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BIO201 - Final Review 4 - Q & A's from Online Lessons & Labs - P. Nervous System

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What organ is involved in micturition (urination)?   Bladder  
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What organ is involved in the Heringt-Breuer reflex?   Lung or lungs  
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What organ is involved in defecation?   Rectum  
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What organ is involved in the cartoid sinus?   Cartoid Artery  
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Which division controls the ciliospinal reflex?   Sympathetic  
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Which division controls the salivary reflex?   Parasympathetic  
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Which division controls the pupilary light reflex?   The parasympathetic division.  
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Name a few somatic reflexes?   Abdominal reflex, Achiles jerk, Corneal reflex, Crossed extensor reflex, gag reflex, patellar & plantar reflex.  
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Name 2 simple stretch reflexes?   Achilles jerk & patellar reflex.  
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Superficial cord reflexes are?   Abdominal reflex & plantar reflex.  
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Autonimic reflexes include?   Ciliospinal reflex & pupillary light reflex  
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5 essential components of a reflex arc:   Receptor, sensory neuron, integration center, motor neuron, & effector.  
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The __ division has more specific control.   Parasympathetic Division  
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"Fight or flight" system.   Sympathetic Division  
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Which division is normally in control?   Parasympathetic Division is normally in control.  
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Which division arises from spinal nerves T1 - L3?   The Sympathetic Division rises from spinal nerves.  
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Which division has short preganglionic axon & long postganglionic axon?   Sympathetic Division - short/long  
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Which division has long preganglionic axon; short postganglionic axon?   Parasympathetic division - long/short  
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Which division secretes acetylcholine; cholinergic fibers?   The parasympathetic division secretes ACh.  
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Which division secretes norepinephrine; adrenergic fibers?   The sympathetic division secretes norepinepherine.  
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A pelvic splanchnic nerve contains:   preganglionic parasympathetic fibers.  
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Name the plexus that serves the head, neck & shoulders.   The cervical plexus  
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Name the nerves serving the leg & foot.   Tibial & common fibular  
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Name two nerves serving anterior forearm muscles.   Median & ulnar  
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Name 2 nerves serving the arm muscles.   Musculocutaneous & radial  
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Name the plexus serving the abdominal wall.   Lumbar Plexus  
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Name the major nerve serving the anterior thigh   Femoral  
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Name the major nerve serving the medial side of the hand.   Ulnar  
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What would happen if the dorsal root of a spinal nerve were damaged?   Loss of sensory function.  
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What would happen if the ventral root of a spinal nerve were damaged?   Loss of motor function  
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Plexuses serve the __ of the body   Limbs or anterior trunk  
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The dorsal rami of the spinal nerves serve the __.   Posterior trunk or posterior body trunk.  
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Will contraction of a muscle occur if the upper motor neurons serving it have been destroyed?   Yes  
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Will contraction of a muscle occur if the lower motor neurons serving it have been destroyed?   No  
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Damage to what would cause uncoordinated movement?   Tectospinal tract, rubrospinal tract, & vestibulospinal tract  
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Damage to what would cause lack of voluntary movement?   Lateral or anterior corticospinal tract  
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What would be damaged if there are trmors, or jerky movements?   Tectospinal tract, rubrospinal tract or vestibulospinal tract.  
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What damage would cause diminished pain perception?   Lateral spinothalamic tract  
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What damage would cause a diminished sense of touch?   Fasciculus gracilis & cuneatus, or anterior spinothalamic tract.  
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Neuron type found in posterior horn   Association  
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Neuron type found in anterior horn   Efferent in anterior horn  
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Neuron type in dorsal root ganglion   Afferent in dorsal root  
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Fiber type in ventral root   Efferent in ventral root  
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Fiber type in dorsal root   Afferent in dorsal root  
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Fiber type in spinal nerve?   Both afferent and efferent  
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Most superior boundary of the spinal cord.   Foramen magnum  
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Meningeal extension beyond the spinal cord terminus   filium terminale  
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spinal cord terminus   conus medullaris  
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collection of spinal nerves traveling in the vertebral canal below the terminus of the spinal cord.   Cauda equina  
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What region of the cerebrum interprets the kind & intensity of stimuli that cause cutaneous sensations?   Somatosensory association area  
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Where is referred pain felt when the elbow is immersed in ice water?   Medial aspect of hand  
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Where would referred pain appear if appendix were in pain?   RLQ of abdominal surface  
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Where is referred pain for kidneys?   Lumbar pain  
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Where is gallbladder referred pain?   Right inferior thorax  
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Which has more numerous receptors? Hot or cold?   Cold  
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Which areas are least sensitive to touch?   Back of calf & neck  
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Which 2 body areas are most sensitive to touch?   Lips & fingertips  
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Which cutaneous receptors are most numerous?   Pain receptors  
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Emotions influence autonomic reactions primarily through integration in the __.   Hypothalamus  
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The route of major parasympathetic outflow from the head in the __ nerve.   Vagus  
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The majority of the sympathetic fibers leave the spinal cord in the __.   Thoracolumbar region, and the postganglionic fibers secrete norepinepherine.  
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In aging, the autonomic inefficiency is often due to __.   Cloggin of preganglionic axon terminals with filaments.  
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The white rami __.   Carry preganglionic axons to the sympathetic chain.  
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In contrast to the somatic nervous system, the autonomic nervous system __.   Has 2 efferent neurons.  
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The secretions of the adrenal medulla act to supplement the effects of __.   Sympathetic stimulation  
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If the ventral root of a spinal nerve were cut, what would be the result in the tissue or region that nerve supplies?   A complete loss of voluntary movement.  
