Integration of Nervous System Functions

1. Integration of Nervous System Functions Skeletal Muscle Control Other Brain Functions Brainstem Function Sensation Grab Bag $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 FINAL ROUND

2. Sensation: $100 Question • These types of receptors respond to pain stimuli: • a. chemoreceptors • b. mechanoreceptors • c. nociceptors • d. photoreceptors • e. thermoreceptors ANSWER BACK TO GAME

3. Sensation: $100 Answer • These types of receptors respond to pain stimuli: • a. chemoreceptors • b. mechanoreceptors • c. nociceptors • d. photoreceptors • e. thermoreceptors BACK TO GAME

4. Sensation: $200 Question • This best describes the function of Ruffini end organs: • a. continuous touch or pressure • b. itch, tickle • c. light touch • d. vibration • e. two-point discrimination ANSWER BACK TO GAME

5. Sensation: $200 Answer • This best describes the function of Ruffini end organs: • a. continuous touch or pressure • b. itch, tickle • c. light touch • d. vibration • e. two-point discrimination BACK TO GAME

6. Sensation: $300 Question • This tract is involved in reflexes that turn the head and eyes toward a point of cutaneous stimulation: • a. spinoolivary • b. spinothalamic • c. spinotectal • d. spinocerebellar ANSWER BACK TO GAME

7. Sensation: $300 Answer • This tract is involved in reflexes that turn the head and eyes toward a point of cutaneous stimulation: • a. spinoolivary • b. spinothalamic • c. spinotectal • d. spinocerebellar BACK TO GAME

8. Sensation: $400 Question • The largest area of the somatic sensory cortex contains sensory neurons associated with this region of the body: • a. arm • b. face • c. genitals • d. leg • e. thigh ANSWER BACK TO GAME

9. Sensation: $400 Answer • The largest area of the somatic sensory cortex contains sensory neurons associated with this region of the body: • a. arm • b. face • c. genitals • d. leg • e. thigh BACK TO GAME

10. Sensation: $500 Question • Your patient is experiencing pain radiating from the left shoulder down the arm. He is most likely having referred pain from this: • a. gall stones • b. appendicitis • c. constipation • d. heart attack • e. kidney stones ANSWER BACK TO GAME

11. Sensation: $500 Answer • Your patient is experiencing pain radiating from the left shoulder down the arm. He is most likely having referred pain from this: • a. gall stones • b. appendicitis • c. constipation • d. heart attack • e. kidney stones BACK TO GAME

12. Skeletal Muscle Control: $100 Question • The primary motor area is located in this __________ gyrus of each __________ lobe: • a. precentral; frontal • b. precentral, parietal • c. postcentral; frontal • d. postcentral; parietal ANSWER BACK TO GAME

13. Skeletal Muscle Control: $100 Answer • The primary motor area is located in this __________ gyrus of each __________ lobe: • a. precentral; frontal • b. precentral, parietal • c. postcentral; frontal • d. postcentral; parietal BACK TO GAME

14. Skeletal Muscle Control: $200 Question • The motivation and foresight to plan and initiate movements is located in this area: • a. premotor area • b. prefrontal area • c. primary motor area • d. Wernicke's area ANSWER BACK TO GAME

15. Skeletal Muscle Control: $200 Answer • The motivation and foresight to plan and initiate movements is located in this area: • a. premotor area • b. prefrontal area • c. primary motor area • d. Wernicke's area BACK TO GAME

16. Skeletal Muscle Control: $300 Question • These tracts innervate the head muscles: • a. corticospinal • b. rubrospinal • c. vestibulospinal • d. corticobulbar ANSWER BACK TO GAME

17. Skeletal Muscle Control: $300 Answer • These tracts innervate the head muscles: • a. corticospinal • b. rubrospinal • c. vestibulospinal • d. corticobulbar BACK TO GAME

18. Skeletal Muscle Control: $400 Question • One major effect of the basal nuclei is this: • a. to act as a comparator for motor coordination • b. to decrease muscle tone and inhibit unwanted muscular activity • c. affect emotions and emotional responses to odors • d. modulate pain sensations ANSWER BACK TO GAME

