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Chamberlain University-Illinois
BIOS 252
BIOS 252 Exam 3 Questions and Answers
2026 Latest Update
Free Nerve Endings Ans: pain, temperature changes, tickle and itch
Encapsulates Nerve Endings Ans: touch, pressure, vibration
Special Sensory Cells Ans: used to create special sensory reception
Tactile Free Nerve Endings Ans: itch, tickle
Non-Tactile Free Nerve Endings Ans: temperature changes, pain
Meissner's Corpuscle Ans: light touch, low frequency vibration
Type I Cutaneous Mechanoreceptor: Merkel Cells Ans: pressure
Type II Cutaneous Mechanoreceptor: Ruffini's Corpuscle Ans: light and deep
pressure (baroreceptors)
Lamellated Corpuscles: Pacinian Corpuscle Ans: vibration
Fibrous Tunic of the eye Ans: sclera and cornea
Sclera Ans: white of the eye; where extrinsic eye muscles attach
Cornea Ans: the transparent outer covering of the eye that allows light to
pass through
Vascular Tunic Ans: choroid, ciliary body, iris
Choroid Ans: middle, vascular layer of the eye, between the retina and the
sclera. center of the optic nerve made of connective tissue and blood vessels
Ciliary Body Ans: ring of tissue behind the peripheral iris that is composed
of ciliary muscle and ciliary processes
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Chamberlain University-Illinois
BIOS 252
BIOS 252 Exam 3 Questions and Answers
2026 Latest Update
Free Nerve Endings Ans: pain, temperature changes, tickle and itch
Encapsulates Nerve Endings Ans: touch, pressure, vibration
Special Sensory Cells Ans: used to create special sensory reception
Tactile Free Nerve Endings Ans: itch, tickle
Non-Tactile Free Nerve Endings Ans: temperature changes, pain
Meissner's Corpuscle Ans: light touch, low frequency vibration
Type I Cutaneous Mechanoreceptor: Merkel Cells Ans: pressure
Type II Cutaneous Mechanoreceptor: Ruffini's Corpuscle Ans: light and deep
pressure (baroreceptors)
Lamellated Corpuscles: Pacinian Corpuscle Ans: vibration
Fibrous Tunic of the eye Ans: sclera and cornea
Sclera Ans: white of the eye; where extrinsic eye muscles attach
Cornea Ans: the transparent outer covering of the eye that allows light to
pass through
Vascular Tunic Ans: choroid, ciliary body, iris
Choroid Ans: middle, vascular layer of the eye, between the retina and the
sclera. center of the optic nerve made of connective tissue and blood vessels
Ciliary Body Ans: ring of tissue behind the peripheral iris that is composed
of ciliary muscle and ciliary processes
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