Sensation
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Which type of receptors respond to light energy?

  • Thermoreceptors
  • Mechanoreceptors
  • Chemoreceptors
  • Photoreceptors (correct)
  • Which type of receptors respond to potentially damaging stimuli that result in pain?

  • Nociceptors (correct)
  • Thermoreceptors
  • Mechanoreceptors
  • Photoreceptors
  • Which type of receptors respond to touch, pressure, vibration, stretch, and itch?

  • Thermoreceptors
  • Mechanoreceptors (correct)
  • Photoreceptors
  • Chemoreceptors
  • Which type of receptors are sensitive to changes in temperature?

    <p>Thermoreceptors (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where are proprioceptors found?

    <p>In the skeletal muscles, tendons, joints, and ligaments (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are sensory nerves also known as?

    <p>Afferent nerves (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the largest of the cranial nerves?

    <p>Trigeminal (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cranial nerve controls the extrinsic eye muscles that abducts the eyeball?

    <p>Oculomotor (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cranial nerve innervates muscles of facial expression?

    <p>Facial (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cranial nerve is the sensory nerve for hearing and balance?

    <p>Vestibulocochlear (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cranial nerve helps to innervate the tongue and pharynx?

    <p>Glossopharyngeal (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cranial nerve is the only one to extend to the abdomen?

    <p>Vagus (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cranial nerve runs inferior to the tongue and innervates some tongue-moving muscles?

    <p>Hypoglossal (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which plexus gives rise to virtually all the nerves that innervate the upper limb?

    <p>Brachial plexus (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which division of the peripheral nervous system carries impulses only toward the central nervous system?

    <p>Sensory (afferent) division (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name given to the receptors that transmit impulses from the visceral organs?

    <p>Visceral afferent fibers (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name given to the muscle fiber or gland cell that responds to efferent impulses?

    <p>Effector (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cranial nerve activates the parotid salivary glands?

    <p>Glossopharyngeal nerves (IX) (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which area of the hypothalamus directs parasympathetic functions?

    <p>Medial and anterior regions (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which level of organization in the human body is comprised of organs that work together to accomplish a common purpose?

    <p>Organ level (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process called when a bone develops from a fibrous membrane?

    <p>Intramembranous ossification (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which process replaces hyaline cartilage during bone development?

    <p>Ossification (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the resulting bone called after endochondral ossification?

    <p>Endochondral bone (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which phase of mitosis do chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell?

    <p>Metaphase (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the functional unit of muscle called?

    <p>Sarcomere (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the body constitutes the central nervous system?

    <p>Brain and spinal cord (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which bone is the largest in the human body?

    <p>Femur (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of skin cancer is considered the worst?

    <p>Malignant melanoma (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is not a carpal bone?

    <p>Femur (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the correct order of phases in mitosis?

    <p>Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of receptors respond to light energy?

    <p>Photoreceptors (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cranial nerve supplies four of the six extrinsic muscles that move the eyeball in the orbit?

    <p>Oculomotor (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cranial nerve innervates an extrinsic eye muscle that loops through a pulley-shaped ligament in the orbit?

    <p>Trochlear (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cranial nerve is the largest of the cranial nerves?

    <p>Trigeminal (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where are proprioceptors found?

    <p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cranial nerve is sensory to the face and motor to the chewing muscles?

    <p>Trigeminal (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of receptors respond to chemicals in solution and changes in blood chemistry?

    <p>Chemoreceptors (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cranial nerve innervates the muscles of facial expression?

    <p>Facial (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which plexus gives rise to virtually all the nerves that innervate the upper limb?

    <p>Brachial plexus (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many pairs of spinal nerves arise from the spinal cord?

    <p>31 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the body do spinal nerves supply?

    <p>All parts of the body except the head and some areas of the neck (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which division of the autonomic nervous system innervates smooth and cardiac muscle and glands?

    <p>Parasympathetic division (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of receptors respond to dim light and are used for peripheral vision?

