Lab Quizzes+Board Questions

Question 1

Muscles that are responsible for producing a particular movement are called ___________.

Answer 1

agonist; prime mover

Question 2

List two of the four functions of skeletal muscle.

Answer 2

contour and shape, grin and frown, locomotion, manipulate the environment, movement, motion

Question 3

Name the neuroglia which acts as a phagocyte and plays a role in immunity in the CNS.

Answer 3

microglia

Question 4

Name the outermost(leathery) connective tissue membrane that covers and protects the brain and the spinal cord.

Answer 4

dura mater

Question 5

Nearly all neurons that conduct impulses towards the Central Nervous System are structurally classified as _________.

Answer 5

unipolar; pseudounipolar

Question 6

The __________ consists of cranial nerves and spinal nerves which allow communication between the brain and the body.

Answer 6

peripheral nervous system

Question 7

__________ 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.

Answer 7

lumbar puncture; spinal tap; lumbar tap

Question 8

Which type of reflex is mediated through the trigeminal nerve and the absence of it indicates damage to the brain stem?

Answer 8

corneal reflex

Question 9

Name one example of an autonomic reflex

Answer 9

pupillary; consensual; coliospinal; salivary

Question 10

The ________ conserves energy, promotes nonemergency functions and refferred as “rest and digest” or the house keeping system.

Answer 10

parasympathetic

Question 11

Name the largest nerve in the body, which divides into the common fibular and trivial nerves.

Answer 11

sciatic nerve

Question 12

Which nerve when severed causes the diaphragm to be paralyzed and a cessation of breathing occurs?

Answer 12

phrenic

Question 13

Identify this tool used in the lab(little hammer you bang against knee)

Answer 13

reflex hammer

Question 13

Identify this tool used in the lab(little hammer you bang against knee)

Answer 13

reflex hammer

Question 14

________ or nearsightedness image focuses in front of the retina.

Answer 14

myopia

Question 15

Name two structures found in the sensory area.

Answer 15

retina; optic disc; macula lutae; fovea centralis

Question 16

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.

Answer 16

binocular vision

Question 17

Name the receptors that react to stimuli in the external environment, typically found close to the body surface.

Answer 17

exteroceptor; exteroreceptor

Question 18

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?

Answer 18

adaptation of temperature

Question 19

Name one of the two photoreceptors found in the retina.

Answer 19

rod; cone

Question 20

Inflammation of the middle ear is known as

Answer 20

otitis

Question 21

Dizziness

Answer 21

vertigo

Question 22

uncontrollable rolling of eyes followed by rapid eye movement is

Answer 22

nystagmus

Question 23

Semicircular canal involves which mechanism of equilibrium?

Answer 23

dynamic

Question 24

Which structure is responsible for static equilibrium?

Answer 24

vestibule

Question 25

The auditory ossicles belong to which part of the ear?

Answer 25

middle ear

Question 26

Hearing test that compares bone and air conduction is the

Answer 26

Rinne test

Question 27

Hearing test used to see if sound is centralized or lateralized to one ear

Answer 27

Weber test

Question 28

Taste receptors that respond to sodium channels

Answer 28

salty

Question 29

Taste receptors that respond to H+ ions to block K+ channels

Answer 29

sour

Question 30

Taste receptor that responds to alkaloids

Answer 30

bitter

Question 31

Taste receptor that responds to amino acid L glutamate

Answer 31

umami

Question 32

Inflammation of brain tissue is

Answer 32

encephalitis

Question 33

Inflammation of the meninges is

Answer 33

meningitis

Question 34

Cerebral spinal fluid accumulation in infant’s skill/brain that causes enlargement

Answer 34

hydrocephalus

Question 35

What is the name of the largest nerve in the lumbar plexus?

Answer 35

femoral nerve

Question 36

What is the name of the longest nerve in the body?

Answer 36

sciatic nerve

Question 37

Which nerve causes tingling if you hit your elbow too hard?

Answer 37

ulnar nerve