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Question 1
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Sensory neurons are generally unipolar.
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- True
- False
Question 2
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For special senses, there is a specialised receptor cell that is very sensitive to a particular stimulus which passes an action potential on to the afferent axon.
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- True
- False
Question 3
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Which of these is not a special sense?
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Vision
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Hearing
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Taste
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Smell
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Vestibular (balance)
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Touch
Question 4
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Which of these are somatic & visceral senses?
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Touch
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Pain
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Hot/Cold
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Vestibular (balance)
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Body position
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Vision
Question 5
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What is it called when a stimulus is converted into an action potential?
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Translation
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Transduction
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Transferral
Question 6
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Choose the correct statement about types of sensory information coding.
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Modality indicates which type or sensory receptor was activated.
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Intensity is conferred by the strength of action potentials fired.
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The duration of stimulus is conferred by the frequency of action potentials firing.
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The location is conferred by the location of the axon terminal the potential stimulates.
Question 7
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The proprioreceptors detect posture and spatial position of muscle by:
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detecting change of length in sarcomeres
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detecting change of length in muscle spindles
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detecting change of tension in muscle spindles
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detecting change of tension in sarcomeres
Question 8
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(choose all correct options)
The Golgi tendon organ:
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detects change in tension in muscle
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provides a stretch reflex
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protects from muscle tearing
Question 9
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The muscle spindles can cause contraction of the muscle while the Golgi tendon organ can cause relaxation of the muscle.
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- True
- False
Question 10
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Choose the incorrect statement about skin receptors.
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Pacini's corpuscle are sensitive to changes in pressure and especially sensitive to vibration.
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Ruffini's corpuscle is a stretch receptor with orientation.
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Free nerve endings responsive to pain and itching.
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Merkel's endings/discs and Meissner's corpuscle are deep, non peripheral sensors.
Question 11
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Sensors primarily detect change, thus they will adapt to a stimulus and response will decay over time until a new change occurs.
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- True
- False
Question 12
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Touch receptors are slow adapting, while stretch receptors are rapidly adapting.
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- True
- False
Question 13
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Choose the incorrect statement about receptive fields.
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A receptive field is an area which when stimulated activates an associated neuron.
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The smaller the field and denser the adjacent fields the better the discrimination of location.
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The larger the field and sparser the fields the easier it is to discriminate between two points of contact.
Question 14
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Choose the correct statements about the somatosensory areas of the cortex.
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The primary somatosensory cortex sits on the pre-central gyrus.
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The primary somatosensory cortex gives a conscious identification of when and where a stimulus originated.
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The somatic sensory association area is anterior to the primary somatosensory cortex.
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The somatic sensory association area is responsible for meaningful interpretation of information from the primary somatosensory cortex.
Question 15
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Size of dedicated mapped area on the primary somatosensory cortex indicates size and density of relevant receptor fields. A large area would indicate many, small, dense receptor fields.
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- True
- False
Question 16
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Choose the incorrect statement about pain differentiation.
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Chronic/slow pain is transmitted by axons with a small diameter.
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Chronic/slow pain is transmitted by myelinated axons
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Acute/fast pain is generally somatic.
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Chronic/slow pain is generally visceral.
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Acute pain is transmitted by A fibers.
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Acute pain is transmitted by axons with a large diameter.
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