Physiology II - Exam 1 - Practice Questions Flashcards

C. A collection of cell bodies and dendrites in the midbrain.

D. Sarcoplasmic reticulum

B. Diencephalon

B. Meningocele

C. Mesencephalon

B. Ventral (anterior) horns

B. Glutamate

B. Central sulcus

C. Leakage of potassium ions

D. Temporal lobe

A. Acetylcholine

D. Excitatory interneurons

B. Dendrite

C. Relay all sensory information, except smell, to the cerebral cortex

B. Ia inhibitory interneurons

A. Activation results in opening of an ion channel

C. Time it takes to “jump” from one node of Ranvier to the next one

C. Serotonin

C. Angular gyrus.

B. Loss of transfer of visual info from the right hemisphere into Wernicke’s area

A. Thalamus

E. V and VI

D. Wernike’s area

B. Primary sensory cortex

A. True

C. Discharge zone

C. First node of Ranvier

C. Movement of eye upward

D. Strychnine

D. Wernike’s area

B. Granular cells

A. Slow adapting

C. Labeled line principle

D. Chemical

B. It is carried by Aδ fibers.

A. Pain

A. 1, 2, 3

A. Lateral spinothalamic pathway

C. Reticular formation

A. Periaquaductal gray

C. Nucleus ruber

B. Secondary (second order) neurons

A. Somatosensory cortex

A. Dorsal column-medial lemniscal pathway

C. In the reticular formation

B. Sensations of pain, heat, and cold are lost on the side of the transection below the level of transection.

A. Medial lemniscal

C. Liver parenchyma

D. 60 diopters

C. Refractive power

B. 2 μm

B. Hyperopia

C. Myopia

D. The eyeball is too long

D. Scotopsin and all-trans retinal

E. The inside of the rod membrane has a potential of -70 mV.

A. Transducin

C. Lateral geniculate nucleus

D. Amacrine cells

D. They are probably responsible for all color vision.

A. They constitute the magnocellular region of the lateral geniculate nucleus.

D. Y type ganglion cells

D. Ganglion cells

B. 50 percent

A. 0

B. 6

D. Place principle

A. Length of fibers increases from the oval window to the apex and diameter of the fibers decreases from the oval window to the apex.

A. High concentration of potassium in the endolymph

A. Attenuation reflex

A. Tympanic membrane -> malleus -> incus -> stapes -> oval window

B. Scala vestibuli/scala media

B. Reissner’s membrane

D. Reticular activating system

D. Thalamus

C. Tectorial membrane

A. Dorsal and ventral cochlear nuclei; Superior olivary nucleus; Medial geniculate nucleus (thalamus); Auditory cortex