19. Skeletal Muscle Control: $400 Answer • One major effect of the basal nuclei is this: • a. to act as a comparator for motor coordination • b. to decrease muscle tone and inhibit unwanted muscular activity • c. affect emotions and emotional responses to odors • d. modulate pain sensations BACK TO GAME

20. Skeletal Muscle Control: $500 Question • Damage to the cerebellum can result in all of these except: • a. balance impairment • b. overshoot when touching an object • c. increased muscle tone • d. tremors in hands when trying to perform a task ANSWER BACK TO GAME

21. Skeletal Muscle Control: $500 Answer • Damage to the cerebellum can result in all of these except: • a. balance impairment • b. overshoot when touching an object • c. increased muscle tone • d. tremors in hands when trying to perform a task BACK TO GAME

22. Brainstem Function: $100 Question • The following cranial nerves have sensory nuclei in the brainstem except this: • a. I (olfactory) • b. VI (abducent) • c. VII (facial) • d. IX (glossopharyngeal) • e. X (vagus) ANSWER BACK TO GAME

23. Brainstem Function: $100 Answer • The following cranial nerves have sensory nuclei in the brainstem except this: • a. I (olfactory) • b. VI (abducent) • c. VII (facial) • d. IX (glossopharyngeal) • e. X (vagus) BACK TO GAME

24. Brainstem Function: $200 Question • The reticular activating system can be stimulated by inputs from this: • a. cerebral cortex • b. limbic system • c. visual stimuli • d. olfactory stimuli • e. all of these ANSWER BACK TO GAME

25. Brainstem Function: $200 Answer • The reticular activating system can be stimulated by inputs from this: • a. cerebral cortex • b. limbic system • c. visual stimuli • d. olfactory stimuli • e. all of these BACK TO GAME

26. Brainstem Function: $300 Question • This statement of brainstem function is true: • a. ascending and descending tracts project through it • b. contains nuclei of cranial nerves III-X and X • c. collateral branches of II project into brainstem nuclei • d. all are true ANSWER BACK TO GAME

27. Brainstem Function: $300 Answer • This statement of brainstem function is true: • a. ascending and descending tracts project through it • b. contains nuclei of cranial nerves III-X and X • c. collateral branches of II project into brainstem nuclei • d. all are true BACK TO GAME

28. Brainstem Function: $400 Question • When food is in the mouth, a reflex is stimulated between the motor nuclei of this nerve and the trigeminal sensory nuclei to trigger salivation: • a. VII (facial) • b. VIII (vestibulocochlear) • c. IX (glossopharyngeal) • d. X (vagus) • e. a and c ANSWER BACK TO GAME

29. Brainstem Function: $400 Answer • When food is in the mouth, a reflex is stimulated between the motor nuclei of this nerve and the trigeminal sensory nuclei to trigger salivation: • a. VII • b. VIII • c. IX • d. X • e. a and c BACK TO GAME

30. Brainstem Function: $500 Question • This somatic function of the brainstem could be affected by a minor injury to the vagus nerve except: • a. hoarseness • b. swallowing • c. coughing • d. chewing ANSWER BACK TO GAME

31. Brainstem Function: $500 Answer • This somatic function of the brainstem could be affected by a minor injury to the vagus nerve except: • a. hoarseness • b. swallowing • c. coughing • d. chewing BACK TO GAME

32. Other Brain Functions:$100 Question • The right and left cerebral hemispheres are separated by this broad band of tracts at the base of the longitudinal fissure: • a. intermediate mass • b. corpus callosum • c. vermis • d. unmyelinated nuclei • e. thalamus ANSWER BACK TO GAME

33. Other Brain Functions:$100 Answer • The right and left cerebral hemispheres are separated by this broad band of tracts at the base of the longitudinal fissure: • a. intermediate mass • b. corpus callosum • c. vermis • d. unmyelinated nuclei • e. thalamus BACK TO GAME

34. Other Brain Functions: $200 Question • This activity is mostly associated with the left cerebral hemisphere in most people: • a. sensory input from the left side of the body • b. mathematics and speech • c. spatial perception • d. recognition of faces • e. musical ability ANSWER BACK TO GAME

35. Other Brain Functions: $200 Answer • This activity is mostly associated with the left cerebral hemisphere in most people: • a. sensory input from the left side of the body • b. mathematics and speech • c. spatial perception • d. recognition of faces • e. musical ability BACK TO GAME

