BIO 252 QUESTION BANK 2026 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES REVIEW UPDATED A+

BIO 252 QUESTION BANK 2026
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES REVIEW UPDATED
A+

◉ visceral sensory region receives signals from where
Answer: internal organs


◉ what region of the dorsal horn does somatic sensory signals go to
Answer: dorsal-most region


◉ what region of the dorsal horn does visceral sensory signals go to
Answer: central dorsal horn


◉ somatic motor information goes through where
Answer: ventral horn


◉ visceral motor information goes through where
Answer: lateral horn


◉ somatic motor region receives signals from where

, Answer: motor neurons that travel out of the spinal cord to skeletal
muscles


◉ visceral motor region receives signals from where
Answer: motor neurons that travel to glands and smooth/cardiac
muscle


◉ does the dorsal root carry out sensory or motor information
Answer: sensory


◉ does the ventral root carry out sensory or motor information
Answer: motor


◉ dorsal ramus carries sensory and motor information from where
Answer: back of torso/body


◉ ventral ramus carries sensory and motor information from where
Answer: front of torso/body and all limbs


◉ communicating rami carries sensory and motor information from
where
Answer: visceral/internal organs