Integration of Nervous System Functions

Integration of Nervous System Functions

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Sensation

FINAL ROUND

Skeletal Muscle Control

Brainstem Function

Other Brain Functions Grab Bag

Sensation:

$100 Question

These types of receptors respond to pain stimuli:

a. chemoreceptors

b. mechanoreceptors

c. nociceptors

d. photoreceptors

e. thermoreceptorsBACK TO GAME

ANSWER

Sensation:

$100 Answer

These types of receptors respond to pain stimuli:

a. chemoreceptors

b. mechanoreceptors

c. nociceptors

d. photoreceptors

e. thermoreceptors

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Sensation:

$200 Question

This best describes the function of Ruffini end organs:

a. continuous touch or pressure

b. itch, tickle

c. light touch

d. vibration

e. two-point discriminationBACK TO GAME

ANSWER

Sensation:

$200 Answer

This best describes the function of Ruffini end organs:

a. continuous touch or pressure

b. itch, tickle

c. light touch

d. vibration

e. two-point discriminationBACK TO GAME

Sensation:

$300 Question

This tract is involved in reflexes that turn the head and eyes toward a point of cutaneous stimulation:

a. spinoolivary

b. spinothalamic

c. spinotectal

d. spinocerebellar

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ANSWER

Sensation:

$300 Answer

This tract is involved in reflexes that turn the head and eyes toward a point of cutaneous stimulation:

a. spinoolivary

b. spinothalamic

c. spinotectal

d. spinocerebellar

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Sensation:

$400 Question

The largest area of the somatic sensory cortex contains sensory neurons associated with this region of the body:

a. arm

b. face

c. genitals

d. leg

e. thighBACK TO GAME

ANSWER

Sensation:

$400 Answer

The largest area of the somatic sensory cortex contains sensory neurons associated with this region of the body:

a. arm

b. face

c. genitals

d. leg

e. thighBACK TO GAME

Sensation:

$500 Question

Your patient is experiencing pain radiating from the left shoulder down the arm. He is most likely having referred pain from this:

a. gall stones

b. appendicitis

c. constipation

d. heart attack

e. kidney stonesBACK TO GAME

ANSWER

Sensation:

$500 Answer

Your patient is experiencing pain radiating from the left shoulder down the arm. He is most likely having referred pain from this:

a. gall stones

b. appendicitis

c. constipation

d. heart attack

e. kidney stones BACK TO GAME

Skeletal Muscle Control:

$100 Question

The primary motor area is located in this __________ gyrus of each __________ lobe:

a. precentral; frontal

b. precentral, parietal

c. postcentral; frontal

d. postcentral; parietal

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ANSWER


$100 Answer

The primary motor area is located in this __________ gyrus of each __________ lobe:

a. precentral; frontal

b. precentral, parietal

c. postcentral; frontal

d. postcentral; parietal

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$200 Question

The motivation and foresight to plan and initiate movements is located in this area:

a. premotor area

b. prefrontal area

c. primary motor area

d. Wernicke's area

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ANSWER


$200 Answer

The motivation and foresight to plan and initiate movements is located in this area:

a. premotor area

b. prefrontal area

c. primary motor area

d. Wernicke's area

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$300 Question

These tracts innervate the head muscles:

a. corticospinal

b. rubrospinal

c. vestibulospinal

d. corticobulbar

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ANSWER


$300 Answer

These tracts innervate the head muscles:

a. corticospinal

b. rubrospinal

c. vestibulospinal

d. corticobulbar

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$400 Question

One major effect of the basal nuclei is this:

a. to act as a comparator for motor coordination

b. to decrease muscle tone and inhibit unwanted muscular activity

c. affect emotions and emotional responses to odors

d. modulate pain sensationsBACK TO GAME

ANSWER


$400 Answer

One major effect of the basal nuclei is this:

a. to act as a comparator for motor coordination

b. to decrease muscle tone and inhibit unwanted muscular activity

c. affect emotions and emotional responses to odors

d. modulate pain sensationsBACK TO GAME


$500 Question

Damage to the cerebellum can result in all of these except:

a. balance impairment

b. overshoot when touching an object

c. increased muscle tone

d. tremors in hands when trying to perform a task

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ANSWER


$500 Answer

Damage to the cerebellum can result in all of these except:

a. balance impairment

b. overshoot when touching an object

c. increased muscle tone

d. tremors in hands when trying to perform a task

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Brainstem Function:

