The 'PNS: Exam 4 Prep' quiz focuses on the peripheral nervous system, assessing knowledge on reflexes, nerve branches, sensory systems, and nerve distribution. It's designed to enhance understanding of neural mechanisms and their anatomical pathways, crucial for students in medical and related fields.
Cervical
Maxillary
Ophthalmic
Mandibular
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Ulnar
Radial
Median
Phrenic
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Baroreceptor
Pain
Temperature
Touch
Pressure
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Perceptual
Segmental
Receptor
Circuit
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Common fibular
Femoral
Tibial
Obturator
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Trunks, divisions, cords, and roots
Roots, divisions, cords, and trunks
Divisions, roots, trunks, and cords
Roots, trunks, divisions, and cords
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Accessory
Hypoglossal
Vagus
Glossopharyngeal
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The stimulus energy must be converted into the energy of a graded potential called a transduction potential
A generator potential in the associated sensory neuron must reach threshold
The stimulus energy must occur within the receptor's receptive field
The stimulus energy must match the specificity of the receptor
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Femoral
Iliohypogastric
Sciatic
Ilioinguinal
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Femoral plexus
Sacral plexus
Thoracic plexus
Lumbar plexus
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Exits from the medulla
If paralyzed, exhibits Bell's palsy
Relays sensory information from taste buds on the tongue
Supplies innervation to the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
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Always mediated by the brain
Involuntary, yet may be modified by learned behavior
Rapid, predictable, learned responses
Autonomic only
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Spatial discrimination
Feature attraction
Magnitude estimation
Quality estimation
Pattern recognition
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Radial nerve
Ulnar nerve
Sciatic nerve
Median nerve
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Crossed-extensor reflex
Plantar reflex
Flexor reflex
Golgi tendon reflex
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Exteroceptors
Mechanoreceptors
Interoceptors
Proprioceptors
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Interoceptors
Nociceptors
Proprioceptors
Photoreceptors
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Medial rectus muscle
Superior rectus muscle
Inferior rectus muscle
Lateral rectus muscle
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Afferent nerves
Mixed nerves
Efferent nerves
Motor nerves
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Schwann cells
Dendrites
Golgi organs
Wallerian cells
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Typically allows axonal sprouting of 20 mm
Is promoted by growth inhibitors and glial scars
Is more successful than with the PNS
Is prevented due to grown-inhibiting proteins of oligodendrocytes
Extend
Abduct
Adduct
Also flex
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Spatial discrimination allows us to recognize textures
Magnitude estimation is the simplest level of sensation
Pattern recognition allows us to see a familiar face
Perceptual detection is the ability to detect how much stimulus is applied to the body
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Medulla
Thalamus
Reticular formation
Pons
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Pudendal and common fibular
Posterior femoral cutaneous and tibial
Pudendal and posterior femoral cutaneous
Common fibular and tibial
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Sacral plexus
Cervical plexus
Thoracic plexus
Lumbar plexus
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Characterized by paralysis of facial muscles
Characterized by loss of vision
Characterized by partial paralysis of diaphragm muscles
Often caused by inflammation of the trigeminal nerve
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Receptor, afferent neuron, integration center, efferent neuron, effector
Receptor, efferent neuron, integration center, afferent neuron, effector
Effector, afferent neuron, integration center, efferent neuron, receptor
Effector, efferent neuron, integration center, afferent neuron, receptor
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Facial
Olfactory
Oculomotor
Trigeminal
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Presynaptic nerve impulses to postsynaptic nerve impulses
Stimulus information to nerve impulses
Afferent impulses to efferent impulses
Receptor energy to stimulus energy
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Median
Radial
Ulnar
Musculocutaneous
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Glossopharyngeal
Facial
Trochlear
Trigeminal
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Vestibulocochlear
Accessory
Trigeminal
Abducens
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Glossopharyngeal
Vagus
Accessory
Olfactory
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Ganglia are collections of neuron cell bodies in the spinal cord that are associate with efferent fibers
The cell bodies of afferent ganglia are located in the spinal cord
The dorsal root ganglion is a motor-only structure
Ganglia associated with afferent nerve fibers contain cell bodies of sensory neurons
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Sciatica
Neurofibromatosis
Postpoliomyelitis muscular atrophy
Paresthesia
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Pacinian corpuscles
Meissner's corpuscles
Tactile discs
Hair follicle receptors
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Glossopharyngeal
Accessory
Facial
Hypoglossal
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Nociceptors
Touch receptors
Smell receptors
Pressure receptors
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A complete loss of voluntary movement
Complete loss of sensation
A complete loss of sensation and movement
Loss of neither sensation nor movement but only of autonomic control
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