Question 1

In which part of the eye are cones and rods located?

Accepted Answer

Retina

Answer

Cornea

Answer

Sclera

Answer

Choroid coat

Question 2

Which taste is sensed at the sides of the tongue?

Accepted Answer

Sour

Answer

Salty

Answer

Sweet

Answer

Bitter

Question 3

Which of these conditions is also known as "pink eye?

Accepted Answer

Conjunctivitis

Answer

Cataract

Answer

Common cold

Answer

Otitis media

Question 4

What is the name of the mucous membrane that lines the eyelids and covers the front of the eye?

Accepted Answer

Conjunctiva

Answer

Lacrimal duct

Answer

Lens

Answer

Aqueous humor

Question 5

What is the purpose of the wax secreted by glands in the auditory canal?

Accepted Answer

To protect the ear

Answer

To help maintain balance

Answer

To help transmit sound waves

Answer

To clean the ear

Question 6

What type of neuron is also called an interneuron because it carries messages between the other two
types of neurons?

Accepted Answer

Associative

Answer

Afferent

Answer

Efferent

Question 7

How does an impulse travel from one neuron to another?

Accepted Answer

Chemical neurotransmitters help the impulse “jump” across the space between the cells.

Answer

Blood carries the impulse from cell to cell.

Answer

This information has not yet been discovered.

Answer

The axon of one cell expands briefly so that it touches the dendrites of the other cell.

Question 8

Which section of the brain helps regulate heartbeat and respiration?

Accepted Answer

Brain stem

Answer

Cerebellum

Answer

Cerebrum

Answer

Diencephalon

Question 9

What is another name for a nerve cell?

Accepted Answer

Neuron

Answer

Axon

Answer

Synapse

Answer

Dendrite

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