Exam 11: How Does the Nervous System Respond to Stimulation and Produce Movement 

What is hapsis? What receptors are responsible for our sensation of haptic information?

The _____ connects the somatosensory and motor systems throughout the CNS.

Tourette syndrome is characterized by involuntary movement, or _____ symptoms, while Parkinson disease is characterized by paucity of movement, or _____ symptoms.

Action potentials in the semicircular canals are stimulated by:

The cerebellar cortex consists of _____ distinct cell layer(s).

Describe the effects of damage to the caudate putamen.

Identify the stepwise sequence the CNS performs to produce movement.

_____ muscles move the limb away from the trunk, whereas _____ muscles move the limb back toward the trunk.

Neurons in the anterior corticospinal tract in the left hemisphere control _____ muscles on _____ of the body

Indicate which parts of the pain circuit are excitatory (+) and which are inhibitory (-). 1._____ 2._____ 3._____ 4._____

Pacinian corpuscles are most responsive to:

_____ is an example of a computer-brain interface.

Locate the areas of the brain. _____ 1. tail of the caudate nucleus _____ 2. amygdala _____ 3. substantia nigra _____ 4. caudate putamen

_____ skin is much more richly endowed with receptors and is exquisitely more sensitive to a wider range of stimuli than _____ skin.

Out of the following parts of the body, which is the least sensitive?

Proprioception is the perception of:

The primary somatosensory cortex is found in the _____, while the secondary somatosensory cortex is located in the _____.

Corticospinal fibers make synaptic connections with _____ in the spinal cord.

In a person performing a sequence of finger movements, cerebral blood flow increases in the:

The motor cortex is activated when a person: