LAB 9: SPECIAL SENSES EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026

LAB 9: SPECIAL SENSES EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026




Exteroreceptors - ANS sensory receptors that detect stimuli from outside the body, such as
light/heat/pressure/chemicals.


interoreceptors - ANS detect internal stimuli


proprioceptors - ANS sensory receptors, located in the muscles and joints, that provide
information about body position and movement


chemoreceptors - ANS respond to chemicals


thermoreceptors - ANS detect heat from within and outside the body


photoreceptors - ANS found in eye (interoreceptor) in form of rods and cones, detect light


mechanoreceptors - ANS sense to touch, pressure, vibration, and stretch


baroreceptors - ANS detect changes in blood pressure




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, nociceptors - ANS sensory receptors that enable the perception of pain in response to
potentially harmful stimuli


gustation - ANS sense of taste (VII. facial nerve and IX. glossopharyngeal nerve)


vallate papillae - ANS the largest papillae on the tongue, arranged in the form of a V


fungiform papillae - ANS rounded with taste buds


foliate papillae - ANS found on sides of the tongue


gustatory cells - ANS sensory receptors within a taste bud


olfaction - ANS sense of smell (I. olfactory nerve)


olfactory tract - ANS


olfactory bulb - ANS bump at the end of the olfactory tract


olfactory nerve fibers - ANS extend down from olfactory bulb


olfactory receptors - ANS extends from olfactory nerve fibers


olfactory hairs - ANS extends from olfactory receptors


vision - ANS sense of sight (II. optic)


anterior cavity of eye - ANS between cornea and lens, filled with aqueous humor

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