Muscles
Sensory Receptors & Stimuli
Cerebral Cortex
The diencephalon
The Pons/Medulla Oblongata
100
What is the full correct term for this muscle?
Rectus Abdominis
100
What stimuli does a photoreceptor respond to? Give an example.
Responds to light energy. Example: Retina.
100
What is a motor areas function?
Controls Voluntary movement.
100
Is it made up of gray or white mattered structures?
Gray Matter.
100
Where is the pons located? (What is it between)
Located between the midbrain and the medulla oblongata.
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Orbicularis Oculi
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What does a mechanoreceptor respond to?
Touch, Pressure, Vibration, and Stretch.
200
What is the function of the sensory areas in the cerebral cortex?
It controls voluntary movement.
200
What is the overall function of the Diencephalon?
It acts as a relay station. It takes information from various parts of the body and helps process it.
200
What is the function of the pons?
It helps relay information between different parts of the brain. Helps with coordinating functions like breathing ,sleep-wake cycles, and facial movements.
300
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Pronator Teres. It allows your arm to pronate (or rotate your palm downwards).
300
What stimuli is a nociceptor sensitive to? Give an example of a stimuli that it might respond to.
Pain-causing stimuli such as extreme heat or cold, excessive pressure and inflammatory chemicals.
300
What is the function of association areas?
Integrates diverse information.
300
What is the Thalamus and what is its function?
The Thalamus mediates impulses. processes them and acts as the "relay station".
300
Which cranial nerves is the pons the origin of ?
V,VI,VII
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Rectus Femoris, it allows you to extend your leg at the knee.
400
What does a nonencapsulated nerve ending respond to? Is it nonmyelinated or myelinated?
It mostly responds to pain, temperature, light and touch. It is nonmyelinated.
400
What part of the cerebral cortex has to do with vision?
Green, the occipital lobe.
400
What is the hypothalamus and what is its function?
The hypothalamus is a regulator for homeostasis and modulates the autonomic system.
400
What is the function of the medulla oblongata?
It picks up nerve signals from the rest of your body and helps control vital processes like your heartbeat, breathing and blood pressure.
500
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External Intercostal muscles
500
What stimulus type are most encapsulated nerve endings?
Mechanoreceptors.
500
Where is hearing located in the cerebral cortex?
Orange, Temporal lobe.
500
What is the function of the epithalamus and what gland does it contain?
The epithalamus secretes melatonin to regulate the sleep-wake cycle as well as contains the pineal gland.
500
What Cranial nerves is the Medulla oblongata the origin to ?
VIII, IX,X,XII