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Physiology
Exam 2
Comprehensive Study
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Where is the subdural space
located?
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Within the Cranium,
between the Dura
mater and the
Arachnoid membrane
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What is located inside
of the subdural space?
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Cerebrospinal
fluid
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What is an area of folded
muscle membrane with
Ach receptors clustered
at the top of each fold
(active site)?
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Motor end
plate
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What enzyme rapidly
deactivates ACh by
degrading it into acetyl
and choline?
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acetylcholinesterase
(AChE)
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What is the affect on the
activity of a neuron in
the event of blocking the
ability for retrograde
flow in an axon?
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The soma can’t
respond to changes
in the DISTAL END
of the neuron.
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True or False? One
function of the nervous
system is to direct activities
that continue for extended
periods such as growth and
pregnancy.
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False
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True or False? During a
sleep cycle a person
alternates between REM
sleep and deep wave
sleep.
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True
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True or False? Sleep
is an easily reversible
state of inactivity.
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True
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True or False? Sleep
is now considered an
active state, requiring
neuronal activity.
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True
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True or False? Sleep
is characterized by lack
of interaction with the
external environment.
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True
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Which lobe would one
expect to find the
primary sensory
cortex?
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Parietal lobe
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On which lobe would
you expect to fine the
Auditory cortex?
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Temporal lobe
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The Gustatory cortex
is associated with
which sense?
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Taste
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Which lobe would one
expect to find the
primary MOTOR
cortex?
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Frontal lobe
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True or False?
Ganglia exist in the
CNS in the Spinal
Cord.
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False. Ganglia exist
outside of the CNS
(spinal cord) in the
PNS.
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What is the
equivalent ganglia
structure inside the
CNS?
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Nucleus
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In the spinal cord,
where is gray matter
and white matter
located (inside or out)?
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The spinal cord has gray
matter on the inside
and white matter on
the outside.
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Does the spinal cord
use a dorsal or
ventral motor root?
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Ventral
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___ matter consist of
unmyelinated never
cell bodies, dendrites,
and axon terminals.
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Gray matter consist of
unmyelinated never
cell bodies, dendrites,
and axon terminals.
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At the resting
membrane potential; is
the membrane more
permeable to Na or K?
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K+
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What type of receptors
bind to ACh, open
monovalent cation
channels, and are found
on skeletal muscles at the
neuromuscular junction?
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Nicotinic
receptors
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What is the name for
the event when the cell
becomes less negative
due to an influx of
sodium ions?
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Depolarazation
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The high speed
movement of and
action potential
through the axon is
called what?
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Conduction
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What is the absolute
refractory period?
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A period of 2 msec when a
second action potential
cannot be triggered no
matter how large the
stimulus.
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What word would best
describe and excitable
tissue during resting
membrane potential.
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Polorized
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What word would
best describe an
excitable tissue above
its threshold?
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Depolarized
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What word would best
describe an excitable
tissue below its resting
membrane potential?
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Undershoot
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What word would
best describe an
excitable tissue above
0 mV?
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Overshoot
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What is the outermost
connective tissue
covering the spinal
nerves?
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Epineurium
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What are braches
that sometimes occur
along the length of an
axon called?
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Collaterals
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What is the region
where an axon
terminal meets its
target cell called?
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Synapse
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An IPSP (Inhibitory
postsynaptic
potential) is
associated with what?
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Hyperpolarization
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An EPSP (Excitatory
postsynaptic
potential) is
associated with what?
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Depolariztion
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The principal that states
all stimuli great enough to
bring the membrane to
threshold will produce
identical action potentials
is know as what?
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All or None
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Where are the major
centers concerned with
automic control of
breathing, blood pressure,
heart rates located?
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Medulla
Oblongata
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In which of the following
would the rate of impulse
conduction be the greatest?
-myelinated fiber 20 microns
in diameter
-myelinated finber 2 microns
in diameter
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myelinated fiber 20
microns in
diameter
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n which of the following
would the rate of impulse
conduction be the greatest?
-myelinated fiber 20
microns in diameter
-myelinated fiber 2
microns in diameter
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myelinated fiber 20
microns in
diameter
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How does
Hypocacemia affect the
function of the nervous
system?
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Less neurotransmitter
can be released in
response to an action
potential
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The dorsal root ganglia
contain what?
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Cell bodies of
sensory neurons
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Astrocytes have what
major functions?
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- Induce formation of the blood-brain
barrier
- Are important in the repair of brain
injuries and neural scar formation
- Take up excess K+ from brain ECF
- Physically support neurons
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What is Dura mater?
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Outer membrane
of the meninges
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What is Pia mater?
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Inner most membrane
of the meninges,
delicate, contains
many blood vessels.
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What is the Arachnoid?
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The middle
membrane of the
meninges
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What is Subarchnoid
space?
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Fluid filled space
beneath the
Arachnoid
membrane of the
skull
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What is Ventricles?
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Hollow spaces in the
brain filled with
circulating
cerebrospinal fluid
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What is the difference
between electronic and
saltatory conduction?
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Saltatory conduction
requires the
presence of myelin
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What cranial nerves
control eye
movements?
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III, IV, VI
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What ion has a higher
concentration in
cerebrospinal fluid than
in blood?
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H+
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rd
3
th
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The
and
ventricles are linked by
what?
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Mesencephalic
aqueduct
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Excess cerebrospinal
fluid is drained into
where?
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Superior sagittal
sinus
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Which nerve fibers will
have the highest
conduction velocity, a
smaller unmyelinated
fiber or a larger
myelinated fiber?
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Larger
myelinated fiber
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A second nerve
impulse cannot be
generated until :
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The membrane
potential has been
reestablished
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What are graded
potentials?
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Local changes in the
membrane potential that
occur in varying degrees
of magnitude and serve
as short distance signals
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What ion is needed to
initiate the release of
acetylcholine into the
synaptic cleft?
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Calcium
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Where are Interneurons
found?
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ONLY in the CNS
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The brainstem consist
of :
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Midbrain, Medulla,
Pons
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What is a target
receptor for
preganglionic neurons?
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Cholinergic
Nicotinic receptor
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What would be a result
of the ventral root of
the spinal nerve being
cut?
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Complete loss of
voluntary
movement
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What two division of
the efferent side of the
PNS?
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Somatic motor
neurons and
Autonomic neurons
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Preganglionic fibers of
oarasympathetic
neurons can be found
in all of the following
cranial neurons
EXCEPT:
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XII
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Acetylcholine is released
from the axon terminal, a
skeletal muscle is
triggered to contract, and
the response is always
excitatory. These events
happen as a result of
what?
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A somatic motor
neuron fires an
action potential.
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Describe two ways a
cell can become
hyperpolarized.
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I.
II.
K+ efflux when K+ becomes
more permeable, making the
cell more negative
Influx of Cl- making inside
of cell more negative
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Explain why multiple
sclerosis negatively
affects motor control.
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I.
This is a demyelinating disease.
Conduction in Myelinated Axons
are faster. Damage to Myelin
means ion flow out of the
cytoplasm and slower conduction
because the amount of
membrane in contact with ECF
is increased.
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List the anatomic and
functional categories
of neurons; Anatomic
& Functional.
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Anotomic
Bipolar
Unipolar
Pseudounipolar
Anoxonic
Multipolar
Funtional
Sensory Afferant Neuron
Interneuron
Motor Efferent Neurons
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