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The Science of Sleep

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During which stage of sleep does the body experience virtual paralysis?

REM sleep (correct)

Disorders of consciousness

Non-REM sleep

Coma

What distinguishes sleep from wakefulness in terms of reaction to stimuli?

Inhibition of sensory activity

Ability to react to stimuli (correct)

Decrease in muscle activity

Active brain patterns

What is the primary function of dreams during sleep?

To react to external stimuli

To restore the body's systems (correct)

To process emotions consciously

To experience involuntary sensations

Which state involves reduced mental and physical activity, altered consciousness, and inhibited sensory activity?

Sleep (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary difference between sleep and a coma or disorders of consciousness?

Active brain patterns (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary difference between REM and non-REM sleep?

Muscle activity is decreased during non-REM sleep but virtual paralysis occurs during REM sleep (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of dreams during sleep?

To provide a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations involuntarily in the mind (E) Signup and view all the answers

What is the state of most of the body's systems during sleep?

Anabolic state, helping to restore the immune, nervous, skeletal, and muscular systems (C) Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes sleep from a coma or disorders of consciousness?

Sleep involves active brain patterns, making it more reactive than a coma or disorders of consciousness (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary characteristic of REM sleep?

Virtual paralysis of the body (A) Signup and view all the answers

The Science of Sleep

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Questions and Answers

During which stage of sleep does the body experience virtual paralysis?

What distinguishes sleep from wakefulness in terms of reaction to stimuli?

What is the primary function of dreams during sleep?

Which state involves reduced mental and physical activity, altered consciousness, and inhibited sensory activity?

What is the primary difference between sleep and a coma or disorders of consciousness?

What is the primary difference between REM and non-REM sleep?

What is the primary function of dreams during sleep?

What is the state of most of the body's systems during sleep?

What distinguishes sleep from a coma or disorders of consciousness?

What is the primary characteristic of REM sleep?

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