1.

There are 3 semicircular canals in the vestibular apparatus, and each canal sits in one of
the three planes of the body--sagittal, transverse, and frontal. Based on how the fluid
moves within these canals and which hair cells are triggered, the brain can detect the
direction your __________ is moving as well as how quickly its moving.
 arm
 leg
 head
 heart
2. ____________ results from a sensory conflict between sensory receptors.
 motion sickness
 paralysis
 deafness
 blindness
3. The inner ear, (sometimes called the labyrinth), has two important functions: it turns the
physical vibrations into _______ impulses that the brain can identify as sound, and it
helps you maintain your __________ (balance).
 chemical; peace of mind
 electrical; equilibrium
4. The vestibular apparatus also uses a combination of fluid and sensory hair cells to help
maintain balance. The movement of the fluid is controlled by _______________.
 sound waves
 the movement of your head
5. The pitch of a sound, (how high or low the sound is), is determined by the sound wave's
__________.
 amplitude
 frequency
6. When sound waves hit the ear drum, they cause it to vibrate. The eardrum then passes
these vibrations on to the three tiny bones in your middle ear-- the malleus, incus and
stapes, (commmonly known as the hammer, anvil and stirrup.) The function of the bones
of the middle ear is to ________ the sound as it passes to the inner ear.
 dampen
 amplify
7. The bones of the middle ear conduct the vibrations of the ear drum to another membrane
called the superior oval window, which then sets the ________ in the inner ear into
motion.
 fluid
 air
8. The cochlea is divided into 3 fluid-filled chambers. The middle chamber is lined by the
basilar membrane, which is covered by around 20,000 fibers, which get longer as you go
down the membrane. Different parts of the membrane vibrate with different pitches of
sound. The higher frequency sound waves vibrate the part of the membrane with shorter
fibers, and the lower frequency sound waves vibrate the part of the membrane with
_________ fibers. This means that all the sounds you hear and how you recognize them
is determined by which section of this membrane is vibrating at any given time.
 thicker
  thinner
 longer
 shorter
9. The external and middle ear are only involved with hearing, while the inner ear is
involved with both hearing and maintaining your ____________, (sense of balance).
 touch
 harmony
 equilibrium
 musical memory
10. The vestibular apparatus is that part of the inner ear that helps you maintain your
___________.
 circadian rhythm
 sense of humor
 balance (equilibrium)
 vision
11. According to the video, the key to sound transmission is _______. This creates sound
waves that transmit the sound through the air.
 vibration
 heat waves
 electromagnetism
 changes in temperature
12. The ear is divided into 3 major areas, which include all of the following except:
 outer, (external), ear
 middle ear
 inner ear
 third ear
13. The hearing part of the inner ear is the ___________, (is named this because of its spiral
shape, resembling a snail shell.)
 tympanic membane
 cochlea
 pinna
 auditory canal
14. The pinna, the outer part of the ear we can see, catches sound waves and funnels them
into the external acoustic meatus (auditory canal). The sound waves travel down the
meatus and then collide with the tympanic membrane, commonly known as the
_________.
 cochlea
 cornea
 ear drum
 snare drum
15. Nothing actually gets heard until something tells the ______ what's going on. It can tell
the pitch of a sound based solely on the _______ of the hair cells being triggered within
the organ of Corti.
 ears; thickness
 heart; color
  mouth; length
 brain; location
16. How loud a sound registers depends on its __________; the difference between the high
and low pressure created by the sound wave.
 frequency
 amplitude

1. Our noses can detect chemicals in the air

 True
 False
2. NOT a primary taste sensation
 bitter
 salty
 sweet
 peppery
3. lobe of brain responsible for smell
 frontal
 parietal
 occipital
 temporal
4. Senses that respond to chemicals in solution utilize which of the following:
 Meissner's corpuscle
 chemoreceptors
 crista ampullaris
 beta lactamase
5. Small projections located on the tongue’s surface where taste buds are located are known
as:
 papillae
 gustatory cells
 olfactory epithelium
 mucous producing glands
6. receptor of gustation; sweet, salty, sour, bitter, umami
 cones
 olfactory receptors
 hair cells
 taste buds
7. Which of the following senses are most closely related:
 touch and smell
 smell and taste
 taste and hearing
 hearing and smell
8. The nerves associated with smell are referred to as the:
 olfactory receptor cells
  smell cells
 gustatory receptor cells
 umami cells
9. chemical sense of smell
 ageusia
 gustation
 olfaction
 anosmia
10. can detect the largest variety
 taste buds
 olfactory receptors
 cones
 rods