Exam Review Flashcards
Which type of ganglion cells receive cone input and relay information about small non moving objects in the center of visual field?
A- P
B- M
C- K
P cells
In regards to information flow in and out of the primary visual cortex, cells in which layer project back to the thalamus?
A- 2
B- 5
C- 6
Layer 6
Ocular dominance columns in the primary visual cortex receive information ___.
A- from one or the other eye
B- about color rather than orientation
C- about axis of orientation of the light bar
From one or the other eye
Lesion to the right optic tract would result in ___.
A- blindness in the right eye
B-left homonymous hemianopia
C- right homonymous hemianopia with macular sparing
Left homonymous hemianopia
Which structure of the cochlea contains high concentrations of potassium ions?
A- scala vestibuli
B- scala tympani
C- scala media
Scala media
A 60- year old man presents to your office complains of strange ankle motion when sitting after standing for long periods of time. He recently suffered a stroke, but is recovering. Upon reflex testing, your patient displays clonus. Which receptors would be involved in production of clonus?
A- Ruffini endings
B- Golgi tendon organs
C- Meissner’s corpuscles
Golgi tendon organs
While testing jerk reflexes in a patient suffering from spinal cord injury, you discovered Hyperreflexia. You suspect involvement of the __.
A- dorsal column/ medial lemniscus pathway
B- corticospinal tract within lateral column
C- ventral horn of gray matter
Corticospinal tract within lateral column
___ is/ are used to screen newborns for hearing defects.
A- otiacoustic emissions
B- Rinne test
C- Caloric testing
Otiacoustic emissions
The human ear may detect sound waves in ___ diapason.
A- 20-20,000 Hz
B- 0-120 Hz
C- 400-700 nm
20-20,000 Hz
Primary Ia fibers are stimulated by__.
A- both rate and degree of stretch
B- only by degree of stretch
C- muscle contraction
Both rate and degree of stretch
The sensory receptors for static equilibrium can be found in the ___.
A- crista ampularris
B- maculae
C- tectorial membrane
Maculae
In which inhibitory pathway interneurons of relay nuclei are activated by afferentfibers?
A- feed-forward
B- feedback
C- distant inhibition
Feed-forward
Which of the following is an unencapsulated receptor?
A- Merkel Disk
B- Pacinian corpuscle
C- Ruffini ending
Merkel disk
Medial rotation of the eyeball toward the close object being viewed is called ___.
A- accommodation
B- convergence
C- astigmatism
Convergence
The vestibular nuclei regulate the reflex movement of the neck, limbs, and trunk via the ___.
A- dorsal column/ medial lemniscus pathway
B- vestibulospinal tract
C- medial longitudinal fasiculus
Vestibulospinal tract
In the vestibular system, cell bodies of the 1st order sensory neurons are located in the ___.
A- superior colliculus
B- inferior olivary nucleus
C- superior and inferior vestibular ganglia
Superior and inferior ganglia
Being hit in the arm slightly and then being hit harder will cause a change in the ___ of sensory experience.
A- modality
B- intensity
C- frequency
Intensity
Lesion to the optic chiasm causes which visual disturbance?
A- heteronymous bitemporal hemianopia
B- homonymous contralateral hemianopia
C- ipsilateral blindness
Heteronymous bitemporal hemianopia
In the test buds, some gustatory cells form tradition synapses with dendrites of sensory neurons and release neurotransmitter ___.
A- histamine
B- norepinephrine
C- serotonin
Serotonin