WorksheetsREHB2001 Week 3 Tutorial Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
The spinal cord is part of the (a) nervous system.
Spinal nerves are part of the (a) 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 (a) 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 (a) part of the thigh.
The femoral nerve innervates muscles that flex the hip joint and (a) 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
There are 3 layers of connective tissue around a nerve. The external layer is called the...?
Epineurium
Perineurium
Endoneurium
Myelin
The inferior end of the spinal cord is called the...?
Cauda equina
Conus medullaris
Corona radiata
Basal ganglia
The membrane threshold potential of a neuron is 55mV.
True
False
Which area of the cortex functions to discriminate head positions and head movements (in relation to the environment around us)?
Primary somatosensory area
Primary auditory area
Primary visual area
Primary vestibular area
Oligodendrocytes are the macroglia/support cells of the peripheral nervous system.
True
False
