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1. What is the basic functional unit of the nervous system?
A
Muscle
B
Bone
C
Neuron
2. Which part of the neuron receives signals from other neurons?
A
Axon
B
Dendrite
C
Cell body
3. What is the process by which neurons communicate with each other?
A
Neural transmission
B
Neural regeneration
C
Neural inhibition
4. Which type of neuron carries information from the sensory organs to the brain?
A
Motor neuron
B
Sensory neuron
C
Interneuron
5. What is the name of the fatty substance that insulates and speeds up the transmission of nerve impulses?
A
Myelin
B
Synapse
C
Neurotransmitter
6. Which part of the brain is responsible for processing somatosensory information?
A
Somatosensory cortex
B
Frontal lobe
C
Cerebellum
7. What is the term for the ability to sense touch, temperature, and pain?
A
Gustation
B
Olfaction
C
Somatosensation
8. Which type of receptor detects pressure and vibration?
A
Pacinian corpuscle
B
Meissner's corpuscle
C
Merkel cell
9. What is the name of the neurotransmitter involved in pain perception?
A
Substance P
B
Serotonin
C
Dopamine
10. Which part of the body has the highest density of touch receptors?
A
Back
B
Fingertips
C
Foot
11. What is sensation from the external environment called?
A
Propreception
B
Interoception
C
Exteroception
12. What receptors include pain, thermal, visceral and mechanical?
A
Thermoreceptors
B
Nociceptors
C
Chemoreceptors
13. Which sensory receptor that adapts slowly to a stimulus and continues to produce action potentials over the duration of the stimulus?
A
Tonic
B
Phasic
C
Graded
14. Which major pathway includes pain, itch, temperature, light (coarse/crude) touch, and visceral sensations?
A
Anterolateral Tracts
B
Dorsal Column Medial Lemniscus
C
Medial Lemnicus Tract
15. What does the Second order neuron do?
A
Medulla to VPN
B
VPN to cerebral cortex
C
Receptor to spinal cord / medulla
16. What information is conveyed in the divergent pathways?
A
Light touch & concious proprioception
B
Slow nociception
C
Movement-related information
17. What is a central deficit?
A
Poor stereognosis
B
Numbness
C
Neuropathy