16.2 True/False Questions
1) Most of the special sensory receptors are free nerve endings.
2) Taste sensation is carried by the facial, glossopharyngeal, and vagus nerves.
3) Gustatory epithelial cells can be replaced if they are burned or scraped off during eating.
4) Bipolar olfactory sensory neurons undergo continual renewal and replacement.
5) Lacrimal fluid is produced by the lacrimal sac in the medial canthus of the eye.
6) The cone-filled region of the retina surrounding the fovea centralis is called the macula lutea.
7) The transparency of the cornea is due to the presence of air-filled corneal epithelial cells.
8) Light entering the eye passes first to the rod and cone cells, then to bipolar cells, and finally to ganglion cells adjacent to the pigmented retina.
9) The superior oblique muscle of the eye enables the eye to look upward and laterally.
10) The vestibule of the ear lies between the semicircular canals and the cochlea.
11) The scala vestibuli is adjacent to the round window, whereas the scala tympani is adjacent to the oval window.
12) The tips of cochlear hair cells are embedded in the basilar membrane.
13) Infection and inflammation of the middle ear is called otitis media.
14) The incus bridges the gap between the stapes connected to the oval window and the malleus connected to the tympanic membrane.
15) Conduction deafness results from an inability of vibrations to pass to the inner ear.