Sensory Perception and Receptors

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Sensory Perception and Receptors: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Receptors,Exteroceptors,Interoceptors etc.

Important Questions on Sensory Perception and Receptors

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How does our nose help us smell? Does our nose have nerves to smell?

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Match List I with List II: 

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A. Fovea I.  Visible coloured portion of eye that regulates diameter of pupil.
B. Iris II.  External layer of eye formed of dense connective tissue.
C. Blind spot III. Point of greatest visual acuity or resolution.
D. Sclera IV. Point where optic nerve leaves the eyeball and photoreceptor cells are absent

Choose the correct answer from the options given below: 

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Which structures are lacking at the blind spot?

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Choroid thickens anteriorly to form

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What is the term used for the organs that receive stimuli?

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The anterior portion of sclera is called

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What is the function of the receptors?

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What is the name of the socket of skull in which eyes are located?

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What is the function of pinna in ear ?

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Pinna is the characteristic of which class of animal?

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The cornea is very important component of the human eye. The main function of it is to

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Human eye is adjusted for distant objects more than 6m away. For seeing the near objects which of the following would not occur?

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When we migrate from dark to light, we fail to see for sometime but after a time, visibility becomes normal. It is example of

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In the chemistry of vision in mammals, the photosensitive substance is called

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Short sightedness or myopic vision is corrected by wearing

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In myopia, light rays from far off objects converge

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In old age, the vision of eye becomes dim due to deposits on lens, the condition is called

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When the object is at a distance of more than 6 metres, at that time

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The eye recives retinal blood vessels at the