Exam 13: The Peripheral Nervous System and Reflex Activity

After axonal injury,regeneration in peripheral nerves is guided by .

The nerve is not a branch of the trigeminal nerve.

Potentially damaging stimuli that result in pain are selectively detected by .

Which of the follow types of neurons are replaced throughout adult life?

The nerve is the largest of the cranial nerves.

What is the chemical composition of the rod pigment,rhodopsin,and how does it appear to act in the reception of light?

Which receptors adapt most slowly?

Speculate about the benefit of having the nerve supply of the diaphragm,which is located in the thoracic- lumbar area of the spinal cord,arise from cervical nerves.

The facial nerve is cranial nerve number .

Receptors for hearing are located in the _ _.

Pain,temperature,and coarse touch are involved in the ascending pathways of the somatosensory system.

Which of the following nerves does not arise from the brachial plexus?

What is the main function of the rods in the eye?

Which of the following structures is not part of the external ear?

Define Golgi tendon organs and muscle spindles relative to the stretch reflex.

Which receptors are modified free- nerve endings found in the deeper levels of the epidermis?

Taste buds are not found .

The trochlear nerve conveys proprioceptor impulses from the _ to the brain.

What is Wallerian degeneration?

Select the statement that is most correct.