Download nightingale college anatomy Week 8 Activity(questions and answers).docx and more Exams Biology in PDF only on Docsity! nightingale college anatomy Week 8: Activity(question s and answers) Which letter indicates the primary visual cortex, which receives information from neurons in the retina of the eye? - answer E Which letter indicates a choroid plexus, which produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in all four ventricles of the brain? - answer C Which letter indicates the corpora quadrigemina, meaning "four bodies"? - answer D Which letter indicates the cranial nerve that has motor fibers that innervate muscles of facial expression? - answer D Spinal cord tracts provide conduction paths to and from the brain. The tracts that conduct sensory impulses down the cord from the brain are called _____ tracts. - answer descending Dendrites and cell bodies of sympathetic preganglionic neurons are located in the - answer gray matter of the thoracic and upper lumbar segments of the spinal cord. Which letter indicates the aortic plexus? - answer D Which letter indicates the celiac ganglion and plexus? - answer C Which letter indicates the pelvic sympathetic trunk? - answer E A subdivision of the nervous system that regulates involuntary effectors is the _____ nervous system. - answer autonomic Which letter indicates a bulbous corpuscle (Ruffini ending) that slowly adapts to deep pressure stimuli? - answer E Which letter indicates the cranial nerve that has three major branches? - answer C Which letter indicates an area that is characterized by huge neurons known as pyramidal cells? - answer B The inner protective covering of the brain is called the - answer meninges Formation of the cerebrospinal fluid occurs in the - answer choroid plexus. Which letter indicates the cardiac plexus? - answer B Which letter indicates the cranial nerve that transmits olfactory impulses? - answer A Which letter indicates the left vagus nerve? - answer A Which letter indicates receptors that respond chiefly to pain and temperature? - answer C How many pairs of spinal nerves are connected to the spinal cord? - answer 31 Which letter indicates epithelial tactile complexes (Merkel discs), light pressure receptors found in the epidermis? - answer A Which letter indicates a tactile corpuscle (Meissner's corpuscle) that is responsive to light pressure? - answer B The three divisions of the brain that make up the brainstem are the - answer medulla oblongata, midbrain, and pons. Which letter indicates the primary somatosensory cortex? - answer C Which letter indicates the cranial nerve with nerve fibers that pass through the hypoglossal canal? - answer E Which letter indicates the region of the brain that has the greatest surface area due to the numerous surface convolutions? - answer A Individual nerves that emerge from the _____ plexus innervate the lower part of the shoulder and the entire arm. - answer brachial Which letter indicates the structure where cranial nerve fibers from the retina cross to the opposite side of the brain? - answer B