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Job of Auditory (Eustachian) tube
- Answer- maintains equal pressure on both sides of tympanic membrane
Connects middle ear to throat
Are cranial/spinal nerves PNS or CNS? - Answer- PNS
Tunic layers of Eye
- Answer- Fibrous outer layer-sclera and cornea
Vascula middle layer-pigmented, cont. Blood vessels
Nervous inner layer-retina, rods and cones
What are the ear stones? - Answer- Otoliths-help with balance and equilibrium
Receptors activated by specific action - Answer-
Thermoreceptors
Nociceptors
Mechanoreceptors
Cranial nerves that control eye movement - Answer-
Oculomotor
Trochlear
Abducens
Fovea Centralis - Answer- Part of Retina that contains the highest amount of
photoreceptors
Optic Disc - Answer-
Optic nerve exits through here
Pt of retina the has NO photoreceptors
Where blood vessels enter eye
, BIO 253 HONDROS TEST 2- 2023 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS |GRADED A+
Sound transmission in ear - Answer- Pinna (auricle)--external auditory canal--tympanic
membrane (vibrates back and forth; pushes on the ossicles)--malleolus, incus, stapes--
fluid in the inner ear becomes wavy and stimulates mechanoreceptors (hair cells) in the
cochlea
Which receptors never experience adaptation? - Answer- Nociceptors--Pain
Receptors controlled by being stretched or pushed on - Answer- Mechanoreceptors
Ie-Bladder distention
The receptor of the nose - Answer- chemoreceptors
Which structure contains tracts that carry nerve impulses to/from brain? - Answer- White
matter
Endocrine glands - Answer-
ductless
Release hormones
Hormones travel through blood to targets
Lamellated corpuscles - Answer-
common in deeper subcut. Tissues, tendons, ligaments
Detect heavy pressure
Tactile corpuscles - Answer-
abundant in hairless portions of skin
Detect light touch