NMS Set 2 Quiz - Reflexes and the skull, TMJ and vertebrae.

The occipital condyles interact with the superior facets of which vertebrae?

What are the equivalents of the lambda and bregma in a neonatal skull?

The bone that the skull is composed of is made from a ______ casing.

The bone that the skull is composed of is made from a ______ interior.

Sutures are connected by what fibrous substance?

The pterion is the meeting of what four cranial bones?

What is the feature on the axis vertebrae which helps to allow the atlas and skull to rotate?

In the myotatic reflex, is the sensory input from the muscle spindle excitatory to the motor neuron in the spinal cord or inhibitory? Why?

In the reverse myotatic reflex, the golgi tendon organ will send out inhibitory signals to the interneuron to therefore co-ordinate relaxation of the muscle.

In the knee jerk reflex, an inhibitory interneurone leads to relaxation of the quadriceps.

In the crossed extensor reflex, excitatory efferent signals travel to the quadriceps of the leg that is taking body weight.

The jaw jerk reflex is an example of the myotatic reflex in action.

The gag reflex is processed by what cranial nerve?

The motor action co-ordinated by CN IX leads to contraction of what muscles?

Sensory afferent information associated with the swallowing reflex travels to what brain centre in the brain stem?

Peristalsis is an enteric reflex.