    <p>Rods (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the central opening of the iris called?

    <p>Pupil (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which division of the peripheral nervous system carries impulses only away from the central nervous system?

    <p>Somatic efferent (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cranial nerve innervates the smooth muscles in the eyes that cause pupils to constrict and the lenses to bulge?

    <p>Oculomotor nerves (III) (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which region of the hypothalamus directs parasympathetic functions?

    <p>Medial and anterior regions (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of receptors respond to changes in temperature?

    <p>Thermoreceptors (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which level of organization in the human body is comprised of groups of similar cells with a common function?

    <p>Tissue level (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cranial nerve activates the parotid salivary glands?

    <p>Facial nerves (VII) (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of receptors respond to touch, pressure, vibration, stretch, and itch?

    <p>Mechanoreceptors (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which process replaces hyaline cartilage during bone development?

    <p>Endochondral ossification (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the functional unit of muscle called?

    <p>Sarcomere (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which bone is the largest in the human body?

    <p>Femur (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the worst type of skin cancer?

    <p>Malignant melanoma (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the names of the carpal bones?

    <p>Scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the cranial nerve that helps to innervate the tongue and pharynx?

    <p>Glossopharyngeal nerve (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which division of the peripheral nervous system carries impulses only toward the central nervous system?

    <p>Somatic nervous system (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which phase of mitosis do chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell?

    <p>Metaphase (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name given to the receptors that transmit impulses from the visceral organs?

    <p>Visceral receptors (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cranial nerve is responsible for innervating the muscles of facial expression?

    <p>Facial (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which division of the peripheral nervous system innervates smooth and cardiac muscle and glands?

    <p>Autonomic nervous system (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cranial nerve is responsible for sensory input for hearing and balance?

    <p>Vestibulocochlear (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cranial nerve is the only one to extend to the abdomen?

    <p>Vagus (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which plexus gives rise to the nerves that innervate the upper limb?

    <p>Brachial plexus (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of vision is associated with cones and high-acuity color vision?

    <p>Bright light vision (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which division of the peripheral nervous system carries impulses only away from the central nervous system?

    <p>Somatic nervous system (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which division of the peripheral nervous system carries impulses only toward the central nervous system?

    <p>Somatic afferent (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the body do the cranial nerves activate the parotid salivary glands?

    <p>Glossopharyngeal nerves (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which region of the hypothalamus directs sympathetic functions?

    <p>Lateral and posterior (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which level of organization in the human body is comprised of groups of similar cells with a common function?

    <p>Tissue level (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which process replaces hyaline cartilage during bone development?

    <p>Endochondral ossification (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the body do spinal nerves supply?

    <p>Muscles and skin (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of receptors respond to potentially damaging stimuli that result in pain?

    <p>Pain receptors (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which process replaces hyaline cartilage during bone development?

    <p>Endochondral ossification (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the largest bone in the human body?

    <p>Femur (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the worst type of skin cancer?

    <p>Malignant melanoma (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the names of the carpals in the hand?

    <p>Scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the functional unit of muscle?

    <p>Sarcomere (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the central nervous system composed of?

    <p>Brain and spinal cord (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the correct order of phases in mitosis?

    <p>Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the worst type of skin cancer?

    <p>Malignant melanoma (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are intercalated discs found in?

    <p>Cardiac muscle (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of receptors respond to light energy?

    <p>Photoreceptors (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cranial nerve supplies four of the six extrinsic eye muscles that move the eyeball in the orbit?

    <p>Oculomotor (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of receptors respond to changes in blood chemistry?

    <p>Chemoreceptors (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where are proprioceptors found?

    <p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the delicate layer of loose connective tissue that surrounds each axon called?

    <p>Endoneurium (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of nerves carry impulses only toward the central nervous system?

    <p>Sensory (afferent) nerves (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many pairs of cranial nerves are there?

    <p>12 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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