TEST3

Question 1

Area where an action potential is first generated

Answer 1

Receptive region

Question 2

Plasma membrane exhibits voltage-gated Na+ & K+ channels

Answer 2

Conduction Region

Question 3

Plasma membrane exhibits voltage-gated Ca2+ channels

Answer 3

Secretory Region

Question 4

Plasma membrane exhibits chemically gated ion channels

Answer 4

Receptive region

Question 5

cerebral lobes to the functional areas

Auditory area

Answer 5

Temporal

Question 6

Primary somatosensory cortex

Answer 6

Parietal

Question 7

Premotor area

Answer 7

frontal lobe

Question 8

visual area

Answer 8

occipital lobe

Question 9

Taste (gustatory) are

Answer 9

Insula

Question 10

Brain regions to their functions

Gateway to the cerebrum

Answer 10

Thalamus

Question 11

Motor precommand center

Answer 11

Cerebellum

Question 12

Survival center

Answer 12

Brain Stem

Question 13

Executive suite

Answer 13

Cerebrum

Question 14

visceral command center

Answer 14

hypothalamus

Question 15

The crebellum & basal nuclei

Answer 15

Precommand level

Question 16

Includes cerebral cortical & brain stem motor areas

Answer 16

Projection level

Question 17

The neural machinery of the spinal cord, including spinal cord circuits

Answer 17

Segmental level

Question 18

Describes ANS

Answer 18

motor fibers that conduct nerve impulses from the CNS to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands

Question 19

what are ciliated CNS neuroglia that play an active role in moving the cerebrospinal fluid

Answer 19

Ependmal cells

Question 20

Follwoing is an excitatory neurotransmitter secreted by motor neurons innervation skeletal muscle

Answer 20

Acetylcholine

Question 21

Ion channnel opens in response to a change in membrane potential & participates in generation & conduciton of action potentials

Answer 21

voltage-gated channel

Question 22

An impulse from one nerve cell is communicated to another nerve cell via the _____

Answer 22

SYNAPSE

Question 23

Role of acetylcholinesterase

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destroy ACh a brief period after its release by the axon endings

Question 24

NOT a function of the ANS

Answer 24

Innervation of skeletal muscle

Question 25

Collections of nerve cell bodies outside the central nervous system are called

Answer 25

Ganglia

Question 26

A neuron that has as its primary function the job of connecting other neurons is called

Answer 26

association neuron

Question 27

Saltatory conduction is made possible by

Answer 27

the myelin sheath

Question 28

Neuroglia that control the chemical environment around neurons by buffering potassium & recapturing newurotransmitters are

Answer 28

Astrocytes

Question 29

Schwann Cells are functionally similar to

Answer 29

Oliogodendrocytes

Question 30

immediately after an aciton potential has peaked, which cellular gates open

Answer 30

Potassium

Question 31

An inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP) is associated with

Answer 31

Hyperpolarization

Question 32

Occurs as an excitatroy postsynaptic potential (EPSP) is being generated on adendtritic membrane

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A single type of channel will open, permitting simultaneous flow of sodium & potassium

Question 33

When a sensory neuron is excited by some form of energy, the resulting graded potential is called

Answer 33

Generator potential

Question 34

NOT true of graded potentials

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Increase in strength as they move away from the stimulus point

Question 35

In what way does the interior surface of a cell membrane of a resting (nonconducting) neuron differ from the external environment. The interior is\_\_\_\_\_\_

Answer 35

Negatively charged & contains less sodium

Question 36

The arbor vitae refers to

Answer 36

Cerebellar white matter

Question 37

The brain stem consists of the

Answer 37

Midbrain medulla pons

Question 38

Primary auditory cortex is located in the

Answer 38

temporal lobe

Question 39

Spinocerebellar tracts

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carry proprioceptive inputs to the crebellum

Question 40

Cell line the bentricles of the brain

Answer 40

Ependymal cells

Question 41

The subarachnoid space lies between what 2 layers of meninges

Answer 41

Arachonoid and Pia

Question 42

Cell bodies of the sensory neurons of the spinal nerves are located in

Answer 42

the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord

Question 43

A shallow groove on the surface of the cortex is called a

Answer 43

Sulcus

Question 44

The central sulcus separates which lobes

Answer 44

frontal from parietal

Question 45

Spastic paralysis suffests damage to the

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upper motor neurons

Question 46

Ridges of tissue on the surface of the cerebral hemishperes are called

Answer 46

gyri

Question 47

2 terms for the masssive motor tracts serving voluntary movement are

Answer 47

Pyramidal & corticospinal

Question 48

Which part of the crebral cortex is involved in intellect, cognition, recall, and personality

Answer 48

perfontal cortex

Question 49

Process of linking new facts with old facts already stored in the memory bank is called

Answer 49

Consolidation

Question 50

The brain area that refulates activites that control the state of wakefulness or alertness of the crebral cortex is the

Answer 50

reticular formation

Question 51

NOT find in normal cerebrospinal fluid

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Red Blood Cells

Question 52

REM sleep is associated with

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Temporary skeletal muscle inhibition except for the extrinsic eye muscles

Question 53

Structure is probably NOT directly involved in memory

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Medulla

Question 54

White matter (myelinated fibers) is found in all of the following locaitons EXCEPT the

Answer 54

Cerebral Cortex

Question 55

2nd-order neurons of both the specific & nonspecific ascending pathways usually terminate in the

Answer 55

Thalamus

Question 56

Brain waves are NOT normal for awake adults but are common for children

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THETA

Question 57

Patellar "knee jerk" reflex is an example of a

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Stretch reflex

Question 58

What nerves does NOT arise from the brachial plexus

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Phrenic

Question 59

NOT an example of an exteroceptor

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Baroreceptor

Question 60

NOT a main level of neural integration in the somatosensory

Answer 60

Circuit

Question 61

Spinal nerves exiting the cord from the level of L4 to S4 form the

Answer 61

Sacral plexus

Question 62

Inborn or intrinsic reflexes are

Answer 62

Involuntary, yet may be modified by learned behavior

Question 63

A reflex that causes muscle relaxation & lengthening in response to muscle tension is called

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Golgi tendon reflex

Question 64

Pressure, pain, and temperature receptors located in the skin are

Answer 64

exteroceptors

Question 65

Potentially damaging stimuli that result in pain are selectively detected by

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Nociceptors

Question 66

receptors adapt most slowly

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Pressure receptors

Question 67

Nerves that carry impulses TOWARD the CNS only are

Answer 67

Afferent nerves

Question 68

After axonal injury, regeneration in peripheral nerves is guided by

Answer 68

Schwann cells

Question 69

Regeneration within the CNS

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is prevented due to growth-ingibiting proteins of oligodendrocytes

Question 70

In a crossed-extensor reflex, if the right arms was grabbed it would flex & the left arm would

Answer 70

Extend

Question 71

Allows us to see a familiar face

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Pattern Recognition

Question 72

All processing at the circuit level going up to the perceptual level must synapse in the

Answer 72

THALAMUS

Question 73

What is the correct simple spinal reflex arc

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Receptor afferent neuron integration center efferent neuron effector

Question 74

If the ventral root of a spinal nerve were cut, what would be the result in the tissue or region that nerve supplies

Answer 74

a complete loss of vountary movement