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What is the minimum number of neurons in a
reflex arc?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 5
d. 7
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One of the first somatic reflexes to develop is
the suckling reflex. Which type of reflex is
this?
a. inherent reflex
b. acquired reflex
c. innate reflex
d. visceral reflex
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You’ve just touched a hot stove. What type of
reflex did you experience? In what way was
your brain involved in the reflex?
a. cranial; the somatosensory cortex
b. visceral; only tracts that respond to pain
c. complex; all the sensory tracts
d. spinal; it was advised later
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During a withdrawal reflex, the limb on the
side opposite the stimulus _______. This
response is called a _______.
a. flexes; stretch reflex
b. adducts; tendon reflex
c. extends; crossed extensor reflex
d. abducts; tendon reflex
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Reflex responses usually remove or oppose
the stimulus. Therefore, this type of reflexive
response would be considered an example of
______.
a. a visceral reflex
b. negative feedback
c. a reverberation circuit
d. avoidance feedback
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Into which structure would spinal anesthesia
be administered?
a. dura mater
b. arachnoid mater
c. subarachnoid space
d. epidural space
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Where is the cerebrospinal fluid of the spinal
cord located?
a. central canal
b. subarachnoid space
c. above the dura mater
d. both A and B
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Which of following is TRUE concerning the
spinal cord?
a. The filum terminale is the end of the spinal
cord and stabilizes the cord.
b. The conus medullaris is a strand of fibrous
tissue that helps support the spinal cord.
c. The spinal cord of an adult ends between
L1 and L2.
d. The amount of gray matter in the spinal
cord is the least at the cervical and lumbar
enlargements.
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A patient has damage to several spinal
nerves. Which of the major divisions of the
nervous system has been damaged?
a. central nervous system
b. peripheral nervous system
c. autonomic nervous system
d. all of the above
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Compression of which nerve bothers older
people on long car rides?
a. sural nerve
b. sciatic nerve
c. femoral nerve
d. tibial nerve
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Spinal nerves are classified as “mixed” nerves
because:
a. they contain both afferent and efferent fibers.
b. they contain the cell bodies of sensory
neurons that travel the dorsal and ventral
ramus.
c. they carry mixed or conflicting information.
d. axons of the ventral root carry sensory
information to the spinal cord and axons of
the dorsal root control somatic and visceral
effectors.
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Injury to the _______ plexus would interfere
with the ability to breathe. The ______ nerve
is the major nerve of this plexus.
a. brachial; long thoracic
b. cervical; phrenic
c. cervical; long thoracic
d. brachial; pectoral
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