$100 Question

The following cranial nerves have sensory nuclei in the brainstem except this:

a. I (olfactory)

b. VI (abducent)

c. VII (facial)

d. IX (glossopharyngeal)

e. X (vagus)BACK TO GAME

ANSWER

Brainstem Function:

$100 Answer

The following cranial nerves have sensory nuclei in the brainstem except this:

a. I (olfactory)

b. VI (abducent)

c. VII (facial)

d. IX (glossopharyngeal)

e. X (vagus)BACK TO GAME

Brainstem Function:

$200 Question

The reticular activating system can be stimulated by inputs from this:

a. cerebral cortex

b. limbic system

c. visual stimuli

d. olfactory stimuli

e. all of these

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ANSWER

Brainstem Function:

$200 Answer

The reticular activating system can be stimulated by inputs from this:

a. cerebral cortex

b. limbic system

c. visual stimuli

d. olfactory stimuli

e. all of these

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Brainstem Function:

$300 Question

This statement of brainstem function is true:

a. ascending and descending tracts project through it

b. contains nuclei of cranial nerves III-X and X

c. collateral branches of II project into brainstem nuclei

d. all are true BACK TO GAME

ANSWER

Brainstem Function:

$300 Answer

This statement of brainstem function is true:

a. ascending and descending tracts project through it

b. contains nuclei of cranial nerves III-X and X

c. collateral branches of II project into brainstem nuclei

d. all are trueBACK TO GAME

Brainstem Function:

$400 Question

When food is in the mouth, a reflex is stimulated between the motor nuclei of this nerve and the trigeminal sensory nuclei to trigger salivation:

a. VII (facial)

b. VIII (vestibulocochlear)

c. IX (glossopharyngeal)

d. X (vagus)

e. a and c BACK TO GAME

ANSWER

Brainstem Function:

$400 Answer

When food is in the mouth, a reflex is stimulated between the motor nuclei of this nerve and the trigeminal sensory nuclei to trigger salivation:

a. VII

b. VIII

c. IX

d. X

e. a and c BACK TO GAME

Brainstem Function:

$500 Question

This somatic function of the brainstem could be affected by a minor injury to the vagus nerve except:

a. hoarseness

b. swallowing

c. coughing

d. chewing

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ANSWER

Brainstem Function:

$500 Answer

This somatic function of the brainstem could be affected by a minor injury to the vagus nerve except:

a. hoarseness

b. swallowing

c. coughing

d. chewing

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Other Brain Functions:

$100 Question

The right and left cerebral hemispheres are separated by this broad band of tracts at the base of the longitudinal fissure:

a. intermediate mass

b. corpus callosum

c. vermis

d. unmyelinated nuclei

e. thalamusBACK TO GAME

ANSWER


$100 Answer

The right and left cerebral hemispheres are separated by this broad band of tracts at the base of the longitudinal fissure:

a. intermediate mass

b. corpus callosum

c. vermis

d. unmyelinated nuclei

e. thalamusBACK TO GAME


$200 Question

This activity is mostly associated with the left cerebral hemisphere in most people:

a. sensory input from the left side of the body

b. mathematics and speech

c. spatial perception

d. recognition of faces

e. musical ability BACK TO GAME

ANSWER


$200 Answer

This activity is mostly associated with the left cerebral hemisphere in most people:

a. sensory input from the left side of the body

b. mathematics and speech

c. spatial perception

d. recognition of faces

e. musical abilityBACK TO GAME


$300 Question

The limbic system is most involved in the control of this:

a. sleep and wakefulness

b. maintaining posture

c. higher intellectual processes

d. motor coordination

e. emotions and basic "drives"BACK TO GAME

ANSWER


$300 Answer

The limbic system is most involved in the control of this:

a. sleep and wakefulness

b. maintaining posture

c. higher intellectual processes

d. motor coordination

e. emotions and basic "drives"BACK TO GAME


$400 Question

Joe is 45, and has not ridden a bicycle since he was 18. To his amazement, he gets on a bike and rides with little effort. This kind of memory is called:

a. declarative (explicit)

b. procedural (implicit) or reflexive

c. sensory

d. short-termBACK TO GAME

ANSWER


$400 Answer

Joe is 45, and has not ridden a bicycle since he was 18. To his amazement, he gets on a bike and rides with little effort. This kind of memory is called:

a. declarative (explicit)

b. procedural (implicit) or reflexive

c. sensory

d. short-termBACK TO GAME

Other Brain Functions: $500 Question

Given these areas of the cerebral cortex: 1. auditory association area2. Broca's area3. premotor area4. primary auditory area5. primary motor area6. Wernicke's area

