Lab Quizzes+Board Questions Flashcards
Muscles that are responsible for producing a particular movement are called ___________.
agonist; prime mover
List two of the four functions of skeletal muscle.
contour and shape, grin and frown, locomotion, manipulate the environment, movement, motion
Name the neuroglia which acts as a phagocyte and plays a role in immunity in the CNS.
microglia
Name the outermost(leathery) connective tissue membrane that covers and protects the brain and the spinal cord.
dura mater
Nearly all neurons that conduct impulses towards the Central Nervous System are structurally classified as _________.
unipolar; pseudounipolar
The __________ consists of cranial nerves and spinal nerves which allow communication between the brain and the body.
peripheral nervous system
__________ is a procedure to remove cerebral spinal fluid for analysis when bacterial or viral infection of the spinal cord or the meninges are suspected without damaging the spinal cord.
lumbar puncture; spinal tap; lumbar tap
Which type of reflex is mediated through the trigeminal nerve and the absence of it indicates damage to the brain stem?
corneal reflex
Name one example of an autonomic reflex
pupillary; consensual; coliospinal; salivary
The ________ conserves energy, promotes nonemergency functions and refferred as “rest and digest” or the house keeping system.
parasympathetic
Name the largest nerve in the body, which divides into the common fibular and trivial nerves.
sciatic nerve
Which nerve when severed causes the diaphragm to be paralyzed and a cessation of breathing occurs?
phrenic
Identify this tool used in the lab(little hammer you bang against knee)
reflex hammer
Identify this tool used in the lab(little hammer you bang against knee)
reflex hammer
________ or nearsightedness image focuses in front of the retina.
myopia
Name two structures found in the sensory area.
retina; optic disc; macula lutae; fovea centralis
What was being tested in the experiment that involved the subject inserting a pencil into a test tube first with both eyes opened followed by closing one eye and repeating the action.
binocular vision
Name the receptors that react to stimuli in the external environment, typically found close to the body surface.
exteroceptor; exteroreceptor
What is the name for the activity in which the subject placed their hand in a hot bowl of water and measure how long it took for sensation to fade the repeated the experiment with a bowl of cold water?
adaptation of temperature
Name one of the two photoreceptors found in the retina.
rod; cone
Inflammation of the middle ear is known as
otitis
Dizziness
vertigo
uncontrollable rolling of eyes followed by rapid eye movement is
nystagmus
Semicircular canal involves which mechanism of equilibrium?
dynamic
Which structure is responsible for static equilibrium?
vestibule
The auditory ossicles belong to which part of the ear?
middle ear
Hearing test that compares bone and air conduction is the
Rinne test
Hearing test used to see if sound is centralized or lateralized to one ear
Weber test
Taste receptors that respond to sodium channels
salty
Taste receptors that respond to H+ ions to block K+ channels
sour
Taste receptor that responds to alkaloids
bitter
Taste receptor that responds to amino acid L glutamate
umami
Inflammation of brain tissue is
encephalitis
Inflammation of the meninges is
meningitis
Cerebral spinal fluid accumulation in infant’s skill/brain that causes enlargement
hydrocephalus
What is the name of the largest nerve in the lumbar plexus?
femoral nerve
What is the name of the longest nerve in the body?
sciatic nerve
Which nerve causes tingling if you hit your elbow too hard?
ulnar nerve
