REHB2001 Week 3 Tutorial Quiz

The spinal cord is part of the _______ nervous system.

Spinal nerves are part of the __________ nervous system.

The posterior (dorsal) nerve root contains ___?

• Sensory fibres arising from the spinal nerves

• Motor fibres exiting the spinal cord to the spinal nerve

• Mixed sensory/motor fibres

• Postganglionic visceromotor neurons

The ventral (anterior) ramus of the spinal nerve contains ___?

• Sensory and motor fibres supplying limbs and part of the trunk

• Sensory and motor fibres supplying skin and muscles of the back

• Sensory fibres only - supplying limbs and part of the trunk

• Motor fibres only - supplying skin and muscles of the back

Peripheral nerves are made up of one or more ______ nerves?

The sacral plexus contains spinal nerves from which spinal levels?

• L4 L5 S1 S2 S3 S4

• T12 L1 L2 L3 L4

• L5 S1 S2 S3 S4

• L3 L4 L5 S1 S2

The obturator nerve innervates skin on the ______ part of the thigh.

The femoral nerve innervates muscles that flex the hip joint and ______ the knee

The paravertebral ganglion contains cell bodies of what type of neurons?

• Pseudounipolar neurons

• Motor neurons

• Autonomic neurons

• Paravertebral neurons

Motor neuron cell bodies sit within which area of the spinal cord?

• Grey matter dorsal horn

• Grey matter ventral horn

• Lateral horn

• White matter