Question 1
Anatomy And Physiology Quiz. Within the spinal cord, a descending pathway is a/an
- somatic sensory nerve
- motor efferent neuron
- upper motor neuron
- lower motor neuron
- sensory tract
Question 2
General somatic senses include
- touch, temperature, pain, pressure and proprioception
- hearing, balance, vision, smell and taste
- hearing, touch, vision, smell, balance and taste
- touch, pressure and proprioception
- pain and pressure
Question 3
General visceral senses include
- hearing, balance, vision, smell, and taste
- hearing, touch, vision, smell, balance and taste
- touch, pressure and proprioception
- pain and pressure
- touch, temperature, pain, pressure and proprioception
Question 4
Cholinergic nicotinic receptors are found on
- somatic motor effector organs and the result of neurotransmitter binding is ALWAYS excitatory
- somatic motor effector organs and the result of neurotransmitter binding is EITHER excitatory or inhibitory
- autonomic effector organs and the result of neurotransmitter binding is usually inhibitory
- somatic motor effector organs and the result of neurotransmitter binding is ALWAYS inhibitory
- autonomic effector organs and the result of neurotransmitter binding is usually excitatory
- autonomic effector organs and the result of neurotransmitter binding can be EITHER excitatory or inhibitory
Question 5
Cholinergic muscarinic receptors are found on
- autonomic effector organs and the result of neurotransmitter binding is usually excitatory
- autonomic effector organs and the result of neurotransmitter binding is usually inhibitory
- autonomic effector organs and the result of neurotransmitter binding can be EITHER excitatory or inhibitory
- somatic motor effector organs and the result of neurotransmitter binding is ALWAYS excitatory
- somatic motor effector organs and the result of neurotransmitter binding is ALWAYS inhibitory
- somatic motor effector organs and the result of neurotransmitter binding is EITHER excitatory or inhibitory
Question 6
These three structures form the brainstem
- prosencephalon, rhombencephalon, mesencephalon
- telencephalon, rhombencephalon, myelencephalon
- mesencephalon, myelencephalon, metencephalon
- mesencephalon, prosencephalon, metencephalon
- telencephalon, prosencephalon, diencephaon
Question 7
Fred stepped on a nail protruding from an old board. Trace the pathway the signal would travel along starting from Fred’s foot to his brain and then back to his muscles to remove his foot from the nail.
- Step 1: Sensory afferent neuron
- Step 2: Ascending Tract
- Step 3: Premotor Area
- Step 4: Upper Motor Neuron
- Step 5: Lower Motor Neuron
Question 7
Fred stepped on a nail protruding from an old board. Trace the pathway the signal would travel along starting from Fred’s foot to his brain and then back to his muscles to remove his foot from the nail.
- 1: Sensory afferent neuron
- 2: Ascending Tract
- 3: Primary Somatic Sensory Cortex
- 4: Somatic Sensory Association Area
- 5: Premotor Area
- 6: Primary Motor Cortex
- 7: Upper Motor Neuron
- 8: Lower Motor Neuron
Question 8 (Bonus) (Mandatory)
Sympathetics control your body in emergency/exercise situations.
- True
- False
Question 9
If a bear is chasing you through the woods, which part of the nervous system is controlling your heart, sweat glands and blood pressure.
- sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
- parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
- somatic sensory division of the peripheral nervous system
- somatic motor division of the peripheral nervous system
- visceral sensory division of the peripheral nervous system
Question 10
If a bear is chasing you through the woods, which part of the nervous system is stimulating the muscles of your legs so you can run from the bear?
- visceral sensory division of the peripheral nervous system
- sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
- somatic sensory division of the peripheral nervous system
- somatic motor division of the peripheral nervous system
- parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
Question 11
Lateralization
- both hemispheres of the brain have all of the same abilities
- each hemisphere of the brain controls the opposite side of the body
- each hemisphere of the brain has unique abilities not shared by the other hemisphere
- each hemisphere of the brain controls the same side of the body
- each hemisphere of the brain is not connected with the opposite side
Question (Unnumbered)
This embryonic germ layer gives rise to the nervous system. Anatomy And Physiology Quiz
- mesoderm
- ectoderm
- mediaderm
- myoderm
- endoderm
Question 13
When ACh binds at dendrites or cell bodies of postganglionic parasympathetic neurons, the result is
- an IPSP leading to decreased smooth muscle and cardiac muscle contraction and inhibition of glandular secretion
- an action potential leading to contraction
- an IPSP leading to the generation of an action potential along the postganglionic neuron
- an IPSP leading to increased smooth muscle and cardiac muscle contraction and increased secretion of glands
- an EPSP leading to decreased smooth muscle and cardiac muscle contraction and inhibition of glandular secretion
- an EPSP leading to the generation of an action potential along the postganglionic neurons
- an EPSP leading to the inhibition of an action potential along the postganglionic neuron
- an EPSP leading to decreased smooth muscle and cardiac muscle contraction and decreased glandular secretion
- an IPSP leading to the inhibition of an action potential along the postganglionic neuron
Question 14
Connects the two cerebral hemispheres
- Association fibers
- Corpus Callosum
- Projection fibers
- Grey commissure
- White commissure. Anatomy And Physiology Quiz
Question 15
These neuron fibers carry action potentials from the spinal cord to the brain
- visceral sensory afferent nerves
- somatic sensory afferent nerves
- sensory tracts
- motor tracts
- somatic motor efferent nerves
- autonomic motor efferent nerves
Question 16
These neuron fibers carry action potentials from the spinal cord to cardiac muscle, smooth muscle and glands
- autonomic motor efferent pathways
- motor tracts
- visceral sensory afferent pathways
- somatic motor efferent pathways
- sensory tracts
- somatic sensory afferent pathways
Question 17 (Bonus) (Mandatory)
COVID-19 is a disease caused by a bacteria.