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The circuit level of the somatosensory system involves CNS centers in all of the following except the __.   Cerebral cortex (perceptual level)  
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Which nerve would cause the corner of the mouth to droop & an eye unable to close?   Facial Nerve  
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The peripheral nervous system includes __.   Sensory receptors  
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__ most always takes a nonspecific acending pathway.   Pain  
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Innervates teh superior oblique muscle.   Trochlear (IV)  
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Damage to this nerve would cause dizziness, nausea, and loss of balance.   Vestibulococlear (VIII)  
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Damage to this nerve would cause difficulty in speech.   Hypoglossal Nerve (XII)  
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White matter (myelinated fibers) is found in all of the following locations, with the exception of the __.   Cerebral Cortex - Gray matter  
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Which of the following is/are involved with motor activity (either initiation or coordination)?   Red nuclei  
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Which statement is not true?   Stage 4 sleep increases in old age.  
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Group __ fibers are not capable of saltatory conduction.   C  
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If a motor neuron in the body were stimulated by an electrode placed about midpoint along the length of the axon __.   The impulse would spread bidirectionally.  
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Which nerve would connect to a muscle?   Multipolar - motor interneuron  
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Which neuron is a sensory neuron found in a reflex arc?   Bipolar  
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Which neuron is common only in dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord and sensory ganglia of cranial nerves?   Unipolar - dorsal root ganglia  
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Trauma to a nerve of this plexus may cause wrist drop.   brachial plexus - wrist drop  
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Striking the funny bone may cause injury to a nerve of this plexus.   brachial plexus  
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The phrenic nerve branches from this plexus.   cervical plexus  
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The obturator and femoral nerves branch from this plexus.   They form the lumbar plexus.  
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Improper administration of an injection to the buttocks may injure a nerve of this plexus.   sacral plexus - can be injured.  
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Ventral spinal cord roots contain ____ fibers   Motor  
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The perineurium defines the boundary of a ___.   Fascicle  
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____ is the tingling sensation or numbness when blood has been cut off from an area, as when the foot "goes to sleep."   Ischemia  
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Pain perception is involved in the ____ ascending pathways of the somatosensory system.   Nonspecific  
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____ ____ are modified free-dendritic endings found int he stratum germinativum.   Merkel Discs  
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Complex motor behaviors such as walking depends on ___ ___ patterns.   Fixed Action  
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_____ _____ is a protective reflex that overrides the spinal pathways and prevents any other reflexes from using them at the same time.   Flexor reflex  
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Helps to regulate blood pressure and digestion & has receptors in nasal cavity epithelium.   Vagus nerve  
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Turns the eyeball laterally.   abducens  
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T/F - External strabismus and ptosis could be caused by damage to the oculomotor nerve.   true - Can result from damage  
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T/F - The obturator nerve branches from the sacral plexus.   This is false. It branches from the lumbar plexus.  
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T/F - Spinal roots and rami are similar in that they both contain sensory and motor fibers.   True - both do  
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T/F - The dorsal ramus consists only of motor fibers bringing information to the spinal cord.   This is false. Each ramus is mixed.  
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T/F - The second cranial nerve forms a chiasma at the base of the brain for partial crossover of neural fibers.   True - Optic nerve  
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The __ nerve is a major nerve of the brachial plexus.   musculocutaneous  
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In the somatosensory system there are no __-order neurons in the cerebellum.   third  
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In __ inhibition, the stretch stimulus causes the antagonists to relax so that they cannot resist the shortening of the "stretched" muscle caused by the main reflex arc.   reciprocal  
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Which reflex checks the integrity of the spinal cord and dorsal rami at the level of T8 to T12.   Abdominal  
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Which reflex Produces a rapid withdrawal of the body part from a painful stimulus; ipsilateral.   flexor  
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Which reflex Tests both upper and lower motor pathways. The sole of the foot is stimulated with a dull instrument extension.   plantar  
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Which reflex Prevents muscle overstretching and maintains muscle tone.   stretch  
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The celiac ganglion is primarily associated with the __ division.   sympathetic  
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T/F - Beta-adrenergic receptors are the only receptors found on the heart.   This is false. There are two major classes of adrenergic receptors: alpha and beta, and the heart has both.  
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Alpha-adrenergic effects are usually __ and mediatory.   stimulatory  
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T/F - In contrast to the parasympathetic division, the sympathetic division has numerous ganglionic neurons in the gray matter of the spinal cord.   This is false. The sympathetic division has ganglia within a few centimeters of the CNS: alongside vertebral column and anterior to vertebral column; not within the gray matter of the spinal cord itself.  
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T/F - The sympathetic chain is composed of collateral ganglia.   This is false. The chain synapses with collateral ganglia.  
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T/F - The gray rami communicantes consist of myelinated postganglionic fibers.   This is false. The gray rami are unmyelinated, while the white rami are myelinated (giving them their characteristic white color).  
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T/F - The chain ganglion, like the dorsal root ganglion, contains soma from sensory neurons.   This is false. The chain ganglion does not contain soma from sensory neurons.  
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T/F - Splanchnic nerves are mixed motor and sensory nerves.   This is false. Splanchnic nerves are not mixed nerves.  
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The ___ receptor type is used by the heart, and when activated increases heart rate.   Beta-one  
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The __ division causes erection of the penis and clitoris.   parasympathetic division - penis  
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The two cholinergic receptor types are   nicotinic and muscarinic  
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