Week 6 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

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

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

Which structure is not part of the vestibular system?

A. Utricle

B. Eustachian tube

C. Saccule

D. Semicircular canals

1 points 

QUESTION 4

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

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

A. Amygdala

B. Hypothalamus

C. Prepyriform cortex

D. Thalamus