- True
- False
Question 18
This membrane is the most superficial of the meninges
- subdural
- subarachnoid
- arachnoid mater
- dura mater
- pia mater
Question 19
Primary neurotransmitter released by preganglionic parasympathetic neurons
- neither acetylcholine nor norepinephrine
- acetylcholine
- serotonin
- both acetylcholine and norepinephrine
- norepinephrine
Question 20
Primary neurotransmitter released by postganglionic parasympathetic neurons
- norepinephrine
- neither acetylcholine nor norepinephrine
- both acetylcholine and norepinephrine
- serotonin
- acetylcholine
Question 21
Regulates heart rate, respiratory rate, blood vessel diameter and blood pressure as well as vomiting, hiccuping, coughing and sneezing
- Medulla oblongata
- Midbrain
- Diencephalon
- Cerebellum
- Pons
Question 22
Nerves landing on the adrenal medulla exit the cord
- from the brainstem with the cranial nerves and the sacral region of the cord from S2-S4
- from the brainstem with the cranial nerves and along the entire spinal cord with the spinal nerves
- from the sacral region of the cord from S2-S4 and the thoracic region of the cord from T1-L2
- from some type of ganglion
- frm the brainstem with the cranial nerves and the thoracolumbar region of the spinal cord from T1-L2
- from the thoracolumbar region of the cord from T1-L2
Question 23 (Unnumbered)
Preganglionic parasympathetic neurons exit the CNS
- from some type of ganglion
- from the thoracolumbar region of the cord from T1-L2
- from the brainstem with the cranial nerves and the sacral region of the the cord from S2-S4
- from the brainstem with the cranial nerves and along the entire spinal cord with the spinal nerves
- from the brainstem with the cranial nerves and the thoracolumbar region of the spinal cord from T1-L2
- from the sacral region of the cord from S2-S4 and the thoracic region of the cord from T1-L2
Question 24
Preganglionic parasympathetic neurons exit the CNS
- from some type of ganglion
- from the thoracolumbar region of the cord from T1-L2
- from the brainstem with the cranial nerves and the sacral region of the the cord from S2-S4
- from the brainstem with the cranial nerves and along the entire spinal cord with the spinal nerves
- from the brainstem with the cranial nerves and the thoracolumbar region of the spinal cord from T1-L2
- from the sacral region of the cord from S2-S4 and the thoracic region of the cord from T1-L2
Question 24
If heart rate and blood pressure have dropped below set point
- parasympathetic pathways are activated because they cause an increase in things such as heart rate and blood pressure
- sympathetic pathways are activated because they cause a decrease in things such as heart rate and blood pressure
- sympathetic pathways are activated because they cause an increase in things such as heart rate and blood pressure
- parasympathetic pathways are activated because they cause a decrease in things such as heart rate and blood pressure
Question 25
These cells form the choroid plexus which secretes cerebrospinal fluid
- Astrocytes
- Oligodendrocytes
- Microglial Cells
- Ependymal cells
- Schwann cells
Question 27
This space contains serous fluid
- subarachnoid space
- dura mater
- arachnoid mater
- pia mater
- subdural space
Question (Unnumbered)
The facial nerve is
- Cranial nerve I
- Cranial nerve II
- Cranial nerve III
- Cranial nerve IV
- Cranial nerve V
- Cranial nerve VI
- Cranial nerve VII
- Cranial nerve VIII
- Cranial nerve IX
- Cranial nerve X
- Cranial nerve XI
Question (Unnumbered)
The accessory nerve is (Identification)
- Cranial nerve I
- Cranial nerve II
- Cranial nerve III
- Cranial nerve IV
- Cranial nerve V
- Cranial nerve VI
- Cranial nerve VII
- Cranial nerve VIII
- Cranial nerve IX
- Cranial nerve X
- Cranial nerve XI
- Cranial nerve XII
Question (Unnumbered)
The receptors for general somatic senses are found in
- ears, eyes, nose and tongue
- skeletal muscle
- smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and glands
- skin, skeletal muscle and joints
- the organs of the body
Question 30
Monitors light touch and bending of hair
- Merkel’s disk
- Hair follicle receptor
- Meissner’s corpuscle
- Golgi tendon organ
- Free nerve ending
- Muscle spindle
Question 31
The olfactory nerve is
- motor
- both motor and sensory
- sensory
Question 32
The accessory nerve is (Function)
- both motor and sensory
- motor
- sensory
Question 33 (Bonus)
A neuron cell body located in the PNS is found in a ganglion.
