KROK 1 2009 – Question 82 · 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:
- A. Auditory
- B. Proprioceptors
- C. Vestibular otolithic
- D. Visual
- E. Vestibular ampullar
Hint
Think about what kind of motion a carousel imposes on the head, rotation versus straight-line acceleration, and which inner-ear sensors are tuned to that kind of motion.
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