EEOB 2520 Questions Exams 7-14
With All Accurate Answers 2025/2026
Updated.
[Exam 7] An example of mechanical lateral inhibition could be:
A) Feeling a mosquito biting you.
B) Ignoring a mosquito bite.
C) Swatting away a biting mosquito.
D) Scratching a mosquito bite. - Answer D
[Exam 7] Which is a correctly ordered pathway for afferent information where immediately
adjacent is NOT required? [For example, ABDG is correctly ordered alphabetically even though
NOT immediately adjacent like ABCD.]
A) Spinal cord - cerebellum - cerebral cortex
B) Afferent neuron - spinal cord - cerebral cortex
C) Spinal cord - thalamus - diencephalon
D) Afferent neuron - brainstem - hypothalamus - Answer B
[Exam 7] Dr. May Zen Blue's evil plans against BuckeyeNation must be stopped. Dr. Blue's latest
plan involves a toxin that when ingested by a BuckeyeNation victim prevents cochlear hairs from
bending. You correctly realize that this toxin will have many impacts on the victim including
detecting ___ and detecting ___.
A) The amplitude and the frequency of sound - pressure-caused waves but not motion-caused
ones.
B) The amplitude and the frequency of sound - pressure-caused waves and motion-caused ones.
C) The amplitude but not the frequency of sound - pressure-caused waves and motion-caused
ones.
D) The amplitude but not the frequency of sound - pressure-caused waves but not motion-
caused ones. - Answer A
[Exam 7] The sense of smell is ___ the sense of taste when considering that the detected
compounds are ___ and that the ___ receptor design type is used.
A) Not like - present in water versus air - first versus second
B) Not like - dissolved in water versus air - fast versus slow
C) Like - dissolved in air - first
D) Like - dissolved in water - second - Answer D
,[Exam 7] In an attempt to get an upper hand on the Buckeye football players, the Hoosier
decided to sing her school's fight song as an amazing soprano (highest-pitched female singers).
When he learned of this plan, Brutus Buckeye was not concerned about the strategy but did
correctly realize that the players hearing the song would
A) Have calcium entering their stereocilia via voltage-gated transporters.
B) Have potassium entering their stereocilia via voltage-gated channels.
C) Have the stereocilia near their cochlear apex being impacted the most.
D) Have no impact on the stereocilia in their saccules. - Answer D
[Exam 7] Which is a correct statement about the vestibular system?
A) It responds to the movement in fluid and air.
B) It depends critically on an influx of both calcium and potassium.
C) It relies on stereocilia, some of which are found in the cochlea.
D) It detects acceleration via the four semicircular canals. - Answer B
[Exam 7] Dr. Scarlet was out for a jog. She noticed that she had started drifting towards the left
side of the path then she saw and smelled a foul puddle on the right edge of the path. She
correctly realized that her drifting was due to processing that occurred in her ___ and then her
recognition of the odor was due to her ___.
A) Olfactory bulb - orbitofrontal cortex
B) Primary olfactory cortex - orbitofrontal cortex
C) Orbitofrontal cortex - primary olfactory cortex
D) Olfactory bulb - primary olfactory cortex - Answer B
[Exam 7] Which is a correct statement either comparing or contrasting the visual and
somatosensory systems?
A) Both systems rely on a table or algorithm in the cerebral cortex to interpret the input.
B) They are both a part of the afferent nervous system in the peripheral nervous system.
C) They both use the same one of the two receptor designs.
D) The somatosensory system is more precise than the visual system. - Answer B
[Exam 7] Which is a correct statement about the blind spot?
A) There are cones but no rods present in this area.
B) The brain cannot interpret an image for this area.
C) There are not more cones than rods in this area.
D) It exists because the afferent neurons are positioned further from the lens than the rods. -
Answer C
, [Exam 7] Which is a correct statement about the sensory nervous system?
A) Inhibitory efferent neurons can prevent a stimulus' intensity from reaching the CNS.
