QUIZ

Quiz

This quiz will check your understanding of this week’s material. Although the quiz is open-book, you are encouraged to study as if it were a closed-book exam because the time for each quiz is intentionally limited.

· There are five multiple-choice questions drawn at random from a question bank.

· The quiz is open-book; however, you are encouraged to study and prepare thoroughly.

QUESTION 1

1. The blind spot in our visual field is created by _______ at the _______.

A.

A lack of photoreceptors; Optic disc

B.

Densely packed cones; Lens

C.

Thicker photoreceptors; Optic nerve

D.

Fewer rods than cones; Fovea

1 points   

QUESTION 2

1. The process that enhances the boundaries of visual objects is called:

A.

Spatial frequency filtration

B.

Lateral inhibition

C.

Edge detection

D.

Spectral opponency

1 points   

QUESTION 3

1. Which structure is not part of the vestibular system?

A.

Utricle

B.

Eustachian tube

C.

Saccule

D.

Semicircular canals

1 points   

QUESTION 4

1. Which sequence represents the route by which visual information is transmitted?

A.

Optic tract > optic nerve > optic radiations

B.

Optic nerve > optic tract > optic radiations

C.

Optic radiations > optic nerve > optic tract

D.

Optic nerve > optic radiations > optic tract

1 points   

QUESTION 5

1. Outputs from the olfactory bulb do not make synaptic connections to the:

A.

Amygdala

B.

Hypothalamus

C.

Prepyriform cortex

D.

Thalamus