Quiz 6

Question 1

Taste receptor cells for which of the following flavors used G-Protein Coupled Receptors to help induce depolarization?

Answer 1

Sweet

Question 2

Taste buds on the tongue are clustered together into what structures?

Answer 2

Papillae

Question 3

When protons flood the extracellular spaces around taste receptor cells, what flavor are you most likely to taste?

Answer 3

Sour

Question 4

Olfactory axons enter the cranium through what structure?

Answer 4

Cribiform Plate

Question 5

What substance helps trap and concentrate odor molecules so they can be perceived by the olfactory receptor cells?

Answer 5

Mucus

Question 6

The movement of nervous system electrical activity from the neuron generators to an electrode placed several inches away on the surface of the skin requires what?

Answer 6

Volume Conduction

Question 7

MEG offers what advantage over EEG?

Answer 7

Spatial resolution for deep brain structures

Question 8

The time between the delivery of a stimulus and the appearance of an electrical response in an evoked potential is measured as what?

Answer 8

Latency

Question 9

Which of the following imaging tests provides dynamic images of brain activity?

Answer 9

fMRI

Question 10

Which of the following imaging tests detects gamma rays produced after positrons that are emitted after beta radioactive decay annihilate with nearby electrons?

Answer 10

PET