- True
- False
Question 34
The primary somatic sensory cortex is located in the
- temporal lobe
- frontal lobe
- precentral gyrus of the frontal lobe
- parietal lobe
- occipital lobe
- postcentral gyrus of the parietal lobe
- postcentral gyrus of the frontal lobe
- precentral gyrus of the parietal lobe
Question 35
A receptor’s ability to weed out unimportant stimuli is
- Two-point discrimination
- lateralization
- Proprioception
- accommodation
- None of the answers listed here are correct. Anatomy And Physiology Quiz
Question 36
Preganglionic parasympathetic neurons are
- cholinergic because they secrete ACh
- adrenergic because they secrete NE
- cholinergic because they secrete NE
- adrenergic because they secrete ACh
- muscarinic because they secrete ACh
Question 37
Postganglionic sympathetic neurons are
- cholinergic because they secrete NE
- adrenergic because they secrete NE
- cholinergic because they secrete ACh
- adrenergic because they secrete ACh
- muscarinic because they secrete ACh
Question 38
Primary Somatic Sensory Cortex
- Initiation of movement occurs here
- Planning of movement occurs here
- Recognition and decision making regarding information picked up in skin, skeletal muscle and joints are made here
- General somatic senses are perceived, localized and identified here
- Images are first perceived, localized and identified here
Question 39
Somatic Sensory Association Area
- initiation of movement occurs here
- Images are first perceived, localized and identified here
- Planning of movement occurs here
- Recognition and decision making regarding information picked up in the skin, skeletal muscle and joints are made here
- General somatic senses are perceived, localized and identified here
Question 40
Sympathetic autonomic motor pathways usually consist of
- 3 neurons that are all the same length
- only one neuron
- 2 neurons that are both the same length
- a short preganglionic neuron and a long postganglionic neuron
- a long preganglionic neuron and a short postganglionic neuron
Question 41
Largest part of the brain where we do our “thinking”
- cerebellum
- rhombencephalon
- diencephalon
- cerebrum
- brainstem
Question 42
Involved in control of: balance, posture, locomotion, and fine motor coordination producing smooth flowing movements.
- rhombencephalon
- cerebellum
- cerebrum
- diencephalon
- brainstem
Question 43
Craniosacral division
- somatic sensory division of the peripheral nervous system
- visceral sensory division of the peripheral nervous system
- somatic motor division of the peripheral nervous system
- sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
- parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
Question 44
This type of receptor only sends an action potential when a change occurs. For example, it would send an AP when you flex and extend your elbow.
- tonic proprioceptor
- No receptors do this
- all types of receptors do this
- phasic proprioceptor
- nociceptor
Question 45
The glossopharyngeal nerve supplies the
- motor and sensory to the thoracic and abdominal viscera
- muscles of mastication for chewing/sensation to face
- eye for vision
- tongue for taste and throat for sensation/swallowing
- ear for hearing and balance
- muscles of facial expression/tongue for taste
- trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscle for contraction
- tongue for speech and throat for swallowing
- muscles of the eye for eye movement
- nose for smell
Question 46
Sympathetic chain ganglia contain cell bodies of
- preganglionic sympathetic neurons
- sensory afferent neurons
- somatic motor neurons
- preganglionic parasympathetic neurons
- postganglionic parasympathetic neurons
- postganglionic sympathetic neurons
Question 47
The abducens nerve supplies the
- motor and sensory to the thoracic and abdominal viscera
- muscles of facial expression/tongue for taste
- eyes for vision
- muscles of mastication for chewing/sensation to face
- tongue for speech and throat for swallowing
- tongue for taste and throat for sensation/swallowing
- nose for smell
- muscles of the eye for eye movement
- trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscle for contraction
- ear for hearing and balance
Question 48
Damage to this region of the brain may result in a resting tremor and increased muscle tone
- basal nuclei
- all of these
- cerebellum
- wernicke’s area
- broca’s area
Question 49
Damage to the substantia nigra (one component of this region of the brain) may lead to Parkinson’s disease.
- all of these
- broca’s area
- cerebellum
- basal nuclei
- wernicke’s area
Question 50
This region of the body has the best two-point discrimination.
- all of these examples have the same two-point discrimination
- the abdomen
- the lips
- the skin on your back
- the dorsum of the hand
Question 51
An individual with damage to this region of the brain may appear intoxicated ? Anatomy And Physiology Quiz
- cerebellum
- all of these
- broca’s area
- wernicke’s area
- basal nuclei
Question 52
Monitors compression, bending and stretching of cells
- photoreceptor
- nociceptor
- chemoreceptor
- proprioceptor
- thermoreceptor
- mechanoreceptor
