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Nadia's Prep for Bad Professors

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Term to describe the area of skin innervated by cutaneous branches of a single spinal or cranial nerve.

(a)  

2.

The injury of a ______ leads to the loss of sensation in only one dermatome.

a)

Ventral Root

b)

Spinal Nerve

c)

Dorsal Root

3.

A pathway whose abbreviation is that of a rare motor neuron disease and receives sensory information from the body. Full answer required

(a)  

4.

Literally a diminutive human otherwise referring to the phenomena whereby the density of cortical neurons representing a body part is proportional to the density of innervation on said body part.

a)

Homuncules

b)

Homocercies

c)

Homunculus

d)

Homoscedastic

5.

Damage to the dorsal column-medial lemniscus pathway below the crossing point of its fibers results in loss of vibration and joint sense (proprioception) on _______ side(s) of the body as the lesion

a)

The Opposite

b)

The Same

c)

Both

6.

____ order neurons originate in Nuclei gracilis and cuneatus, ascending in contralateral medial lemniscus

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

4th

7.

____ order neurons have axons that ascend to the postcentral gyrus

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

4th

8.

Axons of ____ order neurons do not synapse for 90% of their ascension.

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

4th

9.

Fun one: Define VPL (spelling!)

(a)  

10.

x represents the ____ region and y represents the ____ region.

a)

x= S2 y= S3

b)

x= S3 y= S2

c)

x= S1 y= S2

d)

x= S2 y=S1

11.

The Trigeminal System carries sensory info for:

a)

unconscious position sense from face

b)

fine touch

c)

vibration

d)

pain and temperature

12.

What three nerves ascend from the trigeminal ganglion?

4 lines
13.

Which trigeminal sensory nuclei is responsible for propioception from the jaw?

a)

main sensory nucleus

b)

mesencephalic nuclei

c)

cuneate nucleus

d)

spinal trigeminal nucleus

14.

the trigeminal nerve is located on the (a)   base of Pons

15.

This trigeminal sensory nucleus does NOT receive signaling of (a)  

16.

Which nucleus is located lateral to the main sensory nucleus (think about the general rule)?

a)

mesencephalic nucleus

b)

spinal trigeminal nucleus

c)

trigeminal motor nucleus

d)

None of the above

17.

Integration of all incoming somatosensory information occurs in areas __ and __ ( , )

(a)  

18.

A lesion in which area results in deficits in using tactile information to discriminate the texture or shape of an object?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

5

19.

SII receives the bulk of direct projections from VPL and VPM

a)

True

b)

False

20.

This area receives the bulk of input from VPL and VPM

a)

3a

b)

3b

c)

2

d)

1

21.

List the order of somatosensory info reception and processing in the brain (eg 1 2 3 4 5 6)

a)

1 2 3 5

b)

2 3 1 5

c)

3 2 1 5

d)

3 1 2 5

22.

Cortical Processing for Perception, Object ID, and Action involves a dorsal pathway from SI to (a)   (3 words)

23.

Area (a)   expresses submodality convergence and allows selectivity to orientation, direction, edge, and shape

24.

A "____" pathway in SII serves as the gateway from the somatosensory cortex to the temporal lobe for memory processing

a)

Who

b)

What

c)

When

d)

Where

e)

Why

25.

SII integrates these features.....

a)

visual features

b)

spacial features

c)

olfactory features

d)

temporal features