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Chapter 9 (Honors)
Special Senses Worksheet

General Senses
Match the type of receptor with its description and/or function.

Types of Receptors
1. Chemoreceptors a. Stimulated by changes in pressure or movement, such as bending.
2. Mechanoreceptors b. Stimulated by changes in temperature.
3. Nociceceptors c. Stimulated by tissue damage.
4. Photoreceptors d. Stimulated by changes in the chemical concentration
5. Thermoreceptors of substances.
e. Stimulated by light energy.

Sensory Receptors Associated with the Skin

Fill in the table about skin sensory receptors. The first skin sensory receptor has been done as
an example.

General Receptor Type of Receptor Examples of Receptor Function of Receptor

1. Free Nerve Endings Nociceptor (No specific names of Sense pain, temperature, itch, and
Mechanoreceptor free nerve ending movement
receptors)

2. Cold receptors

3. Hot receptors

4. Touch receptors Merkel disks

Taste
Using different colors and the list below, color and label the different parts involved with the sense of taste.
Then answers the questions about the sense of taste.

Taste hairs
Papillae
Sensory nerve
Supporting cell
Taste bud
Taste cell
Taste pore

Complete the following paragraph about how the brain receives taste information. Answers may repeat.

A taste bud consists of 2 types of cells, a supporting cell and a ___1___ ______. 1. _______________________________
At the end of taste cells are ___2___ _____, which contain ____3___ that bind to 2. _______________________________
taste molecules. The taste hairs project through an opening called a 3. _______________________________
__4__ ______. When a taste molecule binds to a ___5___, 4. _______________________________
an ___6__ ______ is generated in the sensory nerve attached to the taste cell. 5. _______________________________
These action potentials travel to the ___7___ area of the cerebral cortex where 6. _______________________________
the brain perceives the taste. 7. _______________________________

8. Draw, color and label the

different areas of taste
on the tongue.
Smell
Using different colors and the list below, color and label the different parts involved with the sense of smell.
Then answers the questions about the sense of smell.

Olfactory bulb Olfactory neuron Olfactory tract

Olfactory cilia Olfactory nerve (Cranial Nerve I)

Complete the following paragraph about how the brain receives odor information.

The sense of smell is called ___1___. ___2___ ______ are bipolar 1. ________________________________________
neurons located in the superior part of the nasal cavity. At the ends of 2. ________________________________________
the olfactory neurons are ___3___ _______, which contain 3. ________________________________________
___4___ ______, which bind to odor molecules called ___5___. When an 4. ________________________________________
odorant stimulates olfactory cells, the olfactory cells send __6__ _____ up 5. ________________________________________
the __7__ _____ which synapses with interneurons located in the 6. ________________________________________
__8__ _____. The interneurons then send its action potentials through the 7. ________________________________________
__9__ _____, which sends its information to the ___10__ ______ located 8. ________________________________________
within the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. Its at this area of the brain 9. ________________________________________
where the smell is perceived. 10. _______________________________________

Match the following terms to their description or function.

10. Olfactory bulb a. Bipolar neurons that are the main cells for olfaction.
11. Olfactory cilia b. Contains interneurons that synapse with olfactory nerves and relays
12. Olfactory neuron action potentials to the brain.
13. Olfactory receptor c. The end of the olfactory tract where the synapse between the olfactory
14. Olfactory tract nerves and the interneurons of the olfactory tract take place.
d. Structures found at the ends of olfactory cilia; its function is to bind to
odorants.
e. The ends of the olfactory neurons dendrites that contains olfactory
receptors.
Vision
Using different colors and the list below, color and label the different parts involved with the sense of vision.
Then answers the questions about the sense of vision.

Aqueous humor Iris Retina

Choroid Lens Sclera 1.
Ciliary body Optic nerve Suspensory ligaments 2.
Cornea Pupil Vitreous humor 3.
4.
Complete the following paragraph about how the brain 5.
receives visual information. 6.
7.
The ___1__, the ___2__, and the ___3__, all focus images on the ___4__. 8.
The shape of the lens is controlled by the ___5__ ______. When we view 9.
distant objects, the ciliary muscles relax, causing the ___6__ ______ 10.
attached to the ___7__ ______ to be taut; therefore the lens's shape is 11.
___8__. When we view near objects, the ___9__ ______ contract, 12.
releasing the tension on the ___10__ ______. The shape of the lens 13.
becomes __11__. The pathway for vision begins once light has been 14.
captured by the __12__ in the __13__. The 2 types of photoreceptors 15.
in the sensory retina are __14__ and __15__. Rods are best suited for 16.
very dim __16__ . They do not provide us with __17__ ______. 17.
The cones require much more __18__. They provide us with 18.
__19__ ______. For us to perceive vision, light must strike the rods 19.
and cones. Rods and cones synapse with __20__ _____ cells, 20.
which in turn synapse with ganglion cells that initiate __21__ ______. 21.
Action potentials created in the rods and cones are passed to the bipolar 22.
neurons, which are passed to the ganglion cells. Action potentials 23.
created by the ganglion cells travel down nerve fibers, which assemble 24.
to form the __22__ ______. The optic nerves carry nerve impulses from 25.
the __23__ to the __24__ ______. From the optic chiasm, action potentials 26.
then travel through the __26__ ______ before entering the __27__ lobe. 27.
The occipital lobe of the brain contains the __28__ ______ of the cerebrum, 28.
which is responsible for sensing and interpreting __29__. 29.
Hearing
Using different colors and the list below, color and label the different parts involved with the sense of hearing.
Then answers the questions about the sense of hearing.

Auditory tube Incus Outer ear Stapes

Auricle Inner ear Oval window Tympanic membrane
Cochlea Malleus Round window Vestibule
External auditory meatus Middle ear Semicircular canals

Complete the following paragraph about how the brain receives auditory information.

The process of hearing begins when __1__ ____ enter the ____ __2__ ____ 1.
and strike the __3__ _____ causing it to move back and forth or __4__. 2.
The vibration of the tympanic membrane is transferred to the 3 ossicles of 3.
the ear. From the tympanic membrane the vibration travels to the __5__, 4.
then to the __6__, and finally to the __7__. The vibration in the stapes is 5.
then transferred to the __8__ _____, causing it to vibrate and pass on 6.
the pressure to the fluids within the __9__ of the inner ear. There are 2 7.
types of fluid found within the cochlea. The first fluid is called __10__, 8.
which is found within the __11__ _____ (vestibular canal) and the 9.
__12__ _____ (tympanic canal). The second type of fluid is called __13__, 10.
which is found within the __14__ _____. The pressure waves in the 11.
perilymph of the scala vestibuli pass through the __15__ _____ and cause 12.
vibrations of the __16__. Pressure waves in the endolymph, within the 13.
cochlear duct, causes movements in the __17__ _____. As the basilar 14.
membrane moves, __18__ _____ on the basilar membrane also move. At 15.
the end of the hair cells are __19__, which are embedded in the tectoral 16.
membrane. The movement of hair cells causes the microvilli to __ 20__. 17.
The bending of the microvilli stimulates the hair cells, which induces 18.
__21__ _____ in the __22__ _____. The action potentials in the cochlear 19.
nerve are sent to the _____ __23__ _____ of the brain, where hearing is 20.
perceived and interpreted. 21.
22.
23.