BIOS 252 EXAM 3 CHAMBERLAIN
UNIVERSITY OF NURSING || BIOS 252
EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Which division detects stimuli of the general senses and special senses?
A. Visceral sensory division
B. Somatic motor division
C. Visceral motor division (autonomic nervous system)
D. Somatic sensory division - ANSWER- D. Somatic sensory division
You wrap your hands around a warm cup of hot chocolate. This
sensation is detected by
A. hair follicle receptors
B. chemoreceptors
C. thermoreceptors
D. photoreceptors - ANSWER- C. thermoreceptors
What are the regions of skin supplied by a spinal nerve for somatic
sensation known as?
,A. Myotomes
B. Dermatomes
C. Rule of nines
D. Lines of cleavage - ANSWER- B. Dermatomes
Thermoreceptors depolarize in response to hot and cold stimuli, turning
a stimulus into an electrical signal. This conversion is known as
_______________.
A. sensory transduction
B. repolarization
C. propagation
D. adaptation - ANSWER- A. sensory transduction
Potentially damaging stimuli that result in pain are selectively detected
by
A. nociceptors
B. photoreceptors
C. chemoreceptors
D. proprioceptors - ANSWER- A. nociceptors
The stretch of a full urinary bladder is detected by
A. exteroceptors
B. photoreceptors
C. interoceptors
,D. thermoreceptors - ANSWER- C. interoceptors
Jessica went to her doctor's office with pain in her right shoulder blade
and learned she was having a gallbladder attack. You are not surprised to
hear about the unusual location of her pain, since it is known as
________________.
A. the receptive field
B. phantom limb pain
C. referred pain
D. chronic pain - ANSWER- C. referred pain
Which mechanoreceptor detects deep pressure?
A. Tactile corpuscle
B. Ruffini ending
C. Lamellated corpuscle
D. Merkel cell fiber - ANSWER- C. Lamellated corpuscle
Proprioceptors are located in the musculoskeletal system where they
detect the movement and position of a joint or body part.
A. True
B. False - ANSWER- A. True
__________________ are the fast-adapting type of sensory receptors.
They sense a stimulus and then shut down very quickly.
________________ are the slowly-adapting receptors.
, A. Tonic receptors
B. Exteroceptors
C. Interoceptors
D. Phasic receptors - ANSWER- A. Tonic receptors
D. Phasic receptors
Which receptors detect itch and tickle?
A. Free nerve endings
B. Muscle spindles
C. Ruffini end organs
D. Lamellated corpuscles - ANSWER- A. Free nerve endings
Which receptor senses very light touch and low frequencies?
A. Meissner's corpuscle
B. Muscle spindle
C. Golgi tendon organ
D. Pacinian corpuscle - ANSWER- A. Meissner's corpuscle
The tactile sensations include all the following except
A. touch
B. itch
C. vibration
D. pain - ANSWER- C. vibration
UNIVERSITY OF NURSING || BIOS 252
EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Which division detects stimuli of the general senses and special senses?
A. Visceral sensory division
B. Somatic motor division
C. Visceral motor division (autonomic nervous system)
D. Somatic sensory division - ANSWER- D. Somatic sensory division
You wrap your hands around a warm cup of hot chocolate. This
sensation is detected by
A. hair follicle receptors
B. chemoreceptors
C. thermoreceptors
D. photoreceptors - ANSWER- C. thermoreceptors
What are the regions of skin supplied by a spinal nerve for somatic
sensation known as?
,A. Myotomes
B. Dermatomes
C. Rule of nines
D. Lines of cleavage - ANSWER- B. Dermatomes
Thermoreceptors depolarize in response to hot and cold stimuli, turning
a stimulus into an electrical signal. This conversion is known as
_______________.
A. sensory transduction
B. repolarization
C. propagation
D. adaptation - ANSWER- A. sensory transduction
Potentially damaging stimuli that result in pain are selectively detected
by
A. nociceptors
B. photoreceptors
C. chemoreceptors
D. proprioceptors - ANSWER- A. nociceptors
The stretch of a full urinary bladder is detected by
A. exteroceptors
B. photoreceptors
C. interoceptors
,D. thermoreceptors - ANSWER- C. interoceptors
Jessica went to her doctor's office with pain in her right shoulder blade
and learned she was having a gallbladder attack. You are not surprised to
hear about the unusual location of her pain, since it is known as
________________.
A. the receptive field
B. phantom limb pain
C. referred pain
D. chronic pain - ANSWER- C. referred pain
Which mechanoreceptor detects deep pressure?
A. Tactile corpuscle
B. Ruffini ending
C. Lamellated corpuscle
D. Merkel cell fiber - ANSWER- C. Lamellated corpuscle
Proprioceptors are located in the musculoskeletal system where they
detect the movement and position of a joint or body part.
A. True
B. False - ANSWER- A. True
__________________ are the fast-adapting type of sensory receptors.
They sense a stimulus and then shut down very quickly.
________________ are the slowly-adapting receptors.
, A. Tonic receptors
B. Exteroceptors
C. Interoceptors
D. Phasic receptors - ANSWER- A. Tonic receptors
D. Phasic receptors
Which receptors detect itch and tickle?
A. Free nerve endings
B. Muscle spindles
C. Ruffini end organs
D. Lamellated corpuscles - ANSWER- A. Free nerve endings
Which receptor senses very light touch and low frequencies?
A. Meissner's corpuscle
B. Muscle spindle
C. Golgi tendon organ
D. Pacinian corpuscle - ANSWER- A. Meissner's corpuscle
The tactile sensations include all the following except
A. touch
B. itch
C. vibration
D. pain - ANSWER- C. vibration