36. Other Brain Functions: $300 Question • The limbic system is most involved in the control of this: • a. sleep and wakefulness • b. maintaining posture • c. higher intellectual processes • d. motor coordination • e. emotions and basic "drives" ANSWER BACK TO GAME

37. Other Brain Functions: $300 Answer • The limbic system is most involved in the control of this: • a. sleep and wakefulness • b. maintaining posture • c. higher intellectual processes • d. motor coordination • e. emotions and basic "drives" BACK TO GAME

38. Other Brain Functions: $400 Question • Joe is 45, and has not ridden a bicycle since he was 18. To his amazement, he gets on a bike and rides with little effort. This kind of memory is called: • a. declarative (explicit) • b. procedural (implicit) or reflexive • c. sensory • d. short-term ANSWER BACK TO GAME

39. Other Brain Functions: $400 Answer • Joe is 45, and has not ridden a bicycle since he was 18. To his amazement, he gets on a bike and rides with little effort. This kind of memory is called: • a. declarative (explicit) • b. procedural (implicit) or reflexive • c. sensory • d. short-term BACK TO GAME

40. Other Brain Functions:$500 Question • Given these areas of the cerebral cortex: 1. auditory association area2. Broca's area3. premotor area4. primary auditory area5. primary motor area6. Wernicke's area • Someone says "Hi" to you; you hear and understand them and say "Hi" back to them. This is the correct sequence below:a. 4,1,2,6,3,5 c. 4,1,6,2,3,5 • b. 4,1,6,2,5,3 d. 1,4,6,2,3,5 ANSWER BACK TO GAME

41. Other Brain Functions:$500 Answer • Given these areas of the cerebral cortex: 1. auditory association area2. Broca's area3. premotor area4. primary auditory area5. primary motor area6. Wernicke's area • Someone says "Hi" to you; you hear and understand them and say "Hi" back to them. This is the correct sequence below:a. 4,1,2,6,3,5 c. 4,1,6,2,3,5 • b. 4,1,6,2,5,3 d. 1,4,6,2,3,5 BACK TO GAME

42. Grab Bag:$100 Question • Temperatures above 47oC stimulate both cold and pain receptors but do not stimulate warm receptors. • True/False ANSWER BACK TO GAME

43. Grab Bag: $100 Answer • Temperatures above 47oC stimulate both cold and pain receptors but do not stimulate warm receptors. • True/False BACK TO GAME

44. Grab Bag: $200 Question • Decreased sensitivity to a continued stimulus is called this: • a. adaptation • b. projection • c. association • d. perception • e. sensation ANSWER BACK TO GAME

45. Grab Bag: $200 Answer • Decreased sensitivity to a continued stimulus is called this: • a. adaptation • b. projection • c. association • d. perception • e. sensation BACK TO GAME

46. Grab Bag: $300 Question • This ascending spinal pathway (tract) carries light touch, pressure, tickle, and itch sensations to the cerebral cortex: • a. anterior spinocerebellar • b. posterior spinocerebellar • c. spinothalamic • d. spinoolivary • e. spinotectal ANSWER BACK TO GAME

47. Grab Bag: $300 Answer • This ascending spinal pathway (tract) carries light touch, pressure, tickle, and itch sensations to the cerebral cortex: • a. anterior spinocerebellar • b. posterior spinocerebellar • c. spinothalamic • d. spinoolivary • e. spinotectal BACK TO GAME

48. Grab Bag: $400 Question • Long-term memory involves this: • a. a change in the cytoskeleton of neurons • b. movement of calcium into the neuron • c. increase in glutamate release by presynaptic neurons • d. specific protein synthesis • e. all of the above ANSWER BACK TO GAME

49. Grab Bag: $400 Answer • Long-term memory involves this: • a. a change in the cytoskeleton of neurons • b. movement of calcium into the neuron • c. increase in glutamate release by presynaptic neurons • d. specific protein synthesis • e. all of the above BACK TO GAME

50. Grab Bag: $500 Question • This is an effect of aging on the nervous system: • a. an increased sense of two-point discrimination • b. identify objects by touch more easily • c. decreased awareness of tactile stimulation • d. reduction in the number of free nerve endings ANSWER BACK TO GAME