contains aqueous humor

Back 5

True

Front 6

The vestibule of the ear lies between the semicircular canals and the cochlea

Back 6

True

Front 7

The incus bridges the gap between the stapes connected to the oval window and the malleus connected to the tympanic membrane

Back 7

True

Front 8

Which of the following structures in the eye are pigmented?

Back 8

The retina

Front 9

The ora serrata is a

Back 9

Part of the retina

Front 10

Which of the following areas has the highest concentration of cones?

Back 10

The fovea centralis

Front 11

Which is true about a retinal detachment?

Back 11

It can result from a blow to the eye

Front 12

Clouding of which of the following structures would lead to a clinical condition known as a cataract?

Back 12

Lens

Front 13

Hair cells are receptors for

Back 13

Both hearing and equilibrium

Front 14

The middle ear cavity is normally filled with

Back 14

Air

Front 15

Olfactory cells and taste buds are stimulated by

Back 15

Substances in the solution

Front 16

Receptors for hearing are located in the

Back 16

Cochlea

Front 17

Nearsightedness is more properly called

Back 17

Myopia

Front 18

Scientist who are trying to find a way to make neurons divide to heal nerve injuries often study the body's only mitotic neurons. These neurons are the

Back 18

Olfactory receptors

Front 19

The transmission of sound vibrations through the outer ear occurs chiefly through

Back 19

Air

Front 20

The nerve carrying taste information from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue is the

Back 20

Facial

Front 21

What structure regulates the amount of light passing to the visual receptors of the eye

Back 21

Iris

Front 22

The center for vision in the cerebral cortex is located in the

Back 22

Occipital lobe

Front 23

An accident victim found that he could not easily taste sweet, sour, or salty substances. Which cranial nerve was probably damaged?

Back 23

Facial

Front 24

Microvilli from gustatory cells project through this structure

Back 24

Taste pore

Front 25

The blind spot of vision

Back 25

Optic disk

Front 26

Spiral organ containing cochlear hair cells

Back 26

Organ of Corti

Front 27

Disorder caused by the presence of excessive endolymph

Back 27

Meniere's syndrome

Front 28

Taste buds are located in circumvallate and ........ papillae of the tongue

Back 28

Fungiform

Front 29

The sensory......of the eyes consists of an outer pigmented layer and an inner neural layer

Back 29

Retina

Front 30

The posterior segment of the eye contains.....humor

Back 30

Vitreous

Front 31

The ........separates the external and middle ears

Back 31

tympanic membrane