Reflex Actions and Sensory Receptors

Covers reflex actions, reflex arcs, and various sensory receptors including skin receptors (mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors, pain receptors), taste receptors, olfactory receptors, proprioceptors, and equilibrium receptors

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is an involuntary response to a stimulus called?

  1. Nerve impulse
  2. Reflex action
  3. Jerk
  4. Shock
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What happens during reflex actions?

  1. Sensory impulses are converted into motor impulses in the brain.
  2. Sensory impulses are converted into motor impulses in the spinal cord.
  3. Motor impulses are converted to sensory impulses in the brain.
  4. Motor impulses are converted into sensory impulses in the spinal cord.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What did Pavlov's experiment prove?

  1. Unconditioned reflexes
  2. Conditioned reflexes
  3. Mechanism of reflex
  4. Transmission of nerve impulse
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Proprioceptors are found in

  1. skin
  2. eye
  3. muscles tendons and joints
  4. ear
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one is the correct representation of a reflex arc?

  1. Receptor - Sensory neuron - Motor neuron - Inter neuron - Effector organ
  2. Sensory neuron - receptor - Motor neuron - Inter neuron - Effector organ
  3. Receptor - Sensory neuron - Inter neuron - Motor neuron - Effector organ
  4. Receptor - Sensory neuron - Motor neuron
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What do the end organs of Ruffini sense?

  1. Cold
  2. Warmth
  3. Pressure
  4. Pain
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What kind of receptors are the Merkel nerve endings?

  1. Thermoreceptors
  2. Algesireceptors
  3. Mechanoreceptors
  4. Photoreceptors
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following receptors sense deep pain?

  1. Proprioceptors
  2. Nociceptors
  3. Interoceptors
  4. Teleoceptors
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which type of nerve ending in the skin is responsible for sensitivity to light touch?

  1. Pacinian corpuscles
  2. Meissner's corpuscles
  3. Ruffini corpuscle
  4. Frigidoreceptors
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Papillae are the tissues found in the

  1. skin
  2. eyes
  3. tongue
  4. ears
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which taste receptors are present at the rear side of the tongue?

  1. Sweet taste
  2. Salty taste
  3. Bitter taste
  4. Sour taste
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following receptors is responsible for change in equilibrium?

  1. Algesireceptors
  2. Interoceptors
  3. Statoreceptors
  4. Tangoreceptors
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where are maximum tactile receptors in humans present?

  1. legs
  2. Face
  3. Body
  4. Head
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which part of the brain perceives the sense of smell?

  1. Medulla
  2. Hypothalamus
  3. Olfactory lobe
  4. Cerebrum
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where are the receptors for sweet taste located in the tongue?

  1. At the back of the tongue
  2. Tip of the tongue
  3. Middle of the tongue
  4. Sides of the tongue