1) The document describes the integration of nervous system functions including sensation, skeletal muscle control, brainstem function, and other brain functions. 2) It provides examples of questions and answers about various topics such as sensory receptors, motor control pathways, brain areas, memory, and more. 3) The questions are from a quiz or game format with multiple choice answers about nervous system topics at different point values.

1. Integration of Nervous System Functions
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Sensation
FINAL ROUND
Skeletal
Muscle
Control
Brainstem
Function
Other Brain
Functions Grab Bag

2. Sensation:
$100 Question
These types of receptors respond to pain
stimuli:
a. chemoreceptors
b. mechanoreceptors
c. nociceptors
d. photoreceptors
e. thermoreceptors
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ANSWER

3. Sensation:
$100 Answer
These types of receptors respond to pain
stimuli:
a. chemoreceptors
b. mechanoreceptors
c. nociceptors
d. photoreceptors
e. thermoreceptors
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4. Sensation:
$200 Question
This best describes the function of Ruffini
end organs:
a. continuous touch or pressure
b. itch, tickle
c. light touch
d. vibration
e. two-point discrimination
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ANSWER

5. Sensation:
$200 Answer
This best describes the function of Ruffini
end organs:
a. continuous touch or pressure
b. itch, tickle
c. light touch
d. vibration
e. two-point discrimination
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6. Sensation:
$300 Question
This tract is involved in reflexes that turn
the head and eyes toward a point of
cutaneous stimulation:
a. spinoolivary
b. spinothalamic
c. spinotectal
d. spinocerebellar
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ANSWER

7. Sensation:
$300 Answer
This tract is involved in reflexes that turn
the head and eyes toward a point of
cutaneous stimulation:
a. spinoolivary
b. spinothalamic
c. spinotectal
d. spinocerebellar
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8. Sensation:
$400 Question
The largest area of the somatic sensory
cortex contains sensory neurons
associated with this region of the body:
a. arm
b. face
c. genitals
d. leg
e. thigh
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ANSWER

9. Sensation:
$400 Answer
The largest area of the somatic sensory
cortex contains sensory neurons
associated with this region of the body:
a. arm
b. face
c. genitals
d. leg
e. thigh
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10. Sensation:
$500 Question
Your patient is experiencing pain radiating
from the left shoulder down the arm. He is
most likely having referred pain from this:
a. gall stones
b. appendicitis
c. constipation
d. heart attack
e. kidney stones
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11. Sensation:
$500 Answer
Your patient is experiencing pain radiating
from the left shoulder down the arm. He is
most likely having referred pain from this:
a. gall stones
b. appendicitis
c. constipation
d. heart attack
e. kidney stones
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12. Skeletal Muscle Control:
$100 Question
The primary motor area is located in this
__________ gyrus of each __________
lobe:
a. precentral; frontal
b. precentral, parietal
c. postcentral; frontal
d. postcentral; parietal
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ANSWER

