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Which part of the brain do most type C pain fibers terminate in?
What is the refractive power of the lens?
What is the total refractive power of the eye?
What causes presbyopia?
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What is the leading cause of blindness worldwide?
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How is signal transmission in the retina achieved?
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Which type of muscles have a higher density of muscle spindles?
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What do muscle spindles detect in muscles?
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What is the function of co-activation of alpha and gamma motor neurons?
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What are muscle spindles made of?
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Which type of muscles have few muscle spindles?
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What is the purpose of proper damping function of muscle spindles?
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Which of the following conditions can cause night blindness?
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What is the primary function of the LGN (lateral geniculate nucleus)?
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Which of the following is true about the olfactory system?
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How does COVID-19 affect smell and taste?
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How long does the loss of taste and smell typically last in COVID-19 patients?
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What is the function of the Golgi tendon organ?
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Which system transmits touch, vibration, position, and fine pressure?
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What is the function of the Anterolateral System?
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What is the term for altered perception of pain such that stimuli which would normally induce a trivial discomfort causes significant pain?
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What is the term for a disorder of the trigeminal nerve (5th CN) that can cause paroxysmal facial pain?
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What are the symptoms of Brown-Sequard syndrome?
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What is the term for pain that is perceived to originate from a distant area of skin due to intermingling of second order neurons in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord from skin and viscera?
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Which type of receptor adapts rapidly?
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Which type of receptor adapts slowly?
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What causes action potentials to occur in receptors?
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What happens to action potential frequency as stimulus intensity increases?
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What is the mechanism that stops reverberatory circuits?
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What causes fatigue in synaptic junctions?
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