B) When lateral inhibition occurs in an area, all afferent neurons in that area are inhibited.
C) The impact of each afferent neuron's second job is directly related to its first job's impact.
D) All three statements are correct - Answer D
[Exam 7] Phys Phab Jillian has borrowed the Magic Shrink Ray this week. She first changed the
size setting to "protein". She then entered her roommate's eye. Which is a correct statement
about Phys Phab Jillian's trip within the eye?
A) After passing the lens, she will encounter a cone before an afferent. neuron.
B) All three statements are correct
C) If she activates one of the larger photoreceptors, then her presence will be interpreted as a
shade of gray.
D) She might encounter a red, green, or yellow receptor. - Answer C
[Exam 7] Which is a correct statement about taste?
A) Agonists and antagonists cannot have a great impact.
B) All three statements are correct
C) Patients experiencing a dry mouth will have their ability to taste not be impacted.
D) Taste receptors are not limited to the mouth and throat areas. - Answer D
[Exam 7] In preparation for the marathon this Sunday, Carmen is planning out her ideal race-day
breakfast. She decides to create a plate with an omelet, bacon and a sweet cinnamon bagel.
Utilizing her physio knowledge, Carmen correctly states that
A) Neither statement is correct
B) The bacon will provide glutamate which can function as a neurotransmitter in the smallest
fluid compartment.
C) Both statements are correct
D) Each glucose from her bagel can be processed via glycolysis to produce a net of 4 ATPs. -
Answer A
[Exam 7] Dr. Chris P. Bacon is red-green color blind. Therefore, you correctly know that
A) Both statements are correct
B) He has fewer cones than an individual with typical color vision.
C) The response curves for two of his four cone types are not distinctly different from each
other.
With All Accurate Answers 2025/2026
Updated.
[Exam 7] An example of mechanical lateral inhibition could be:
A) Feeling a mosquito biting you.
B) Ignoring a mosquito bite.
C) Swatting away a biting mosquito.
D) Scratching a mosquito bite. - Answer D
[Exam 7] Which is a correctly ordered pathway for afferent information where immediately
adjacent is NOT required? [For example, ABDG is correctly ordered alphabetically even though
NOT immediately adjacent like ABCD.]
A) Spinal cord - cerebellum - cerebral cortex
B) Afferent neuron - spinal cord - cerebral cortex
C) Spinal cord - thalamus - diencephalon
D) Afferent neuron - brainstem - hypothalamus - Answer B
[Exam 7] Dr. May Zen Blue's evil plans against BuckeyeNation must be stopped. Dr. Blue's latest
plan involves a toxin that when ingested by a BuckeyeNation victim prevents cochlear hairs from
bending. You correctly realize that this toxin will have many impacts on the victim including
detecting ___ and detecting ___.
A) The amplitude and the frequency of sound - pressure-caused waves but not motion-caused
ones.
B) The amplitude and the frequency of sound - pressure-caused waves and motion-caused ones.
C) The amplitude but not the frequency of sound - pressure-caused waves and motion-caused
ones.
D) The amplitude but not the frequency of sound - pressure-caused waves but not motion-
caused ones. - Answer A
[Exam 7] The sense of smell is ___ the sense of taste when considering that the detected
compounds are ___ and that the ___ receptor design type is used.
A) Not like - present in water versus air - first versus second
B) Not like - dissolved in water versus air - fast versus slow
C) Like - dissolved in air - first
D) Like - dissolved in water - second - Answer D
,[Exam 7] In an attempt to get an upper hand on the Buckeye football players, the Hoosier
decided to sing her school's fight song as an amazing soprano (highest-pitched female singers).
When he learned of this plan, Brutus Buckeye was not concerned about the strategy but did
correctly realize that the players hearing the song would
A) Have calcium entering their stereocilia via voltage-gated transporters.
B) Have potassium entering their stereocilia via voltage-gated channels.
C) Have the stereocilia near their cochlear apex being impacted the most.
D) