Anatomy 2 Lab Exam 1

What is the main function of the rods in the eye?

What stuctures regulates the amount of light passing to the visual receptors of the eye?

Receptors for hearing are located in the:

Which of the following structures is not part of the external ear? A) pinna B) tympanic membrane C) external auditory meatus D) Auditory tube

Ordinarily, it is not possible to transplant tissues from one person to another, yet corneas can be transplanted without tissue rejection. This is because the cornea:

The oval window is connected directly to which passageway?

The ciliary body does not:

Conscious perception of vision probably reflects activity in the:

The blind spot of the eye is:

Olfactory cells and taste buds are normally stimulated by:

Which of the following could not be seen as one looks into the eye with an ophthalmoscope?

Which of the following is true about photoreceptors? A) Rods absorb light throughout the visual spectrum but confer only gray tone vision. B) If all cones are stimulated equally, all colors are absorbed by the cones and the color perceived is black. C) In dim light, images are focused directly on the rods in the fovea centralis. D) Three types of color-sensitive photoreceptors exist: red, green, and yellow.

The eye muscle that elevates and turns the eye laterally is the:

Light passes through the following structures in which order?

The hypothalamic-hypophyseal tract:

Oxytocin

The neurohypophysis or posterior lobe of the pituitary gland is not a true endocrine gland because:

Insulin, a small (51-amino-acid) protein, is synthesized by the beta cells of the pancreas. This hormone is released:

The major targets of growth hormone are:

The parathyroid glands maintain adequate levels of blood calcium. This is accomplished through:

The most important regulator of electrolyte concentrations in extracellular fluids is:

Normal development of the immune response is due in part to hormones produced by the

Which of the following is not a steroid-based hormone?

The viterous humor

Regulating hormones from the hypothalamus:

ACTH:

A man has been told that he is not synthesizing enough follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and for this reason he may be unable to father a child. Choose the correct statement to explain this problem.

sensory hair cells related to the sense of equilibrium are located in the A) Utricle and saccule B) cocklea C) semicircular ducts D) A and C are correct E) A, B and C are correct

Prolactin:

Which of the following is true about calcium homeostasis