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| the spinal tract that carries sensory information concerning fine touch and pressure. |
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| posterior spinocerebellar |
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| the spinal tract that relays information from prprioceptors to the CNS |
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| the spinal tract that relays information concerning pain and temperature to the CNS |
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| the spinal tract that relays information concerning crude touch and pressure |
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| the spinal tract that regulates voluntary motor control of skeletal muscles on the same side of the body is the ______________ tract. |
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| neurons in the anterior horns of the spinal cord |
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| axons of the corticopinal tract synapse at the motor... |
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| the pyramids on the surface of the medulla are formed by fibers of the |
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| lateral corticospinal tracts |
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| axons that dcussate in the region of the pyramids of the medulla form the |
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| the effects produced by the extrapyramidal system on lower motor neurons can be all of the following except to... |
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| provide a background pattern and rhythm for movement |
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| motor neurons whose cell bodies lie in the CNS processing center are called |
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| the simplest reflexes are mediated at the level of the |
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| stimulation of a neuron that terminates in the superior portion of the left postcentral gyrus would produce. |
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| motor function on the opposite side from the damage. |
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| Some the fibers that form the lateral spinothalamic tracts are damaged before they decussate at the medulla. This type of damage would affect... |
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| carry fibers that synapse in collateral ganglia. |
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| inferior mesenteric ganglion |
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| sympathetic innervation of the urinary bladder an sex organs is by way of.. |
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| release of intracellurlar calcium stores |
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| stimulation of alpha-1 receptors by norepinephrine would result in.. |
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| stimulation of what type of membrane receptor by norepinephrine would activate enzymes that break down glycogen in skeletal muscles. |
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| drugs that target muscarinic receptors are |
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| preganglionic fibers of parasympathetic nerves synapse on neurons |
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| damage to the ventral roots of the first five thoracic spinal nerves on the right side of the body would interfere with the ability to |
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| a certain drug decreases heart rate by producing hyperpolarization at the membrane to the pacemaker cells of the heart. This drug binds to _______ receptors. |
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| line over which sensory information arrives |
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| the cns intereprets information entirely on the basis of the |
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| usually have large receptive fields |
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| a tactile receptor is composed of a capsule that surrounds a core of collage fibers. |
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| a tactile receptor composed of dendritic processes of a single mylinated fiber that makes contadct with unusually large epithelial cells of the stratum geminativum |
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| contains the photoreceptor cells |
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| in the human eye the greatest amount of refraction occurs when light passes from the air into the cornea |
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| produces a depolarization of the membrane |
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| displacement of stereocilia toward the kinocilium of a hair cell |
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| when the stereocilia of the hair cell are displaced toward the kinocilium |
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| the quantity of neurotranmitter that is released by a hair cell inot the synapse with a sensory neuron increases |
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| damage to the fovea of the eye would interefere with the ability to see color |
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| the intracellular level of cGMP decreases |
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| when a rod is stimulated by light |
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| visual receptors are much LESS sensitive to stimulation |
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| in the light adapted state |
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| how is myopia (near sightedness) corrected |
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| axons crossing from one side of the spinal cord to the other within the gray matter are found in |
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| the layer of the meninges that is tightly bound to the surface of the neural tissue is the |
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| incoming sensory information would be disrupted |
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| If the dorsal root of a spinal nerve is severed. |
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| an increase in action potentials along the associated senesory neuron |
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| stretching the nuclear bag of an itrafusal fiber results in. |
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| the two cerebral hemispheres are separated by the |
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| the inferior border of the frontal lobe is marked by the |
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| the cortex inferior to the lateral sulcus is the |
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| contains highly branch Pukinje cells |
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| nerves associated with tongue movement. |
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