Week 2

Question 1

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is responsible for processing visual information

Answer 1

Occipital

Question 2

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is responsible for consciousness

Answer 2

Frontal

Question 3

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is responsible for general senses of the body

Answer 3

Parietal

Question 4

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is responsible for processing auditory information

Answer 4

Temporal

Question 5

True/False: the somatic system is under voluntary control

Answer 5

True

Question 6

What type of receptor cell is responsible for transducting painstimuli

Answer 6

Nociceptor

Question 7

True/False: The sympathetic nervous system is always excitatory

Answer 7

False

Question 8

What is the correct sequence of events that occurs during synaptic transmission

Answer 8

Action potential arrives at axon terminal, neurotransmitter released into synaptic cleft, neurotransmitter binds to receptor, post synaptic cell responds

Question 9

Organ of the central nervous system found within the vertebral cavity and connected with the periphery through spinal nerves

Answer 9

Spinal Cord

Question 10

Functional division of the nervous system that is responsible for homeostatic reflexes that coordinate that coordinate controls of cardiac and smooth muscle as well as glandular tissue

Answer 10

Autonomic nervous system

Question 11

Nervous system function that receives information from the environment and translates it into the electrical signals of nervous tissue

Answer 11

Sensation

Question 12

Nervous system function that caused a target tissue (muscle or gland) to produce an event as a consequence to a stimuli:

Answer 12

Response

Question 13

Anatomical division of the nervous system located within the cranial and vertebral cavities, namely the brain and the spinal cord:

Answer 13

Central nervous system

Question 14

One of the various types of neural tissue cells responsible for maintenance of the tissue, and largely responsible for supporting neurons

Answer 14

Glial cell

Question 15

Cord-like bundle of axons located in the peripheral nervous system that transmits sensory input and response output to and from the central nervous system

Answer 15

Nerve

Question 16

The large organ of the central nervous system composed of white and grey matter, contained within the cranium and continuous with the spinal cord

Answer 16

Brain

Question 17

Functional division of the nervous system that is concerned with conscious perception, voluntary movement, and skeletal muscle reflexes

Answer 17

Somatic Nervous system

Question 18

Nervous system function that combines sensory perceptions and higher cognitive functions (memory, learning, emotion etc) to produce a response

Answer 18

Integration

Question 19

Neural tissue cell that is primarily responsible for generating and propagating electrical signals into, within and out of the nervous system

Answer 19

Neuron

Question 20

Anatomical division of the nervous system that is largely outside the cranial and vertebral cavities, namely all parts except the brain and spinal cord

Answer 20

Peripheral Nervous System

Question 21

Regions of the cerebral cortex that lie at the top of the brain behind the central sulcus and contain the somatosensory cortex (process sensory information); directly beneath the parietal bone of the cranium

Answer 21

Parietal lobe

Question 22

Regions of the nervous system containing cell bodies of neurons with few or no myelinated axons; actually may be more pink or tan in colour, but called this in contrast to white matter

Answer 22

Grey matter

Question 23

Large white matter structure that connects the right and left cerebral hemispheres

Answer 23

Corpus callosum

Question 24

regions of the cerebral cortex that are located laterally and that are responsible for initially processing auditory input; directly beneath the temporal bone of the cranium

Answer 24

Temporal lobes

Question 25

One half of the bilaterally symmetrical cerebrum

Answer 25

Hemisphere

Question 26

Regions of the cerebral cortex that lie at the top of the brain in front of the central sulcus and that responsible for motor output, speaking and elaboration of thoughts; directly beneath the frontal bone of the cranium

Answer 26

Frontal lobe

Question 27

Regions of the nervous system containing mostly myelinated axons, making the tissue appear this colour because of the high lipid content of myelin

Answer 27

White matter

Question 28

Regions of the cerebral cortex that are located posteriorly and are responsible for initially processing visual input; directly beneath the occipital bone of the cranium:

Answer 28

Occipital lobe

Question 29

outmost layer of grey matter in the brain, where conscious perception takes place

Answer 29

cerebral cortex

Question 30

Organ that can cause a change in value

Answer 30

effector

Question 31

Sense of taste

Answer 31

gustation

Question 32

Conducting or conducted inwards or towards something such as the central nervous system

Answer 32

Afferent

Question 33

Sense of body movement based on sensations in skeletal muscles, tendons, joints, and the skin

Answer 33

Kinaesthesia

Question 34

Process of changing an environmental stimulus into electrochemical signals of the nervous system

Answer 34

Transduction

Question 35

Cell that transducers environmental stimuli into neural signals

Answer 35

Receptor cell

Question 36

Receptor cell that sense differences in the concentration of bodily fluids on the basis of osmotic pressure

Answer 36

osmoreceptor

Question 37

Involuntary or unconscious

Answer 37

Autonomic

Question 38

Sensory receptor cell that is sensitive to chemical stimuli, such as in taste, smell or pain

