The Peripheral nervous System (Cranial and Spinal )
This is the total number of cranial and spinal nerve pairs in the human body ?
What is 12
The receptors respond to mechanical forces such as pressure and vibration
What is Mechanoreceptors
This division of the autonomic nervous system is responsible for the " fight or flight " response
What is Sympathetic nervous system
This term refers to the sense of smell
What is olfaction
what is the auricle
The cranial nerve, also known as the "wandering nerve", is responsible for autonomic functions like heart rate and digestion.
What is the vagus nerve ( cranial nerve X )
These receptors detect changes in temperature and help regulate body heat
What is Thermoreceptors
This division of the autonomic nervous system promotes " rest and digest" functions
What is the parasympathetic nervous system
What cranial nerve is resposible for sense of smell?
What is: Cranial Nerve I/ Olfactory nerve
These three small bones, also called the auditory ossicles , transmit sound vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear.
what is, the malleus , incus and stapes
This cranial nerve is responsible for vision and transmits signals from the retina to the brain
What is the optic nerve ( Cranial Nerve ll)
What is the primary muscle that is involved in the knee-jerk reflex?
What is quadriceps femoris
The autonomic nervous system is a brand of this larger nervous system
The specialized epithelium that houses olfactory neurons is called this
What is the olfactory Epithelium
This structure seperates the outer ear from the middle ear and vibrates in response to sound waves
What is the tympanic membrane
The cranial nerve responsible for facial expression is called?
What is What is the facial nerve ( Cranial Nerve Vll)
What is the function of a chemoreceptor, and is it classified as an exteroceptor, introceptor or both?
What is chemical changes and both exteroceptor and interoceptor
The two main divisions of the autonomic nervous system are the sympathetic nervous system( SNS) and this division
what is the peipheral nervous system
How many taste receptors does a human typically have?
What is 5
The cochlea is responsible for this sensory function
What is hearing
what are the network of interwoven spinal nerve fibers that innervate specific body regions called?
what is nerve plexus
This type of reflex involves only one synapse between a sensory neuron and a motor neuron, making it the fastes reflex in the body
What is monosynaptic reflex
The ANS is responsible for regulating involuntary functions such as heart rate, digestion and this function that controls the size of the pupil.
What is pupil dilation/constriction
What sensory pathways are involved in sense of taste
What is facial ( Vll ) Glossopharyngeal and Vagus ( X) nerves to the brain
What is the optic disc