BI 232 Final Exam Multiple Choice Past Exams
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1. The ANS receives sensory information about blood a. baroreceptor
pressure from which modality?
a. baroreceptor
b. chemoreceptor
c. mechanoreceptors
d. proprioceptors
e. thermoreceptors
2. Golgi-tendon organs signaling information about a d. proprioceptor
limb's position is categorized as which stimulus origin.
a. exteroreceptor
b. interoreceptor
c. nociceptor
d. proprioceptor
3. Two point discriminator is detected by d. tactile corpuscle
a. free nerve ending
b. lamellar corpuscle
c. muscle spindle
d. tactile corpuscle
e. tactile disk
4. Which of the following substances that are normally e. ATP and potassium
located inside a cell will trigger a nociceptor if cells are
damaged?
a. ATP
b. potassium
c. sodium
d. potassium and sodium
e. ATP and potassium
5. b. encapsulated
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Sensory receptors that are a combination of connec-
tive tissue with the nervous tissue is categorized as
a. axons
b. encapsulated
c. free nerve ending
d. unencapsulated
6. Which of the following is not involved with spinal gat- a. dorsal column medial
ing pain signals? lemniscal
a. dorsal column medial lemniscal
b. lower motor neurons
c. second order neurons
d. nociceptors
d. reticulospinal tract
7. Somatic motor signals to the muscles along the spine d. ventral root
exit the spinal cord through the
a. communicating rami
b. dorsal rami
c. ventral rami
d. ventral root
8. The following receptors are sending their signals to the a. ALS
brain through which pathway: somatic nociceptors,
free nerve endings, tactile disks.
a. ALS
b. DCML
c. LCS
d. LRS
9. What structure in the brain does the lateral corti- a. medulla oblongata
cospinal decussate?
a. medulla oblongata
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b. midbrain
c. spinal cord
d. thalamus
10. The synapse between second and third order neurons d. thalamus
occurs in the
a. midbrain
b. pyramids
c. spinal cord
d. thalamus
11. Which of the following bone fracture locations would d. fracture at L4
least likely cause spinal cord injury?
a. fracture at C2
b. fracture at C6
c. fracture at T5
d. fracture at L4
12. Use the following clues to determine if the pathway is d. visceral motor sympa-
sensory, somatic motor, visceral motor sympathetic or thetic
visceral motor parasympathetic.
1. there is a synapse in the lateral horn
2. ventral rootlets and ventral root are involved
3. there is a short preganglionic neuron and long post-
ganglionic neuron
a. sensory
b. somatic motor
c. visceral motor parasympathetic
d. visceral motor sympathetic
13. The preganglionic neurons of the sympathetic system d. white communicating
move from the spinal nerve to sympathetic chain gan- rami
glia through the
Questions with Accurate Answers 2026 Guide
1. The ANS receives sensory information about blood a. baroreceptor
pressure from which modality?
a. baroreceptor
b. chemoreceptor
c. mechanoreceptors
d. proprioceptors
e. thermoreceptors
2. Golgi-tendon organs signaling information about a d. proprioceptor
limb's position is categorized as which stimulus origin.
a. exteroreceptor
b. interoreceptor
c. nociceptor
d. proprioceptor
3. Two point discriminator is detected by d. tactile corpuscle
a. free nerve ending
b. lamellar corpuscle
c. muscle spindle
d. tactile corpuscle
e. tactile disk
4. Which of the following substances that are normally e. ATP and potassium
located inside a cell will trigger a nociceptor if cells are
damaged?
a. ATP
b. potassium
c. sodium
d. potassium and sodium
e. ATP and potassium
5. b. encapsulated
, BI 232 Final Exam Multiple Choice Past Exams
Questions with Accurate Answers 2026 Guide
Sensory receptors that are a combination of connec-
tive tissue with the nervous tissue is categorized as
a. axons
b. encapsulated
c. free nerve ending
d. unencapsulated
6. Which of the following is not involved with spinal gat- a. dorsal column medial
ing pain signals? lemniscal
a. dorsal column medial lemniscal
b. lower motor neurons
c. second order neurons
d. nociceptors
d. reticulospinal tract
7. Somatic motor signals to the muscles along the spine d. ventral root
exit the spinal cord through the
a. communicating rami
b. dorsal rami
c. ventral rami
d. ventral root
8. The following receptors are sending their signals to the a. ALS
brain through which pathway: somatic nociceptors,
free nerve endings, tactile disks.
a. ALS
b. DCML
c. LCS
d. LRS
9. What structure in the brain does the lateral corti- a. medulla oblongata
cospinal decussate?
a. medulla oblongata
, BI 232 Final Exam Multiple Choice Past Exams
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b. midbrain
c. spinal cord
d. thalamus
10. The synapse between second and third order neurons d. thalamus
occurs in the
a. midbrain
b. pyramids
c. spinal cord
d. thalamus
11. Which of the following bone fracture locations would d. fracture at L4
least likely cause spinal cord injury?
a. fracture at C2
b. fracture at C6
c. fracture at T5
d. fracture at L4
12. Use the following clues to determine if the pathway is d. visceral motor sympa-
sensory, somatic motor, visceral motor sympathetic or thetic
visceral motor parasympathetic.
1. there is a synapse in the lateral horn
2. ventral rootlets and ventral root are involved
3. there is a short preganglionic neuron and long post-
ganglionic neuron
a. sensory
b. somatic motor
c. visceral motor parasympathetic
d. visceral motor sympathetic
13. The preganglionic neurons of the sympathetic system d. white communicating
move from the spinal nerve to sympathetic chain gan- rami
glia through the
