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Old Exam--Final Part 1
EXSS113
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
05/03/2010

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Which receptors adapt most slowly?
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Nociceptors
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About 90% of all parasympathetic preganglionic fibers are carried in the _____ nerve
Definition
Vagus
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All of the following events occur when a nerve signal reaches a synaptic know. The one that occurs first is______.
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Calcium ions enter the synaptic knob
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Unlike local potentials, action potentials are____.
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Self-propogating
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In an autopsy, a pathologist found an area of brain tissue with very high concentrations of microglia. That part of the brain most likely
Definition
Had been damaged been damaged by infection, trauma, or stroke
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Nerve fibers that stimulate the skeletal muscles of your foot have their somas in
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The ventral horn of the spinal cord
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Reflex arc
Definition
Know it
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The ___ helps to coordinate and smooth skeletal movements
Definition
Cerebellum
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The oligodendrocyte is found in the _____ and functions to ______
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Central nervous system; forms the myelin sheath
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Almost all sensory signals pass through the ____ on the way to the cerebrum
Definition
Thalamus
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White rami carry_____ neurons, while gray rami carry____ neurons
Definition
myelinated preganglionic; unmyelinated postganglionic
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Ganglia consist of ______
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cell bodies of neurons in the PNS
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Which one of the below is not controlled by the autonomic nervous system?
Definition
Skeletal muscle
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Potentially damaging stimuli that result in pain are selectively detected by
Definition
Nociceptors
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_______nerve fibers are those that innervate the skin and skeletal muscles
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somatic
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The part of the cerebral cortex concerned with hearing is in
Definition
the temporal lobe
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Propranolol, on inderol, blocks b-1 receptors. This popular drug s used
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to lower blood pressure by decreasing the heart rate
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Nerve signals
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travel faster in large myelinated fibers
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Spastic paralysis suggest involvement of
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upper motor neurons
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A neuron that synapses on the adrenal medulla is a _____neuron which releases the neurotransmitter _______.
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Preganglionic; ACh
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Sensory info about discriminative touch in the lower limbs is carried in ______tracts, then decusssate, or cross over in the _______
Definition
Gracile fassiculus; medulla oblongata
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The _____ system is characterized by long preganglionic and short postganglionic fibers.
Definition
Craniosacral
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The falling phase of an action potential results from
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the efflux of potassium
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The right and left cerebral hemispheres are joined mainly by the
Definition
corpus callosum
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_____connect one gyrus to another within the same hemisphere
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Association tracts
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During its ________, a neuron responds only to stimuli stronger than a threshold stimulus.
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relative refractory period
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transected the spinal cord between T1 and L1. This would result in _______
Definition
paraplegia
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In _________, several EPSPs occurring in quick succession depolarize a neuron to threshold
Definition
Temporal summation
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In a chemical synapse, the synaptic knobs of the presynaptic neurons contain _____, while the membrane of the postsynaptic neuron contains
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synaptic vesicles, ligand regulated gates
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In a myelinated neuron carrying an action potential, the node of ranvier will be stimulated by
Definition
sodium ions flowing down the fiber under the axolemma to the next adjacent node of ranvier
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One of the functions associated with the limbic system is
Definition
feelings of fear, peace, anger
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The signals that control your handwriting travel down the spinal cord in
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corticospinal tract
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Loss of ability to perfom skilled motor activities such as piano with no paralysis in specific muscles suggest damage in the
Definition
premotor cortex
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Spinocerebellar tracts ______
Definition
carry proprioceptive inputs to the cerebellum
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Second-order neurons synapse with neurons in the
Definition
thalamus
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Which lobe of the cerebrum is most concerned with vision
Definition
occipital
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Your ______ division will stimulate an increase in heart rate & blood pressure. Being able to circle the right answer is ____
Definition
sympathetic; somatic
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This parasympathetic nerve adjusts the heart rate
Definition
vagus
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summation occurs in the _____ of a neuron
Definition
axon hillock
Term
Nicotinic receptors bind
Definition
acetylcholine
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The blood brain barrier is most permeable to which of the following chemical groups
Definition
glucose, water, oxygen, alcohol, caffeine
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If a nerve fiber fires 300 times/sec at time A and 500 times/sec at B it means at time B
Definition
the stimulus was stronger
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The ventral root carries ______ neurons, while the dorsal root carries _______ neurons
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motor; sensory
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The charge difference across the plasma membrane in muscles and nerve cells is called the _____ measures about _____ mV
Definition
resting membrane potential; -70
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In a neuronal circuit, input to one neuron leads to output from multiple neurons
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diverging
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Once a sympathetic preganglionic axon reaches a trunk ganglion it can do all but which one of the following
Definition
synapse with a parasympathetic neuron in the same trunk ganglion
Term
In a motor neuron i the body were stimulated by an electrode placed about mid point along the length of the axon
Definition
the impulse would spread bidirectionally
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In the ANS, the preganglionic neuron release___, while the post ganglionic neuron release
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Ach; ACH or NE
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The spinal cord ends at about which vertebra
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L1
Term
The cutaneous regions innervated by specific spinal nerves are each called a
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dermatome
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When a neuron is depolarized to threshold
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voltage regulated Na gates open
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The brain and spinal cord constitute the _______ nervous system
Definition
central
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The blood brain barrier consists of tight junctions in the
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endothelium
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If you can trace a bicycle but not know what it is, you have damage to
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calcarine cortex
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Which of the following motor tracts is involved in reflex movement of the head in response to auditory stimuli
Definition
tectospinal tract
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