Sample Quizzes Test 2

Front 1

What is meant by the term "somatic senses"?

Back 1

not special senses

Front 2

Proprioception:

Back 2

body position senses (knowing its location without looking)

Front 3

Stereognosis:

Back 3

identification by touch

Front 4

Proprioceptive pathways are found principally in the _________ of the spinal cord.

Back 4

dorsal white columns

Front 5

Pain and temperature pathways are found principally in the ________ of the spinal cord.

Back 5

lateral white columns

Front 6

Damage to the dorsal white columns of the spinal cord would result in ________ loss of proprioception.

Back 6

ipsilateral

Front 7

Lesions of the lateral white columns of the spinal cord would result in _______ loss of pain and temperature sensations.

Back 7

contralateral

Front 8

A stroke affecting the postcentral gyrus of the cerebral hemisphere would cause mostly ________ loss of sensory interpretation.

Back 8

contralateral

Front 9

What is a dermatome?

Back 9

Distribution of spinal nerves on the skin.

Front 10

What is meant by the term "referred pain" and what is the physiological basis of this phenomenon?

Back 10

Pain from a visceral structure, which is perceived as though it has come from a body surface not directly above it.

Front 11

The ______ of the cerebral cortex is the area of the brain most directly responsible for discrete body movements.

Back 11

precentral gyrus

Front 12

Pyramidal tracts decussate in the _______ of the medulla.

Back 12

pyramids

Front 13

Cell bodies of lower motor neurons are found in the _________ of the spinal cord.

Back 13

anterior gray horn

Front 14

Typical characteristic of an upper motor neuron lesion:

Back 14

spastic

Front 15

Typical characteristic of a lower motor neuron lesion:

Back 15

flasid

Front 16

Upper motor neuron lesions below the medulla would cause ________ paralysis.

Back 16

ipsalateral

Front 17

Lower motor neuron lesions cause _________ paralysis.

Back 17

ipsilateral

Front 18

A stroke affecting the precentral gyrus of the cerebral hemisphere would cause mostly _________ loss of motor control.

Back 18

contralateral

Front 19

Lesion of the ventral root L5 would result in ipsilateral/contralateral spastic/flaccid paralysis.

Back 19

ipsilateral flaccid

Front 20

The autonomic nervous system is concerned with the regulation of ____________.

Back 20

veseral involuntary muscle

Front 21

Autonomic efferent pathways are usually _____ neurons long.

Back 21

2

Front 22

Preganglionic and postganglionic sympathetic neurons may synapse in what types of autonomic ganglia?

Back 22

Either the sympathetic chains, or those that are at the base of the artery under the diaphram.

Front 23

Cell bodies of preganglionic parasympathetic neurons are located where in the CNS?

Back 23

base of cranial nerves 3, 7, 9 and 10

Front 24

________ receptors are target cell receptors stimulated by cholinergic postganglionic neurons.

Back 24

Muscarinic

Front 25

_______ receptors are target cell receptors stimulated by typical sympathetic post ganglionic neurons.

Back 25

Norepinephrine

Front 26

Functions of endocrine glands:

Back 26

ductless glands that release product into the blood

Front 27

Function of exocrine glands:

Back 27

glands which release a product via a duct

Front 28

Hormone:

Back 28

product released in blood to travel to target cells

Front 29

Paracrine:

Back 29

diffuse to intertestial cells & effect them

Front 30

Autocrine:

Back 30

chemical released by a cell which effects its own cell

Front 31

How is the action of a given hormone realized at specific target cells of the body when the hormone is circulated in the general blood stream?

Back 31

because there is a specific receptor for the particular hormone

Front 32

"Anterior" pituitary hormone control:

Back 32

controlled by the Hypothallmys which is responsible for the release of regulatory and inhibitory hormones

Front 33

"Posterior" pituitary hormone control:

Back 33

Hypothallmus via nerve intervation

Front 34

Regulating factor comes from __________ to the anterior pituitary which contains ___________ via the __________.

Back 34

Hypothallmus
Hormones
via the Hypothymallic Hypophyseal Portal System

Front 35

Action of growth hormone (GH):
Regulating factor:

Back 35

stimulates growth
GHRH

Front 36

Action of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH):
Regulating factor:

Back 36

stimulates the thyroid (metabolism)
TSHRH

Front 37

Action of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH):
Regulating factor:

Back 37

controls the adenal cortex
ACTHRH

Front 38

Action of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH):
Regulating factor:

Back 38

oogenisis and spermatogenesis
FSHRH

Front 39

Action of luthenizing hormone (LH):
Regulating factor:

Back 39

forms the corpus luteim
LHRH

Front 40

Action of prolactin hormone (PH):
Regulating factor:

Back 40

stimulates milk production
PIH

Front 41

Relationship between body osmolarity and ADH release:

Back 41

Body fluids are concentrated; so want to save water and do NOT want to diures.. Therefore increase ADH.
-ADH makes urine concentrated, saves water to try to make body fluids less concentrated (prevent water loss)

Front 42

Hormones made in the posterior pituitary:

Back 42

Antidiuretic Hormone
Oxytocin

Front 43

List four hormones involved in the regulation of the male reproductive system:

Back 43

1. Follicle Stimulating Hormone
2. Intertisal Cell Stimulating Hormone
3. Testosterone
4. Gonodotropin Releasing Hormone

Front 44

What two male reproductive hormones come from the anterior pituitary?

Back 44

1. Intertisal Cell Stimulating Hormone
2. Follicle Stimulating Hormone

Front 45

Where does testosterone come from?

Back 45

Testes

Front 46

Where does gonodotropin releaseing hormone come from?

Back 46

Hypothalamus

Front 47

Spermatogenesis:

Back 47

Formation of sperm

Front 48

Mitosis:

Back 48

Division of somatic cells

Front 49

Meiosis:

Back 49

Division of chromosomes

Front 50

Gametogenesis:

Back 50

Formation of gametes

Front 51

Diploid:

Back 51

48 chromosomes

Front 52

Structures through which sperm move from the semniferous tubules until leaving the penile urethra:

Back 52

Seminiferous tubules
Rete testes
Efferent ductules
Epididymis
Vas deferens
Esaculatory duct
Urethra
Penile urethra

Front 53

List six hormones involved in regulation of the female reproductive cycle:

Back 53

1. Gonoadotropin Releasing Hormone
2. Prolactin Inhibitory Hormone
3. Follicle Stimulating Hormone
4. Lutenizing Hormone
5. Human Chorionic Gonodatropin
6. Progesterone

Front 54

List the two hormones in the regulation of the female reproductive cycle which come from the hypothallamus:

Back 54

1. Gonoadotropin Releasing Hormone
2. Prolactin Inhibitory Hormone

Front 55

List the three hormones in regulation of the female reproductive cycle which come from the anterior pituitary:

Back 55

1. Follicle Stimulating Hormone
2. Lutenizing Hormone
3. Prolactin

Front 56

List the two hormones in the regulation of the female reproductive cycle which come from the overies:

Back 56

1. Estrogen
2. Progesterone

Front 57

List the hormone in the regulation of the female reproductive cycle which comes from the posterior pituitary:

Back 57

Oxytocin

Front 58

Where does Human Chorionic Gonodotropin come from and what is its function?

Back 58

Trophoblast/Placenta
Maintains the corpus luteum