Question 1

Which of these activities is associated with the right cerebral hemisphere in most people?

Accepted Answer

A)  adding numbers 
B)  reciting the Gettysburg address 
C)  painting a watercolor landscape 
D)  using a calculator 
E)  making a household budget 
A)  adding numbers 
B)  reciting the Gettysburg address 
C)  painting a watercolor landscape 
D)  using a calculator 
E)  making a household budget

Question 2

Superficial pain is highly localized, but visceral pain is diffuse because

Accepted Answer

A)  the viscera has fewer pain receptors. 
B)  the skin has more sensitive pain receptors. 
C)  the viscera has fewer mechanoreceptors which give location information. 
D)  visceral pain has less emotional involvement. 
A)  the viscera has fewer pain receptors. 
B)  the skin has more sensitive pain receptors. 
C)  the viscera has fewer mechanoreceptors which give location information. 
D)  visceral pain has less emotional involvement.

Question 3

The ability to detect simultaneous stimulation at two points on the skin is called two-point discrimination.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The sensory speech area is Broca area.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Upper motor neurons

Accepted Answer

A)  are found in the visual cortex. 
B)  control skeletal muscles. 
C)  are responsible for planning voluntary movements. 
D)  are located in the prefrontal area. 
E)  control smooth muscle. 
A)  are found in the visual cortex. 
B)  control skeletal muscles. 
C)  are responsible for planning voluntary movements. 
D)  are located in the prefrontal area. 
E)  control smooth muscle.

Question 6

A lesion in the red nucleus results in

Accepted Answer

A)  resting tremors. 
B)  intention tremors. 
C)  sleeping tremors. 
D)  reflex tremors. 
A)  resting tremors. 
B)  intention tremors. 
C)  sleeping tremors. 
D)  reflex tremors.

Question 7

The _________ _________ are distributed throughout the dermal papillae and are involved in _____________ ___________ touch.

Accepted Answer

A)  Merkel disks; very deep 
B)  Pacinian corpuscles; very light 
C)  Muscle spindles; fine proprioceptive 
D)  Golgi tendon organs; limited awareness 
E)  Meissner corpuscles; two-point discrimination 
A)  Merkel disks; very deep 
B)  Pacinian corpuscles; very light 
C)  Muscle spindles; fine proprioceptive 
D)  Golgi tendon organs; limited awareness 
E)  Meissner corpuscles; two-point discrimination

Question 8

The ______ tract and the ______ tract make up the pyramidal system.

Accepted Answer

A)  rubrospinal; reticulospinal 
B)  corticospinal; corticobulbar 
C)  reticulospinal; spinothalamic 
D)  corticobulbar; spinocerebellar 
A)  rubrospinal; reticulospinal 
B)  corticospinal; corticobulbar 
C)  reticulospinal; spinothalamic 
D)  corticobulbar; spinocerebellar

Question 9

-Label area "A" on the cerebral cortex.

Accepted Answer

A)  visual cortex 
B)  primary motor cortex 
C)  primary somatic sensory cortex 
D)  motor speech area (Broca area) 
E)  sensory speech area (Wernicke area) 
A)  visual cortex 
B)  primary motor cortex 
C)  primary somatic sensory cortex 
D)  motor speech area (Broca area) 
E)  sensory speech area (Wernicke area)

Question 10

Match the term with its definition.
-memory engram

Accepted Answer

A) the part of the brain involved in the actual declarative memory 
B) the largest of the cerebral commissures 
C) a factor than activates gene transcription for formation of dendritic spines 
D) a series of neurons involved in long-term memory 
E) a part of the temporal lobe involved in adding emotional overtones to a memory 
A) the part of the brain involved in the actual declarative memory 
B) the largest of the cerebral commissures 
C) a factor than activates gene transcription for formation of dendritic spines 
D) a series of neurons involved in long-term memory 
E) a part of the temporal lobe involved in adding emotional overtones to a memory

Question 11

Sensory ______ is the ability the brain has to prioritize the sensory input it receives and to ignore unimportant stimuli.

Accepted Answer

A)  perception 
B)  adaptation 
C)  sensation 
A)  perception 
B)  adaptation 
C)  sensation

Question 12

Which of these combinations of general senses depends on mechanoreceptors?

