Muscle spindles contain neurons called (blank) motor neurons.

Muscle spindles contain neurons called (blank) motor neurons.

A) alpha
B) beta
C) gamma
D) delta


Answer: C

Awakening from sleep is called

Awakening from sleep is called

A) consciousness
B) arousal
C) awake
D) ready


Answer: B

In the treatment of Parkinson's disease, a surgical technique known as (blank) involves the destruction of a part of the globus pallidus.

In the treatment of Parkinson's disease, a surgical technique known as (blank) involves the destruction of a part of the globus pallidus.

A) craniotomy
B) parkinsonectomy
C) pallidotomy
D) craniostomy


Answer: C

Which of the following would detect changes in the temperature of the air around you?

Which of the following would detect changes in the temperature of the air around you?

A) interoceptors
B) exteroceptors
C) nociceptors
D) proprioceptors


Answer: B

Third-order neurons conduct impulses from the thalamus to the primary somatosensory area of the cortex

Third-order neurons conduct impulses from the thalamus to the primary somatosensory area of the cortex

A) thalamus
B) hypothalamus
C) pons
D) epithalamus


Answer: A

Which of the following are components of the basal nuclei?

Which of the following are components of the basal nuclei?

A) putamen
B) caudate nucleus
C) globus pallidus
D) all of these


Answer: D