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PREP GUIDE FOR QUIZ #8
Last half of Ch. 8 (The Nervous System)
Ch. 9 (Sensory Systems)
First part of Ch. 16 (The Urinary System)
TO FOCUS YOUR STUDYING EFFORTS:
Quiz #8 (which will take place at the beginning of the lecture period Tuesday, November 17th) will cover the
content of my lectures from the slide titled “Functional areas of cerebrum” of the Ch. 8 slides through the start
of chapter 16, hopefully.
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS:
The following are multiple choice questions that are similar in content, scope, and difficulty to the questions that
will appear on the actual weekly quizzes and final exam. There will be no key provided—all answers can be
deduced by referencing your lecture notes and Goodenough textbook. Trust me: looking up the answers to these
questions to see how you’ve done is a valuable form of studying…as is making up your own exam questions and
quizzing each other on them. More work for you in the short term, but you’ll thank me later! ☺
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS – Circle the best answer.
CHAPTER 8
1. As Tonya read the obituary of her neighbor, she felt sad. What is considered our emotional brain?
a. brain stem b. cerebral cortex c. limbic system d. reticular activating system
2. Which of the following senses are most connected to the limbic system?
a. hearing b. vision c. smell d. taste e. equilibrium
3. What part of our brain is thought to be especially important to memory storage and retrieval?
a. corpus callosum b. hippocampus c. hypothalamus d. thalamus
4. What area of the brain filters sensory information and helps to keep us conscious and alert?
a. amygdala b. hippocampus c. hypothalamus d. olfactory bulb e. reticular activating system
5. The spinal cord is similar to the brain in all of the following ways except one. In which way are they different?
a. contains both gray and white matter b. controls motor responses c. controls thinking d. protected by bone
e. surrounded by cerebrospinal fluid
6. The primary functions of the spinal cord involve __________.
a. smoothing out muscular movements and maintaining balance b. intelligence and memory
c. reflex actions and communication between the brain and spinal nerves d. speech, smell, taste, hearing and vision
7. What is the primary advantage to a spinal reflex?
a. It depends upon the decision-making abilities of the brain. b. It can be learned and controlled consciously.
c. It involves both gray and white matter. d. It is very fast. e. Its response will vary every time it is triggered.
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8. In the nervous system, a ganglion (such as the dorsal root ganglion) is a ________________.
a. cluster of nerve cell bodies b. node of the spinal cord c. subdivision of the brain stem d. very large neuron
9. Spinal nerves are able to carry which of the following types of information?
a. motor only b. sensory only c. both motor and sensory
CHAPTER 9
10. Which of the following is true regarding sensory receptors?
a. demonstrate sensory adaptation b. specialized to detect different kinds of stimuli
c. convert stimuli to action potentials d. all of the above
11. What senses have receptors distributed widely throughout the body and tend to be relatively simple in structure?
a. general senses b. special senses d. all senses
12. All of the special senses are located in the _______.
a. brain stem b. hands c. head d. spinal cord e. gut
13. Merkel disks perceive ________ in the skin.
a. continuous pressure b. pain c. temperature d. strong pressure e. light touch
14. The photoreceptors of the eye are located in the ___________.
a. cornea b. lens c. retina d. sclera e. iris
15. The point of focus on the retina that has maximal visual acuity is the __________.
a. blind spot b. fovea c. lens d. optic disk e. pupil
16. Which of the following is true concerning vision?
a. Color-blind people have ineffective rods. b. Lens accommodation ability increases with age.
c. Signals from the left eye travel to the right occipital lobe, and vice versa.
d. Vision requires a chemical reaction in the photoreceptors of the retina.
17. What part of the ear is the first to vibrate in response to incoming sound waves?
a. cochlea b. tympanic membrane (eardrum) c. middle ear bones d. utricle e. saccule
18. Which of the following is NOT involved in the transmission of sound waves within the ear?
a. cochlea b. semicircular canals c. stapes d. tympanic membrane
19. To relieve the pressure on the eardrum when scuba diving or flying in an airplane, one must force air into the
__________.
a. external auditory canal b. auditory (Eustachian) tube c. nasal cavity d. vestibular apparatus
20. Hearing and equilibrium are both sensed by ____________.
a. chemoreceptors b. thermoreceptors c. mechanoreceptors d. photoreceptors
21. Static equilibrium is dependent upon the _____________.
a. utricle b. saccule c. semicircular canals d. all of the above e. a and b only
22. Which of the following tastes is most protective; that is, which is most likely to prevent you from eating toxic
plants?
a. bitter b. salty c. sour d. sweet e. umami
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CHAPTER 16
23. What is the source of the nitrogen-containing waste products that are excreted by the urinary system?
a. excess food b. metabolic processes c. pollutants in the water and food d. undigested fiber
24. What is the function of the urinary bladder?
a. aid defecation b. contain white blood cells to fight infection c. filter the blood d. temporarily store urine
25. The ureter connects which part of the kidney to the bladder?
a. renal cortex b. renal medulla c. renal pelvis d. renal pyramid e. renal vein
26. What is the tuft of capillaries that makes up half of the renal corpuscle of a nephron?
a. glomerular capsule b. Bowman’s capsule c. glomerulus d. afferent arteriole e. efferent arteriole
27. The kidneys help maintain pH balance by __________.
a. excreting or conserving hydrogen ions b. excreting or conserving bicarbonate ions
c. secreting erythropoietin and renin d. all of the above e. a and b only
28. How are the kidneys related to red blood cell production?
a. all blood cells are produced in the kidneys b. erythropoietin is released by the kidneys
c. precursor red blood cells develop in the renal medulla d. the kidneys convert vitamin D to its active form
Hungry for more? Try…
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Goodenough’s “Reviewing the Concepts” questions at the end of each chapter.
The questions in the optional Study Guide book that is the companion to Goodenough’s textbook.
Looking for more visual and interactive activities and practice questions? Check out…
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the InterActive Physiology CD-ROM packaged with the Goodenough textbook.
Goodenough’s companion website at www.prenhall.com/goodenough.
Good luck, and contact me by phone/voicemail, by email, after lecture, or during
office hours if you have any questions!
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