Someone says "Hi" to you; you hear and understand them and say "Hi" back to them. This is the correct sequence below:a. 4,1,2,6,3,5 c. 4,1,6,2,3,5

b. 4,1,6,2,5,3 d. 1,4,6,2,3,5 BACK TO GAME

ANSWER

Other Brain Functions: $500 Answer

Given these areas of the cerebral cortex: 1. auditory association area2. Broca's area3. premotor area4. primary auditory area5. primary motor area6. Wernicke's area

Someone says "Hi" to you; you hear and understand them and say "Hi" back to them. This is the correct sequence below:a. 4,1,2,6,3,5 c. 4,1,6,2,3,5

b. 4,1,6,2,5,3 d. 1,4,6,2,3,5 BACK TO GAME

Grab Bag:

$100 Question

Temperatures above 47oC stimulate both cold and pain receptors but do not stimulate warm receptors.

True/False

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ANSWER

Grab Bag:

$100 Answer

Temperatures above 47oC stimulate both cold and pain receptors but do not stimulate warm receptors.

True/False

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Grab Bag:

$200 Question

Decreased sensitivity to a continued stimulus is called this:

a. adaptation

b. projection

c. association

d. perception

e. sensationBACK TO GAME

ANSWER

Grab Bag:

$200 Answer

Decreased sensitivity to a continued stimulus is called this:

a. adaptation

b. projection

c. association

d. perception

e. sensationBACK TO GAME

Grab Bag:

$300 Question

This ascending spinal pathway (tract) carries light touch, pressure, tickle, and itch sensations to the cerebral cortex:

a. anterior spinocerebellar

b. posterior spinocerebellar

c. spinothalamic

d. spinoolivary

e. spinotectalBACK TO GAME

ANSWER

Grab Bag:

$300 Answer

This ascending spinal pathway (tract) carries light touch, pressure, tickle, and itch sensations to the cerebral cortex:

a. anterior spinocerebellar

b. posterior spinocerebellar

c. spinothalamic

d. spinoolivary

e. spinotectalBACK TO GAME

Grab Bag:

$400 Question

Long-term memory involves this:

a. a change in the cytoskeleton of neurons

b. movement of calcium into the neuron

c. increase in glutamate release by presynaptic neurons

d. specific protein synthesis

e. all of the above BACK TO GAME

ANSWER

Grab Bag:

$400 Answer

Long-term memory involves this:

a. a change in the cytoskeleton of neurons

b. movement of calcium into the neuron

c. increase in glutamate release by presynaptic neurons

d. specific protein synthesis

e. all of the above BACK TO GAME

Grab Bag:

$500 Question

This is an effect of aging on the nervous system:

a. an increased sense of two-point discrimination

b. identify objects by touch more easily

c. decreased awareness of tactile stimulation

d. reduction in the number of free nerve endings

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ANSWER

Grab Bag:

$500 Answer

This is an effect of aging on the nervous system:

a. an increased sense of two-point discrimination

b. identify objects by touch more easily

c. decreased awareness of tactile stimulation

d. reduction in the number of free nerve endings

BACK TO GAME

FINAL ROUND Question

A student is hooked up to an EEG while taking an exam, and she is thinking intensely about the answer to a question. The types of brain waves on the EEG are most likely these:

a. alpha waves

b. beta waves

c. delta waves

d. theta waves BACK TO GAME

ANSWER

FINAL ROUND Answer

A student is hooked up to an EEG while taking an exam, and she is thinking intensely about the answer to a question. The types of brain waves on the EEG are most likely these:

a. alpha waves

b. beta waves

c. delta waves

d. theta wavesBACK TO GAME

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