Final Exam Study Questions - Peripheral Nervous System exam with correct answers 2024

The peripheral nervous system (PNS) includes the brain and spinal cord. - answer-False ___________ exhibit little or NO adaptation. - answer-Tonic receptors Pressure, pain, and temperature receptors in the skin are ________. - answer-Exteroceptors The first level of neural integration in the somatosensory system is the ________ level. (Image on pg. 488). - answer-Receptor Spinal nerves are all classified as __________. - answer-Mixed nerves What parts of the brain are used to plan and coordinate complex motor activities? - answer-Cerebellum and basal nuclei After axonal injury, regeneration in peripheral nerves is guided by _________. - answer-Schwann cells Which of the following cranial nerves carries only sensory information? - answer-Olfactory The musculocutaneous nerve is a major nerve of the brachial plexus. - answer-False? Which of the following muscles might be represented by that labeled F in the figure during the patellar (knee jerk) reflex? (Image on pg. - answer-Rectus femoris Transduction refers to conversion of ___________. - answer-Presynaptic nerve impulses to postsynaptic nerve impulses? Which type of sensory receptor allows us to feel an insect landing on our skin? - answer-Mechanoreceptor Feeling a gentle caress on your arm would likely involve all of the following except ________. - answer-Pacinian corpuscles Which of the following is not an aspect of sensory perception - answer-Visceral identification The thickest and longest nerve in the body is the _____________. - answer-Sciatic Regeneration within the CNS __________. - answer-Is prevented due to growth-inhibiting proteins of oligodendrocytes Striking the "funny bone" is actually stimulation of (or injury to) the _______________. - answer-Ulnar nerve