Nervous Integration
Cranial nerve VIII (8)
Auditory (vestibulocochlear)
The final destination of a sensory pathway is the _______________ ______.
Somatosensory cortex
The structures that make up the fibrous tunic are...
Sclera and cornea
The window within the middle ear where sound enters.
Oval window
Chemoreceptors, baroreceptors, and mechanoreceptors (stretch)
The components of a sensation:
1.
2.
3.
4.
2. Transduction
3. Conduction
4. Translation (interpretation)
At which order neuron does decussation occur?
Second-order neuron
The best visual acuity occurs in the ______ _____ due to the presence of _____.
The ossicles are made up of: ______, ______, and ______.
Malleus, incus, and stapes
The lateral gray horns found within T1-L2 are all dedicated to which part of the ANS?
Sympathetic nervous system
Receptors responsible for responding to stimuli within internal organs (ex: stretch of the lungs or stretch of the urinary bladder).
Interoreceptors (visceroreceptors)
The pathway responsible for discerning things such as discriminative touch, weight discrimination, and conscious proprioception is the _______ _______ pathway.
Dorsal column
The chamber of the eye where aqueous humor is produced.
Posterior chamber
The type of fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear.
Endolymph
True or False:
Post ganglionic cell sin the parasympathetic nervous system are much shorter compared to the sympathetic nervous system.
True
What type of receptor is constantly working, coordinates smooth movements, are slow adapting, and located in muscle spindles?
Proprioceptors
The pathway where decussation occurs within the gray commissure is the ______ pathway.
True or False:
If glutamate is released, the visual pathway is started.
False
The cell that touches the tectorial membrane which triggers an action potential within the ear.
Hair cells
The acronym SLUD that s involved in the parasympathetic nervous system stands for:
Salivation, lacrimation, urination, and defacation
Pain felt on the skin or in muscles is known as ______ pain, while pain felt in the stomach, heart, lungs, etc. would be considered ______ pain.
Somatic; visceral
Which areas of the body occupies a large section of devotion within the motor cortex?
Hands and face
The type of cell that is most abundant at the edge of the retina are...
Rod cells
The structures of the inner ear that is responsible for dynamic equilibrium.
Semicircular ducts, cupula (ampulla), and hair cells
True of false
In the flight or fight response of the sympathetic nervous system heart rate decreases, blood pressure decreases, and vasodilation occurs.False