Chapter 5 Quiz

Nerve pathways traveling from the optic chiasm to the thalamus, hypothalamus, and midbrain.

A theory of color vision based on the existence of different types of cones for the detection of short, medium, and long wavelengths.

A theory of color vision that suggests we have a red-green color channel and a blue-yellow color channel in which activation of one color in each pair inhibits the other color.

Is the Ishihara Color test used for detecting color deficiency?

Depth perception

Monocular cue

Binocular cue

Retinal disparity- The difference between the images projected onto each eye.

Cornea

Pupil

Lens

Retina

Fovea(area of the retina)

Thalamus

Primary visual cortex(area in the occipital lobe

Ultrasounds are ___________ the range of hearing, and infrasounds are ________ the range of human hearing.

Basilar membrane

Organ of Corti

Auditory nerve

Gate theory - The theory that suggests that input from touch fibers competes with input form pain receptors, possibly preventing pain messages from reaching the brain.

The sense of smell.

The sense of taste.

A nerve carrying olfactory information from the olfactory receptors to the olfactory bulbs.

One of the two structures below the frontal lobes of the brain that receive input from the olfactory receptors in the nose.

Small bumps on the tongue that contain taste buds.

A structure found in the papillae that contains taste receptor cells.

Collects sound and identifies its location as coming from above or below the head.

Begins the process of transduction of sound waves to neural signals when movement occurs.

Contains auditory receptors.

Recieves auditory input from the brainstem and connects to the primary auditory cortex.

Recieves and performs on initial analysis of auditory input from the thalamus.