- False. Receptor organs in both the connective tissue surrounding the body’s joints as
well as within the joints themselves make possible the sense of kinesthesis, the capacity
to know the position in space of various parts of your body.
KEY TERMS56 PSYCHOLOGY
auditory nerve
basilar membrane
brightness
cochlea
cognition
cones
cornea
decibel (dB)
deep touch
electromagnetic spectrum
electromagnetic wave
fovea
hertz (Hz)
hue
incus
infra-red rays
kinesthesis
lens
light touch
loudness
malleus
olfaction
olfactory epithelium
optic nerveoval window
pain
perception
periphery
photons
photoreceptors
pitch
proprioception
retina
rods
saturation
semicircular canals
sensation
skin senses
stapes
taste buds
temperature
timbre
trichromatic theory
tympanic membrane
ultra-violet rays
vestibular sense
vestibule