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1) What are sensations and where and how are they generated?

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All of the above

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2) Which parts of the nervous system must receive sensory impulses in order to be consciously aware of or to be able to remember the taste of chocolate?

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Spinal cord, thalamus, cerebral cortex, brain stem

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3) Which sensations are consciously perceived?

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Not blood pressure

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4) How does an individual sensory neuron carry information?

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From sensory modality

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5) What are the general somatic senses?

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NOT fullness of urinary bladder

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6) What are the special senses?

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Not touch or pain

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7) What is the order in which a stimulus is transmitted?

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Stimulation of sensory receptor, transduction of stimulus, generation of impulse, integration of sensory input

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8) What is transduction?

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Conversion of energy in a vibration to a graded potential

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9) Why do you seem to see with your eyes?

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Impulses from retinal neurons are interpreted by primary sensory area

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10) What are sensory receptors?

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Free nerve ending, encapsulated, cell that synapse, all of the above

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11) Which sensations cannot be detected by a free nerve ending?

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Pressure

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12) Which separate cells synapse with 1st order neurons and are associated with the special senses?

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Hair cells, gustatory receptor cells, photoreceptors

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13) Stimulation of most special sense receptors triggers what?

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Receptor potential

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14) John had a bad day. He cut 5 mm of his chin while shaving in the morning; later he cut 5 cm on the palm
of his hand instead of the box he was trying to open. Why did the palm injury hurt more?

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All of the above

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15) How is a sensory receptor classified?

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structure, location, stimuli

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16) How does adaptation function?

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Generator potential or receptor potential decreases in amplitude during maintained stimulus

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17) What are the true somatic sensations?

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Not concentrated in back or neck

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18) What are true of tactile sensations?

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Faster than itch/tickle, touch and cutaneous

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19) How do you sense touch?

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Through tactile sensation

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20) How does an itch response occur?

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Not mechanical stimulation conveyed

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21) What is true of thermal sensations?

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CNS via class C fibers

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22) What are nociceptors and how do they function?

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Pain, excessive chemical thermal stimuli

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23) Katie was in a terrible automobile accident that cut her face, broke her ribs and tore her diaphragm. Which kind of pain did she experience at the time of her accident?

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Fast,Somatic, visceral

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24) What are proprioceptors and how do they function?

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Muscle spindles, detection if body and head position.

