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In response to high blood pressure, stretch receptors called ___ trigger the heart to ___ its rate.

• Baroreceptors; decrease

• Mechanoreceptors; slow

• Proprioceptors; increase

• Chemoreceptors; increase

• Thermoreceptors; decrease

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

From superficial to deep, the meninges occur in which order?

• Dura → arachnoid → pia

• Pia → arachnoid → dura

• Arachnoid → dura → pia

• Arachnoid → pia → dura

• Dura → pia → arachnoid

Binding of ___ to a nicotinic receptor will ___ the muscle fiber.

• Norepinephrine; inhibit

• Acetylcholine; excite

• Serotonin; excite

• Dopamine; inhibit

• GABA; excite

Caffeine works by blocking receptors for which neuromodulator?

• Adenosine

• Serotonin

• Dopamine

• Histamine

• Norepinephrine

Sympathetic effects last ___ than parasympathetic because ___.

• Longer; NE can diffuse into the bloodstream

• Longer; ACh circulates in blood

• Shorter; ACh breaks down slowly

• Shorter; NE diffuses quickly

• Longer; NE breaks down immediately

Upper motor neurons for skeletal muscle control begin in the:

• Thalamus

• Cerebellum

• Hypothalamus

• Precentral gyrus

• Postcentral gyrus

What nerves pass through sympathetic ganglia without synapsing?

• Intercostal nerves

• Vagus nerves

• Splanchnic nerves

• Cranial nerves

• Phrenic nerves

___ show more hemispheric lateralization than ___.

• Adult females; adult males

• Children; adults

• Adult males; adult females

• Elderly; young adults

• Infants; teenagers

Nonfluent aphasia results from a lesion in which area?

• Broca’s area

• Wernicke

• Occipital cortex

• Hippocampus

• Precentral cortex

Preganglionic autonomic fibers run from the ___ to the ___.

• White matter; dorsal root

• Cortex; spinal cord

• Gray matter; autonomic ganglia

• Medulla; pons

• Cerebellum; brainstem