Exam 15: Peripheral Nervous System

Which plexus contains nerves that innervate the lower part of the shoulder and the entire arm?

The knee jerk may be classified as a segmental reflex because:

Which segment of the vertebral column generates more spinal nerve pairs than any other segment?

Match each cranial nerve with its function or description. -supplies muscles of the tongue; name means "under the tongue"

The olfactory nerve has dendrites in the inferior turbinates of the nose.

The glossopharyngeal nerve is the only cranial nerve that contains autonomic fibers.

All of the following cranial nerves are involved in proprioception except the:

The glossopharyngeal nerve supplies fibers to the carotid sinus,which has a role in the control of blood pressure.

Which part of the vertebral column has one more pair of nerves coming from it than it has vertebra?

The plantar reflex consists of a curling under of all the toes,plus a slight turning in and flexion of the anterior part of the foot.

The sacral plexus is found deep within the shoulder.

Afferent nerves or fibers are found only in the _____ nervous sytem.

If you have never had chickenpox,it is unlikely that you will get shingles.

Explain the difference between the Babinski reflex and the plantar reflex.What does a positive Babinski reflex in an adult indicate?

All of the following cranial nerves have a functional classification of motor except:

All reflexes have their interneurons in the spinal cord.

Identify the major nerve plexuses and which spinal nerves join to form each of them.

The largest nerve of the body,the sciatic nerve,has its source in the sacral plexus.

What is the difference between a somatic reflex and an autonomic reflex?

Myotome is a term referring to a skeletal muscle group innervated by motor neuron axons from a given spinal nerve.