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Biology II Practice Test
 Ch 29: The Senses  

1. Lacrimal secretion is spread across the eye by the ___________________________________.
2. The white, outer layer of the eye is the ______________________________.
3. Chemicals (food) must be dissolved in saliva and touch the ____________________for taste to occur.
4. ______________________________________secrete a salty solution that forms tears.
5. The nerve endings which register light are located in the _________________________________.
6. ___________________pick up color, while __________________pick up black and white.
7. ___________________results when something prevents sound vibrations from getting to the inner ear.
8. ___________________________secrete a mucus that captures and dissolves airborne odor molecules.
9. We can distinguish about _____________________________________different smells.
10. The olfactory bulb and olfactory hairs are connected by ______________________________________.
11. The posterior chamber of the eye is filled with a clear, gelatinous substance known as _______________.
12. The ____________________________________________focuses light onto the retina.
13. Sound travels through the ext. auditory canal and directly strikes the ___________________________.
14. The ossicles (ear bones) are located in the _____________________________________.
15. The external ear, made of cartilage, is also known as the _________________________________.
16. The clear outside layer in front of the eye is the __________________________________.
17. All _____________________________have single-lens eyes.
18. The _____________________________can only detect intensity and direction of light.
19. Loud noises can cause ______________________________________.
20. Otosclerosis affects the _________________________________.
21. The compound eye of insects is made of light-detecting units called __________________________.
22. The external auditory canal is about ______________long by _______________in diameter.
23. Earwax is produced by the _____________________________glands.
24. The pharyngotympanic (auditory) tube connects the nasopharynx to the _______________________.
25. There are _________________semicircular canals.
 
___________pupil       
___________aqueous humor 
___________blind spot  
___________sclera        
___________lens     
___________iris  
___________vitreous humor
___________optic nerve  
___________cornea
___________retina  
___________choroid  
___________ciliary bodies



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