KROK 1 2011 – Question 53 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology

A man who is riding the carousel presents with increased heart rate, sweating, nausea. This condition is caused primarily by the stimulation of the following receptors:

  1. A. Auditory
  2. B. Vestibular ampullar
  3. C. Visual
  4. D. Proprioceptors
  5. E. Vestibular otolithic
Hint

Consider what kind of movement a carousel imposes on the head and which sensory receptors detect exactly that kind of movement.

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