Biology

The generation of action potentials in olfactory neurons initiated by odors draw

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Tastes and smells are similar in that A) both types of stimuli are present in th

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Sensillae are A) smell receptors in animals with hydrostatic skeletons. B) mecha

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Most of the chemosensory neurons arising in the nasal cavity have axonal project

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Umami perception follows the oral presence of A) sugar water. B) a rich chocolat

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The ratio of expressed receptor types to taste cells is A) ~10:1 B) ~100:1 C) ~1

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Proteins coded by a very large family of related genes are active in the sensory

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It can be very difficult to select an angle for sneaking up to a grasshopper to

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Compared to viewing a distant object, viewing an object held within 5 cm of the

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Sensory transduction of light/dark information in the vertebrate retina is accom

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Rods exposed to light will A) depolarize due to the opening of sodium channels.

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A rod exposed to light will A) fire action potentials that will increase its rel

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Lateral inhibition via amacrine cells in the mammalian retina A) underlies habit

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For the processing of visual information in the central nervous system of humans

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) In the human retina A) cone cells can detect color, but rod cells cannot. B) c

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Receptor proteins for the neurotransmitter molecules released by rods and cones

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The blind spot in the human retina is the location that has the collected axons

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An injury to the occipital lobe will likely impair function of the A) primary vi

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A ligand for the umami receptor in the sense of taste is A) glucose. B) sodium i

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The olfactory bulbs are located A) in the nasal cavity. B) in the anterior pitui

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The contraction of skeletal muscles is based on A) actin filaments coiling up to

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Compared to oxidative skeletal muscle fibers, those classified as glycolytic typ

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Myasthenia gravis is a form of muscle paralysis in which A) motor neurons lose t

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A skeletal muscle deprived of adequate ATP supplies will A) immediately relax. B

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Most of the ATP supplies for a skeletal muscle undergoing 1 hour of sustained ex

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