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25) How do second order neurons send impulses to the thalamus?
They decussate in the brain stem, conduct impulses to thalamus
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26) What carries sensory information to the brain?
All of the above
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27) Sensations arising from impulses conducted along the posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway include what sensations?
Touch, pressure, vibration, conscious, propioception, NOT crude touch
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28) What do lower motor neurons do?
Innervate skeletal muscle in the body
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29) What do upper motor neurons do?
Give I put to local circuit neurons and lower motor neurons
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30) How are direct and indirect pathways of somatic motor pathways organized?
Control generation of impulses in lower motor neurons
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31) What percentage of the axons of upper motor neurons decussate in the medulla oblongata
90% or Not 10%
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32) What tracts make up the direct motor pathway?
Corticospinal and corticobulbar
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33) What makes up indirect motor pathways?
Complex polysynaptic circuits
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34) What is the basal ganglia and what does it do?
Initiation and termination of movements, suppress unwanted movements, influence muscle tone
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35) How is the cerebellum involved in the control of movement?
monitors and influences movement. ***
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36) What are the integrative functions of the cerebrum?
sleep, wakefulness, learning, memory
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37) What establishes the human wake and sleep rhythm?
circadian rhythm, hypothalamus
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38) What are the stages of NREM sleep?
transition light sleep moderately deep sleep deepest
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39) Describe REM sleep.
eyes move rapdily back and forth
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40) Does increased sympathetic activity take place during sleep?
No
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41) Theophylline is widely used to treat asthma. Parents of asthmatic children are relieved when their child can breathe again but are sometimes annoyed by one of theophylline’s common side effects. What is this side effect?
combines with A-1 receptors so you cant sleep
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42) What is plasticity in the formation of memories?
the capability for change associated with learning
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43) Which parts of the brain are thought to be involved in memory formation?
frontal, parietal, occipital temporal, limbic system,
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``` 44) A classmate tells you which chapter to be read for the next class meeting and begins to walk away. Which type of memory will you use to remember the information and write it in your notebook before your classmate is out of sight? ```
immediate memory
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45) Some medications interfere with the normal functions of the amygdala or the hippocampus. What could might be a side effect of such a medication?
no short term memories
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46) A person suffering from a closed head injury remembers events from this week very clearly, but cannot recognize the faces of people she knew before the injury occurred. Which part of her brain is most likely affected by the injury?
occipital cerebral cortex
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47) What changes occur in a neuron when it is stimulated?
increase the number of presynaptic terminals and enlargement of synaptic end bulbs, increase in number of dendrite branches
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48) What is Parkinson’s Disease?
progressive disease that causes imbalance in neurotransmitter activity
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49) A disorder caused by hypoxia during birth and resulting in loss of muscle control is what?
cerebral palsy
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50) Which senses includes vision, hearing, balance, taste and smell?
special senses
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51) What are unique about special sense receptors?
anatomically distinct, concentrated in specific locations in the head
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52) What is smell?
olfaction ***
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53) What do olfactory receptors use to transduce chemical signals?
olfactory hairs
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54) How do olfactory receptors differ from other neurons?
lower threshold, they regenerate
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55) Place the parts of the olfactory pathway in the order in which an impulse travels to its integration center:
***
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56) What are the primary taste sensations?
sour sweet bitter salty umami
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57) How does gestation compare to olfaction?
it is a chemical sense but it is much simpler
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58) Which of the papillae function in gestation?
vallate, fungiform, foliate, NOT filiform
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59) Which taste sensations arises from ions entering specific channels in the plasma membranes of gustatory receptors?
salt, sour
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60) Which tastants binds to receptors on the plasma membrane rather than entering the cell?
sodium or salty
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61) If there are only five primary tastes, why can humans identify thousands of flavors?
all of the above
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62) What are the tastes in order of increasing thresholds?
bitter, sour, sweet, salty
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63) What are the accessory structures of the eye?
NOT intrinsic eye muscles
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64) What are the functions of the eyelids?
shade the eyes during sleep, protects eyes from excessive light and foreign objects, and lubricates eyeballs
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65) What is unique about humans expressing emotion through crying?
only humans do it
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66) What is the fibrous tunic of the eye?
superficial layer of the eyeball**
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67) A 3-year-old child becomes frightened of the “monster” in the closet and runs screaming into his parents’ room. What might the boy’s mother, a neurologist, notice about the child’s pupils?
dilated
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68) Hypertension is sometimes called the “silent killer” because patients may be asymptomatic until significant damage to tissues has occurred. Why might an optometrist (an O.D.) be the 1st person to detect that a patient has hypertension?
during eye exam the doctor may see a change in the retinal blood vessels (which are a sign of hypertension)
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69) What landmarks may be examined with an ophthalmoscope?
NOT optic chiasma
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70) What do rods do?
allow us to see in dim light
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71) What do cones do?
color vision
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72) The area of highest visual acuity is the
central fovea
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73) What does the lens do?
focus images on the retina
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74) What does the aqueous humor do?
fluid that nourishes the lens and cornea of the eye
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75) What is the near point focus?
Not the longest distance away from the eye that you can focus
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76) Ten year old Matt Zigbowski struggles at school. His teacher seats students alphabetically, so he is at the back of the classroom. He cannot see the words on the chalkboard from his desk. When he goes to the teacher’s desk near the chalkboard, he can see the words but some of the letters t, l, and i are hard to distinguish from each other. What is probably wrong with his eyes?
myopia and astigmatism
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77) Where does transduction of light take place?
outer segments of rods and cones
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78) How does light excite the bipolar cells that synapse with rods?
blocking release of inhibitory neurotransmitter
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79) Where will a nerve impulse that arose when ganglion cells depolarized terminate?
in the thalamus
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80) Where do axons from the temporal half of each retina discussate?
NOT in the optic chiasma
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81) What are the functions of the external, middle and inner ears?
all of the above
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82) What makes up the external ear?
auricle, external auditory canal, eardrum
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83) A patient had a stroke that damaged her facial nerve. In addition to changes in the ability to make facial expressions, what might be observed by the patient?
sensitive hearing
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84) What is the function of the auditory tube?
connects middle ear with nasopharynx
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85) What makes up the inner ear?
bony labyrinth, membranous labyrinth, semicircular canal, cochlea
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86) What forms the vestibular branch of cranial nerve VIII?
ampullary, utricular, saccular nerves
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87) The hair cells of the spiral organ (organ of Corti) are covered with what?
supporting cells , receptors for hearing ***
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88) How does pitch increase?
higher frequency of vibration
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89) What is the function of the ossicles?
conveys sound vibrations
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90) Loud noises, especially from music or engines can cause deafness if the sound level is what?
exceeding 110 DB
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91) Do all regions of the basilar membrane vibrate with the same intensity
no
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92) Where do first-order neurons of the vestibulocochlear nerve terminate?
medulla oblongota
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93) What does static and dynamic equilibrium maintain for the body?
maintain position relative to gravity, dynamic maintains position in response to movements
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94) A 4-year-old who wants to be a gymnast is assisted on to the balance beam and instructed just to stand on it for a minute. Which parts of the child’s ears will primarily be involved in helping her stay on the beam?
ossicle, tympanic membrane***
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95) A gymnast competing in the floor exercise must do a rapidly executed series of flips and twists. At the end of those movements the gymnast must land upright within the boundaries of tumbling mat and remain motionless for a few seconds. Which parts of the gymnast’s ears allow him to successfully complete the floor exercise?
vestibular apparatus, inner ear
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96) Axons from the vestibular nuclei extend to the nuclei of which cranial nerves?
III, IV, VI
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97) How does the cerebellum function in maintaining equilibrium?
all of the above
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98) When do the eyes begin development and from what embryonic tissue
22 days post fertilization, from the ectoderm
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99) Where does the inner ear arise from in the embryo?
ectoderm, mesenchyme
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100) What age-associated changes in the special senses may take place?
NOT increased acuity of hearing

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