Exam 4: The Peripheral Nervous System: Sensory, Autonomic, Somatic

Autonomic activity can be influenced by conscious neural activity.

Match the ear parts, labelled a. through e., with their characteristics. (Options may be used more than once or not at all.) -consists of three elongated spiral compartments

Clostridium botulinum toxin inhibits acetylcholinesterase.

Match the pathways, labelled a. through c., with the regions. -reticular formation

Match the terms, labelled a. through c., with their descriptions. (Options may be used more than once or not at all.) -frequency of sound waves

Match the divisions, labelled a. through d., with the anatomical and physiological autonomic features. (Options may be used more than once or not at all.) -possess nicotinic receptors on at least one neuron in the pathways

Action potentials are initiated at the motor end-plate region of skeletal muscle fibres.

Coding of sensory information may result from which one of these factors

Which of these activities happens in light adaptation

Match the structures, labelled a. through h., with their proper sequence of involvement in the visual pathway. -second

In somatosensory pathways, where do first-order neurons usually synapse with second-order neurons

Retinene is found in the rods but not in the cones.

The primary olfactory cortex is on the temporal lobe.

Which type of sensory input is NOT integrated into the sense of equilibrium

The greater the curvature of a lens, the greater its ability to refract light rays.

Which of the following statements applies to fast pain

Match the ear parts, labelled a. through e., with their characteristics. (Options may be used more than once or not at all.) -fluid filled

Match the chemicals, labelled a. through d., with their characteristics. -inhibits acetylcholinesterase

____________________ attach the lens to the ciliary body.

Which of these statements describes what must happen in order for accommodation to occur