Answer 38

chemoreceptor

Question 39

Pertaining to the body; related to the body’s framework or outer walls, including skin, skeletal muscle, tendons and joints

Answer 39

somatic

Question 40

Region of the cerebral cortex that initially receives sensory input from an ascending pathway from the thalamus and begins the processing that will result in conscious perception of that modality

Answer 40

Primary sensory cortex

Question 41

A particular system for interpreting and perceiving environmental stimuli by the nervous system

Answer 41

sensory modality

Question 42

Conducted or conducting outwards or away from something such as the central nervous system

Answer 42

efferent

Question 43

sense associated with internal organs

Answer 43

Visceral sense

Question 44

Sense of balance that includes sensations of position and movement of the head

Answer 44

Equilibrium

Question 45

Sense of hearing

Answer 45

Audition

Question 46

Sensory receptor specialised for temperature stimuli

Answer 46

thermoreceptor

Question 47

Receptor cell specialised to respond to light stimuli

Answer 47

photoreceptor

Question 48

receptor cell that senses pain stiuli

Answer 48

nociceptor

Question 49

Fibre structure that relays sensory information from the periphery through the spinal cord and brain stem to other structures of the brain

Answer 49

Ascending pathway

Question 50

Topographic representation of the body within the somatosensory cortex demonstrating the correspondence between neurons processing stimuli and sensitivitg

Answer 50

sensory homunculus

Question 51

Any sensory system that is distributed throughout the body and incorporated into organs of multiple other systems, such as the walls of the digestive organs or the skin

Answer 51

General sense

Question 52

Receptor cell that transduces mechanical stimuli into electrochemical signal

Answer 52

Mechanoreceptor

Question 53

An afferent neurons peripheral ending which is specialised to respond to a particular stimulus in its environment

Answer 53

sensory receptor

Question 54

Sense of position and movement of the body

Answer 54

proprioception

Question 55

Sense of smell

Answer 55

olfaction

Question 56

Any sensory system associated with a specific organ structure, namely smell, taste, sight, hearing, and balance

Answer 56

Special sense

Question 57

Set of functions associated with the parasympathetic system

Answer 57

Rest and digest

Question 58

Organ, tissue or gland that will respond to the control of an autonomic or somatic or endocrine signal

Answer 58

Target effector

Question 59

Division of the autonomic nervous system associated with the fight or flight response

Answer 59

sympathetic division

Question 60

Functional division of the nervous system that is responsible for homeostatic reflexes that coordinate control of cardiac and smooth muscle, as well as glandular tissue

Answer 60

autonomic nervous system

Question 61

Division of the autonomic nervous system responsible for restful and digestive functions

Answer 61

parasympathetic division

Question 62

Set of responses induced by sympathetic activity that lead to either fleeing a threat or standing up to it, which in the modern world is associated with anxious feelings

Answer 62

fight or flight response

Question 63

In cells with long extensions, the part that contains the nucleus

Answer 63

Cell body

Question 64

Distribution of charge across the cell membrane, based on the charges of ions

Answer 64

Membrane potential

Question 65

One of many branchlike processes that extends from the neuron cell body and functions as a contact for incoming signals (synapses) from other neurons or sensory cells

Answer 65

dendrites

Question 66

Single process of the neuron that carries an electrical signal (action potential) away from the cell body toward a target cell

Answer 66

Axon

Question 67

The difference in a voltage measured across a cell membrane under steady-state conditions, especially -70mV

Answer 67

Resting membrane potential

Question 68

End of the axon, where there are usually several branches extending toward the target celli

Answer 68

Axon terminals

Question 69

Cell membrane that regulates the movement of ions so that an electrical signal can be generated

Answer 69

Excitable membrane

Question 70

Change in voltage of a cell membrane in response to a stimulus that results in transmission of an electrical signal; unique to neurons and muscle fibres

Answer 70

Action potential

Question 71

Change in a cell membrane potential from rest towards zero

Answer 71

depolarisation

Question 72

Distribution of charge across the cell membrane, base on the charges of internal ions

Answer 72

membrane potential

Question 73

Return of the membrane potential to its normally negative voltage at the end of its action potential

Answer 73

repolarisation

Question 74

Membrane voltage at which an action potential is initiated

Answer 74

threshold

Question 75

Change in membrane potential in which the cell interior becomes more negative than its resting state

Answer 75

hyperpolarisation

Question 76

Chemical signal that is released from the synaptic bulb of a neuron ti cause a change in the target cell

Answer 76

Neurotransmitter

Question 77

Connection between two neurons, or between a neuron and its target, where a neurotransmitter diffuses across a very short distance:

Answer 77

Chemical synapse

Question 78

Small gap between cells in a chemical synapse where neurotransmitter diffused from the pre synaptic element to the post synaptic element

Answer 78

synaptic cleft