The local fire department sounds the 12 o’clock whistle. The process by which your ears convert the sound waves from the siren into neural impulses is an example of:

Related Mcqs:

1. Sound vibrations in the ear create neural impulses received in which of the following cortex locations?

   A. temporal lobe
   B. occipital lobe
   C. parietal lobe
   D. frontal lobe

2. The speed that neural impulses travel is _____________?

   A. 3 to 200 miles an hour
   B. the speed of light
   C. 600 miles an hour
   D. 200 miles a second

3. Akhtar is watching a basketball game the neural impulses from his eyes will ultimately travel to his primary visual cortex, but first they must pass through the:

   A. amygdala
   B. hypothalamus
   C. thalamus
   D. pons

4. Sania just caught sight of a red hummingbird. The neural impulses from her eye will eventually travel to her occipital lobe, but first they must pass through:

   A. the hypothalamus
   B. hippocampus
   C. the reticular formation
   D. the thalamus

5. Auditory sensations are transformed from ‘air waves’ to nerve impulses by the _________________?

   A. vestibular system
   B. pinna
   C. round window
   D. cochlea

6. Neurons generally cannot fire at rates exceeding 100 impulses per second. This maximum firing rate can be largely attributed to ____________?

   A. spatial summation
   B. relative refractory periods
   C. absolute refractory periods
   D. excitatory postsynaptic potentials

7. The structure of that transduces sound vibrations into nerve impulses is the:

   A. Temporal lobe
   B. Cochlea
   C. Oval window
   D. Stirrup

8. Human experience the longest visible electromagnetic waves as the color________and the shortest visible waves as_______.

   A. Blue; yellow
   B. Red; blue-violet
   C. Red; green
   D. Black; white

9. Hearing a sequence of sounds of different pitches is to______as recognizing the sound sequence as a familiar melody is to:

   A. Sensory interaction; feature detection
   B. Sensation; perception
   C. Absolute threshold; difference threshold
   D. The just noticeable difference; accommodation

10. The first part of the ear that vibrates in response to incoming sound waves is the _______________?

    A. ossicles
    B. eardrum
    C. basilar membrane
    D. tectorial membrane