Hearing: the body senses: the chemical senses

Micha lives next to a sewage treatment plant. Visitors notice the odor immediately whenever they visit, but Micha does not notice the smell. Micha is demonstrating sensory:

adaptation

The pain pathways do NOT include the:

-Occipital lobe amygdala. occipital lobe. somatosensory cortex. hypothalamus.

Humans have about _____types of olfactory receptor neurons for smell; this allows people to distinguish more than _____ separate smells.

350; 10,000

The _____ of a sound wave is usually measured in units called hertz.

Frequency

Beth affixes an earring to her earlobe. She is attaching the jewelry to part of her:

Pinna

Don and Jen are arguing and Jen begins to yell. Based on this information, what is MOST likely happening to the sound waves corresponding to Jen's voice?

Their amplitude is increasing.

Mike broke his foot while playing in an important football game but continued to play without taking pain medication. This is MOST likely made possible because of:

activation of the PAG

Hertz is to decibel as _____ is to amplitude.

frequency

Juan and Joseph are opera singers. Juan is a baritone. Joseph is a tenor, so his voice is higher-pitched than Juan's voice. With respect to their physical properties, the sound waves corresponding to Juan's voice are lower in _____ than are those corresponding to Joseph's voice.

frequency

Lu Tak plays the piccolo, which has a high pitch, while Jung Che plays the bass guitar, which has a lower pitch. With respect to their physical properties, the sound waves corresponding to the bass guitar are lower in _____ than are those of Lu Tak's piccolo.

frequency

The _____ theory of pain emphasizes the influence of pain-modulating signals from the brain.

gate-control

Ross strains his calf muscle at the gym. He is massaging the area. According to the _____ theory of pain, the massage should _____ his pain.

gate-control, lessen

Margaret is experiencing pains in her abdomen and goes to the doctor, who tells her that she has suffered a mild heart attack. Margaret's experience of pain in her abdomen and not in her chest is an example of:

referred pain

Four-month-old Jenny is being fitted for a cochlear implant. It is likely that Jenny has _____ hearing loss.

sensorineural

Jayden works in a noisy factory. Damage to her hair cells may eventually lead to _____ hearing loss.

sensorineural

The olfactory bulb is located above the nasal cavity and beneath the frontal lobes. That is, the olfactory bulb is _____ to the nasal cavity and _____ to the frontal lobes. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

superior, inferior

Devon avoids certain types of lettuce because she thinks they are too bitter. Devon may be a:

supertaster

The tips of the _____ are called _____.

taste receptor cells; microvilli