Accepted Answer

A)  touch and temperature 
B)  pressure and temperature 
C)  pressure and proprioception 
D)  proprioception and temperature 
E)  taste and smell 
A)  touch and temperature 
B)  pressure and temperature 
C)  pressure and proprioception 
D)  proprioception and temperature 
E)  taste and smell

Question 13

A state of conscious awareness of stimuli received by sensory receptors is called

Accepted Answer

A)  adaptation. 
B)  projection. 
C)  translation. 
D)  perception. 
E)  inclination. 
A)  adaptation. 
B)  projection. 
C)  translation. 
D)  perception. 
E)  inclination.

Question 14

Procedural memory is stored primarily in the

Accepted Answer

A)  hippocampus and amygdala. 
B)  central sulcus and Wernicke's area. 
C)  cerebellum and premotor area of cerebral cortex. 
D)  temporal lobe and frontal lobe. 
E)  pons and midbrain. 
A)  hippocampus and amygdala. 
B)  central sulcus and Wernicke's area. 
C)  cerebellum and premotor area of cerebral cortex. 
D)  temporal lobe and frontal lobe. 
E)  pons and midbrain.

Question 15

A major source of sensory input into the limbic system is the sense of

Accepted Answer

A)  vision. 
B)  taste. 
C)  touch. 
D)  smell. 
A)  vision. 
B)  taste. 
C)  touch. 
D)  smell.

Question 16

Match the kind of pain to the appropriate description.
-referred pain

Accepted Answer

A) may occur in amputees 
B) migraine headaches are an example of this 
C) pain from internal organs sensed in the skin 
D) peripheral tissue damage causes increased sensitivity in area of damage 
E) increased sensitivity of CNS to tissue damage 
A) may occur in amputees 
B) migraine headaches are an example of this 
C) pain from internal organs sensed in the skin 
D) peripheral tissue damage causes increased sensitivity in area of damage 
E) increased sensitivity of CNS to tissue damage

Question 17

-The diagram illustrates sensory nerve endings in the skin. What is the function of "E"?

Accepted Answer

A)  detects deep pressure, vibration, and proprioception 
B)  responds to painful stimuli 
C)  responds to light touch and superficial pressure 
D)  detects touch, involved in 2-point discrimination 
E)  detects continuous touch or pressure 
A)  detects deep pressure, vibration, and proprioception 
B)  responds to painful stimuli 
C)  responds to light touch and superficial pressure 
D)  detects touch, involved in 2-point discrimination 
E)  detects continuous touch or pressure

Question 18

Which of the following would you observe in a patient with a tumor of the cerebellum?

Accepted Answer

A)  loss of general sensation 
B)  balance impairment 
C)  no heartbeat 
D)  great sex drive 
E)  no conscious thought 
A)  loss of general sensation 
B)  balance impairment 
C)  no heartbeat 
D)  great sex drive 
E)  no conscious thought

Question 19

Receptors that in general produce an action potential in response to a receptor potential are

Accepted Answer

A)  phasic receptors. 
B)  primary receptors. 
C)  secondary receptors. 
D)  tonic receptors. 
A)  phasic receptors. 
B)  primary receptors. 
C)  secondary receptors. 
D)  tonic receptors.

Question 20

Which of the following is a descending pathway in the spinal cord?

Accepted Answer

A)  fasciculus gracilis 
B)  corticospinal tract 
C)  spinothalamic tract 
D)  spinoreticular tract 
E)  trigeminothalamic tract 
A)  fasciculus gracilis 
B)  corticospinal tract 
C)  spinothalamic tract 
D)  spinoreticular tract 
E)  trigeminothalamic tract

Exam 14: Integration of Nervous System Functions

Which of these activities is associated with the right cerebral hemisphere in most people?

Superficial pain is highly localized, but visceral pain is diffuse because

The ability to detect simultaneous stimulation at two points on the skin is called two-point discrimination.

The sensory speech area is Broca area.

Upper motor neurons

A lesion in the red nucleus results in

The _________ _________ are distributed throughout the dermal papillae and are involved in _____________ ___________ touch.

The ______ tract and the ______ tract make up the pyramidal system.

-Label area "A" on the cerebral cortex.

Match the term with its definition. -memory engram

Sensory ______ is the ability the brain has to prioritize the sensory input it receives and to ignore unimportant stimuli.

Which of these combinations of general senses depends on mechanoreceptors?

A state of conscious awareness of stimuli received by sensory receptors is called

Procedural memory is stored primarily in the

A major source of sensory input into the limbic system is the sense of

Match the kind of pain to the appropriate description. -referred pain

-The diagram illustrates sensory nerve endings in the skin. What is the function of "E"?

Which of the following would you observe in a patient with a tumor of the cerebellum?

Receptors that in general produce an action potential in response to a receptor potential are

Which of the following is a descending pathway in the spinal cord?

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