Neurophysiology part 2 deck 4

Question 1

What are the two patterns of neural processing called?

Answer 1

serial processing and parallel processing

Question 2

Serial processing involves the traveling of ?

Answer 2

input along one pathway to a specific destination with one neuron stimulating next one which stimulates next one

Question 3

True or false, serial processing system works in all or none manner to produce specific, anticipated response?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The best example of serial processing is a ___?

Answer 4

Spinal reflex

Question 5

Reflexes, serial processing involves what kind of responses to stimuli?

Answer 5

rapid, automatic responses

Question 6

The particular stimulus in reflexes always causes ____?

Answer 6

same response

Question 7

What pathways do reflexes occur over?

Answer 7

reflex arcs that have 5 components

Question 8

List the five components of the reflex arc

Answer 8

1. receptor
2. sensory neuron
3. integration
4. motor neuron
5. effector, leaving to response

Question 9

Parallel processing involves input travel along ___?

Answer 9

several pathways

Question 10

The different parts of circuitry deal ___ with the info?

Answer 10

simultaneously, one stimulus promotes numerous responses

Question 11

What is an example of parallel processing?

Answer 11

a sensed smell that may remind you of an odor and any associated experiences

Question 12

What are circuits in neuronal pools?

Answer 12

patterns of synaptic connections

Question 13

Name the 4 types of circuits in neuronal pools

Answer 13

• Diverging
• Converging
• Reverberating
• Parallel after discharge

Question 14

Diverging circuit involves ___ input and __ outputs?

Answer 14

one, many

Question 15

Diverging circuit is an ____ circuit?

Answer 15

amplifying

Question 16

A single neuron in the brain that can activate 100 or more motor neurons in the spinal cord and thousands of skeletal muscle fibers is an example of what type of circuit?

Answer 16

diverging circuit

Question 17

Converging circuit involves many ___ and one ___?

Answer 17

many inputs and one output

Question 18

What is an example of a converging circuit

Answer 18

A different sensory stimuli that can all elicit the same memory

Question 19

Reverberating circuit involves the travel of what?

Answer 19

a signal through a chain of neurons, each feeding back to previous neurons

Question 20

A reverberating circuit is an ____ circuit?

Answer 20

oscillating

Question 21

What does a reverberating circuit control?

Answer 21

rhythmic activity

Question 22

The circuit involved in breathing, sleep cycle, and repetitive motor activities such as walking is?

Answer 22

reverberating circuit

Question 23

In parallel after discharge circuit, a signal stimulates ____?

Answer 23

neurons arranged in parallel arrays that eventually converge on a single output cell

Question 24

What is an after discharge?

Answer 24

When impulses reach output cell at different times, causing a burst of impulses known as after discharge

Question 25

What circuit is involved in exacting mental processes such as mathematical calculations?

Answer 25

parallel after discharge circuit