APHY 101 FINAL
EXAMINATION COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS
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Question 1: During the ______ refractory period, no stimulus can
produce an action potential. During the ______ refractory period, a
threshold stimulus of high intensity is required to trigger a new
action potential. -relative; absolute -absolute; relative
Answer:
absolute; relative
Question 2: What is the function of the ependymal cells in the
choroid plexuses? -To help regulate the CSF composition. -To
protect the capillaries within the choroid plexuses. -Regulate the
temperature of the CSF.
Answer:
To help regulate the CSF composition.
Question 3: The ______ is the part of the brain responsible for
intelligence and personality. -cerebral cortex -brainstem -basal
nuclei -cerebellum
Answer:
cerebral cortex
Question 4: Areas of the cerebral cortex that interpret sensory
impulses and handle reasoning and judgment are called ______
areas. -speech -motor -Wernicke's -association
,Answer:
association
Question 5: What association area function is located in the parietal
lobe? -executive functions such as planning and concentrating
-control of emotional behavior and consequences -interpretation of
hearing and sounds -awareness of the form of objects and one's
own body parts
Answer:
awareness of the form of objects and one's own body parts
Question 6: What is the function of Broca's area in the frontal lobe
of the cerebrum? -to interpret many different types of sensory
signals -to produce the motor patterns of contractions needed for
speech -to interpret written and spoken language
Answer:
to produce the motor patterns of contractions needed for speech
Question 7: What is the name of the structure that connects the
diencephalon to the pituitary gland? -infundibulum -mammillary
body -pineal gland -optic chiasma
Answer:
infundibulum
Question 8: What is the function of the limbic system? -It maintains
balance and posture. -It regulates sleep and wake cycles. -It
controls visceral reflexes. -It produces emotions.
Answer:
, It produces emotions.
Question 9: What network of nerve fibers in the brainstem are
responsible for filtering incoming signals and for stimulating the
cerebral cortex into a state of wakefulness? -limbic system -basal
nuclei -reticular formation -hippocampus
Answer:
Reticular formation
Question 10: Which are the functions of the hypothalamus?
-regulates hunger and thirst -serves as a relay station for sensory
signals -regulates sleep cycles -stimulates the pituitary gland
-controls skeletal muscle movement
Answer:
-stimulates the pituitary gland -regulates hunger and thirst -regulates sleep
cycles
Question 11: Which statement accurately describes the cauda
equina? -A large swelling of the spinal cord in the lumbar region.
-Several bundles of axons of motor and sensory neurons extend
through the foramen magnum. -Axons of motor and sensory
neurons that extend in the vertebrate canal just inferior to the
conus medullaris.
Answer:
Axons of motor and sensory neurons that extend in the vertebrate canal just
inferior to the conus medullaris.
, Question 12: Choose the effectors for the motor fibers of the
trochlear nerve. -muscles used for chewing -muscles of facial
expression -extrinsic eye muscles which move the eyes
Answer:
extrinsic eye muscles which move the eyes
Question 13: The ______ nerve branches into the ophthalmic
division, maxillary division, and mandibular division. -abducens
-trochlear -trigeminal
Answer:
trigeminal
Question 14: Which nerve innervates salivary glands and muscles
of facial expression? -vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)
-hypoglossal nerve (CN XII) -trochlear nerve (CN IV) -facial nerve
(CN VII)
Answer:
facial nerve (CN VII)
Question 15: Which nerve innervates muscles that move the eye?
-olfactory nerve -vagus nerve -abducens nerve -optic nerve
Answer:
abducens nerve
Question 16: The ______ nerve carries sensory impulses from the
pharynx, tonsils, and the posterior third of the tongue. -trochlear
-vestibulocochlear -glossopharyngeal -abducens
EXAMINATION COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST RELEASED
Question 1: During the ______ refractory period, no stimulus can
produce an action potential. During the ______ refractory period, a
threshold stimulus of high intensity is required to trigger a new
action potential. -relative; absolute -absolute; relative
Answer:
absolute; relative
Question 2: What is the function of the ependymal cells in the
choroid plexuses? -To help regulate the CSF composition. -To
protect the capillaries within the choroid plexuses. -Regulate the
temperature of the CSF.
Answer:
To help regulate the CSF composition.
Question 3: The ______ is the part of the brain responsible for
intelligence and personality. -cerebral cortex -brainstem -basal
nuclei -cerebellum
Answer:
cerebral cortex
Question 4: Areas of the cerebral cortex that interpret sensory
impulses and handle reasoning and judgment are called ______
areas. -speech -motor -Wernicke's -association
,Answer:
association
Question 5: What association area function is located in the parietal
lobe? -executive functions such as planning and concentrating
-control of emotional behavior and consequences -interpretation of
hearing and sounds -awareness of the form of objects and one's
own body parts
Answer:
awareness of the form of objects and one's own body parts
Question 6: What is the function of Broca's area in the frontal lobe
of the cerebrum? -to interpret many different types of sensory
signals -to produce the motor patterns of contractions needed for
speech -to interpret written and spoken language
Answer:
to produce the motor patterns of contractions needed for speech
Question 7: What is the name of the structure that connects the
diencephalon to the pituitary gland? -infundibulum -mammillary
body -pineal gland -optic chiasma
Answer:
infundibulum
Question 8: What is the function of the limbic system? -It maintains
balance and posture. -It regulates sleep and wake cycles. -It
controls visceral reflexes. -It produces emotions.
Answer:
, It produces emotions.
Question 9: What network of nerve fibers in the brainstem are
responsible for filtering incoming signals and for stimulating the
cerebral cortex into a state of wakefulness? -limbic system -basal
nuclei -reticular formation -hippocampus
Answer:
Reticular formation
Question 10: Which are the functions of the hypothalamus?
-regulates hunger and thirst -serves as a relay station for sensory
signals -regulates sleep cycles -stimulates the pituitary gland
-controls skeletal muscle movement
Answer:
-stimulates the pituitary gland -regulates hunger and thirst -regulates sleep
cycles
Question 11: Which statement accurately describes the cauda
equina? -A large swelling of the spinal cord in the lumbar region.
-Several bundles of axons of motor and sensory neurons extend
through the foramen magnum. -Axons of motor and sensory
neurons that extend in the vertebrate canal just inferior to the
conus medullaris.
Answer:
Axons of motor and sensory neurons that extend in the vertebrate canal just
inferior to the conus medullaris.
, Question 12: Choose the effectors for the motor fibers of the
trochlear nerve. -muscles used for chewing -muscles of facial
expression -extrinsic eye muscles which move the eyes
Answer:
extrinsic eye muscles which move the eyes
Question 13: The ______ nerve branches into the ophthalmic
division, maxillary division, and mandibular division. -abducens
-trochlear -trigeminal
Answer:
trigeminal
Question 14: Which nerve innervates salivary glands and muscles
of facial expression? -vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)
-hypoglossal nerve (CN XII) -trochlear nerve (CN IV) -facial nerve
(CN VII)
Answer:
facial nerve (CN VII)
Question 15: Which nerve innervates muscles that move the eye?
-olfactory nerve -vagus nerve -abducens nerve -optic nerve
Answer:
abducens nerve
Question 16: The ______ nerve carries sensory impulses from the
pharynx, tonsils, and the posterior third of the tongue. -trochlear
-vestibulocochlear -glossopharyngeal -abducens