13. Skeletal Muscle Control:
$100 Answer
The primary motor area is located in this
__________ gyrus of each __________
lobe:
a. precentral; frontal
b. precentral, parietal
c. postcentral; frontal
d. postcentral; parietal
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14. Skeletal Muscle Control:
$200 Question
The motivation and foresight to plan and
initiate movements is located in this area:
a. premotor area
b. prefrontal area
c. primary motor area
d. Wernicke's area
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15. Skeletal Muscle Control:
$200 Answer
The motivation and foresight to plan and
initiate movements is located in this area:
a. premotor area
b. prefrontal area
c. primary motor area
d. Wernicke's area
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16. Skeletal Muscle Control:
$300 Question
These tracts innervate the head muscles:
a. corticospinal
b. rubrospinal
c. vestibulospinal
d. corticobulbar
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17. Skeletal Muscle Control:
$300 Answer
These tracts innervate the head muscles:
a. corticospinal
b. rubrospinal
c. vestibulospinal
d. corticobulbar
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18. Skeletal Muscle Control:
$400 Question
One major effect of the basal nuclei is this:
a. to act as a comparator for motor
coordination
b. to decrease muscle tone and
inhibit unwanted muscular activity
c. affect emotions and emotional
responses to odors
d. modulate pain sensations
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19. Skeletal Muscle Control:
$400 Answer
One major effect of the basal nuclei is this:
a. to act as a comparator for motor
coordination
b. to decrease muscle tone and
inhibit unwanted muscular activity
c. affect emotions and emotional
responses to odors
d. modulate pain sensations
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20. Skeletal Muscle Control:
$500 Question
Damage to the cerebellum can result in all
of these except:
a. balance impairment
b. overshoot when touching an object
c. increased muscle tone
d. tremors in hands when trying to
perform a task
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21. Skeletal Muscle Control:
$500 Answer
Damage to the cerebellum can result in all
of these except:
a. balance impairment
b. overshoot when touching an object
c. increased muscle tone
d. tremors in hands when trying to
perform a task
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22. Brainstem Function:
$100 Question
The following cranial nerves have sensory
nuclei in the brainstem except this:
a. I (olfactory)
b. VI (abducent)
c. VII (facial)
d. IX (glossopharyngeal)
e. X (vagus)
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23. Brainstem Function:
$100 Answer
The following cranial nerves have sensory
nuclei in the brainstem except this:
a. I (olfactory)
b. VI (abducent)
c. VII (facial)
d. IX (glossopharyngeal)
e. X (vagus)
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24. Brainstem Function:
$200 Question
The reticular activating system can be
stimulated by inputs from this:
a. cerebral cortex
b. limbic system
c. visual stimuli
d. olfactory stimuli
e. all of these
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25. Brainstem Function:
$200 Answer
The reticular activating system can be
stimulated by inputs from this:
a. cerebral cortex
b. limbic system
c. visual stimuli
d. olfactory stimuli
e. all of these
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26. Brainstem Function:
$300 Question
This statement of brainstem function is
true:
a. ascending and descending tracts
project through it
b. contains nuclei of cranial nerves
III-X and X
c. collateral branches of II project into
brainstem nuclei
d. all are true BACK TO GAME
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27. Brainstem Function:
$300 Answer
This statement of brainstem function is
true:
a. ascending and descending tracts
project through it
b. contains nuclei of cranial nerves
III-X and X
c. collateral branches of II project into
brainstem nuclei
d. all are true BACK TO GAME

28. Brainstem Function:
$400 Question
When food is in the mouth, a reflex is
stimulated between the motor nuclei of
this nerve and the trigeminal sensory
nuclei to trigger salivation:
a. VII (facial)
b. VIII (vestibulocochlear)
c. IX (glossopharyngeal)
d. X (vagus)
e. a and c BACK TO GAME
ANSWER

29. Brainstem Function:
$400 Answer
When food is in the mouth, a reflex is
stimulated between the motor nuclei of
this nerve and the trigeminal sensory
nuclei to trigger salivation:
a. VII
b. VIII
c. IX
d. X
e. a and c BACK TO GAME

30. Brainstem Function:
$500 Question
This somatic function of the brainstem
could be affected by a minor injury to the
vagus nerve except:
a. hoarseness
b. swallowing
c. coughing
d. chewing
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31. Brainstem Function:
$500 Answer
This somatic function of the brainstem
could be affected by a minor injury to the
vagus nerve except:
a. hoarseness
b. swallowing
c. coughing
d. chewing
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32. Other Brain Functions:
$100 Question
The right and left cerebral hemispheres
are separated by this broad band of tracts
at the base of the longitudinal fissure:
a. intermediate mass
b. corpus callosum
c. vermis
d. unmyelinated nuclei
e. thalamus
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33. Other Brain Functions:
$100 Answer
The right and left cerebral hemispheres
are separated by this broad band of tracts
at the base of the longitudinal fissure:
a. intermediate mass
b. corpus callosum
c. vermis
d. unmyelinated nuclei
e. thalamus
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34. Other Brain Functions:
$200 Question
This activity is mostly associated with the
left cerebral hemisphere in most people:
a. sensory input from the left side of
the body
b. mathematics and speech
c. spatial perception
d. recognition of faces
e. musical ability
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35. Other Brain Functions:
$200 Answer
This activity is mostly associated with the
left cerebral hemisphere in most people:
a. sensory input from the left side of
the body
b. mathematics and speech
c. spatial perception
d. recognition of faces
e. musical ability
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36. Other Brain Functions:
$300 Question
The limbic system is most involved in the
control of this:
a. sleep and wakefulness
b. maintaining posture
c. higher intellectual processes
d. motor coordination
e. emotions and basic "drives"
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37. Other Brain Functions:
$300 Answer
The limbic system is most involved in the
control of this:
a. sleep and wakefulness
b. maintaining posture
c. higher intellectual processes
d. motor coordination
e. emotions and basic "drives"
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38. Other Brain Functions:
$400 Question
Joe is 45, and has not ridden a bicycle
since he was 18. To his amazement, he
gets on a bike and rides with little effort.
This kind of memory is called:
a. declarative (explicit)
b. procedural (implicit) or reflexive
c. sensory
d. short-term
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39. Other Brain Functions:
$400 Answer
Joe is 45, and has not ridden a bicycle
since he was 18. To his amazement, he
gets on a bike and rides with little effort.
This kind of memory is called:
a. declarative (explicit)
b. procedural (implicit) or reflexive
c. sensory
d. short-term
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40. Other Brain Functions:
$500 Question
Given these areas of the cerebral cortex:
1. auditory association area
2. Broca's area
3. premotor area
4. primary auditory area
5. primary motor area
6. Wernicke's area
Someone says "Hi" to you; you hear and
understand them and say "Hi" back to them.
This is the correct sequence below:
a. 4,1,2,6,3,5 c. 4,1,6,2,3,5
b. 4,1,6,2,5,3 d. 1,4,6,2,3,5 BACK TO GAME
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41. Other Brain Functions:
$500 Answer
Given these areas of the cerebral cortex:
1. auditory association area
2. Broca's area
3. premotor area
4. primary auditory area
5. primary motor area
6. Wernicke's area
Someone says "Hi" to you; you hear and
understand them and say "Hi" back to them.
This is the correct sequence below:
a. 4,1,2,6,3,5 c. 4,1,6,2,3,5
b. 4,1,6,2,5,3 d. 1,4,6,2,3,5 BACK TO GAME

42. Grab Bag:
$100 Question
Temperatures above 47o
C stimulate both
cold and pain receptors but do not
stimulate warm receptors.
True/False
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ANSWER

43. Grab Bag:
$100 Answer
Temperatures above 47o
C stimulate both
cold and pain receptors but do not
stimulate warm receptors.
True/False
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44. Grab Bag:
$200 Question
Decreased sensitivity to a continued
stimulus is called this:
a. adaptation
b. projection
c. association
d. perception
e. sensation
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45. Grab Bag:
$200 Answer
Decreased sensitivity to a continued
stimulus is called this:
a. adaptation
b. projection
c. association
d. perception
e. sensation
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46. Grab Bag:
$300 Question
This ascending spinal pathway (tract)
carries light touch, pressure, tickle, and
itch sensations to the cerebral cortex:
a. anterior spinocerebellar
b. posterior spinocerebellar
c. spinothalamic
d. spinoolivary
e. spinotectal
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ANSWER

47. Grab Bag:
$300 Answer
This ascending spinal pathway (tract)
carries light touch, pressure, tickle, and
itch sensations to the cerebral cortex:
a. anterior spinocerebellar
b. posterior spinocerebellar
c. spinothalamic
d. spinoolivary
e. spinotectal
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48. Grab Bag:
$400 Question
Long-term memory involves this:
a. a change in the cytoskeleton of
neurons
b. movement of calcium into the
neuron
c. increase in glutamate release by
presynaptic neurons
d. specific protein synthesis
e. all of the above BACK TO GAME
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49. Grab Bag:
$400 Answer
Long-term memory involves this:
a. a change in the cytoskeleton of
neurons
b. movement of calcium into the
neuron
c. increase in glutamate release by
presynaptic neurons
d. specific protein synthesis
e. all of the above BACK TO GAME

50. Grab Bag:
$500 Question
This is an effect of aging on the nervous
system:
a. an increased sense of two-point
discrimination
b. identify objects by touch more easily
c. decreased awareness of tactile
stimulation
d. reduction in the number of free nerve
endings
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ANSWER

51. Grab Bag:
$500 Answer
This is an effect of aging on the nervous
system:
a. an increased sense of two-point
discrimination
b. identify objects by touch more easily
c. decreased awareness of tactile
stimulation
d. reduction in the number of free nerve
endings
BACK TO GAME

52. FINAL ROUND Question
A student is hooked up to an EEG while
taking an exam, and she is thinking
intensely about the answer to a question.
The types of brain waves on the EEG are
most likely these:
a. alpha waves
b. beta waves
c. delta waves
d. theta waves
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53. FINAL ROUND Answer
A student is hooked up to an EEG while
taking an exam, and she is thinking
intensely about the answer to a question.
The types of brain waves on the EEG are
most likely these:
a. alpha waves
b. beta waves
c. delta waves
d. theta waves BACK TO GAME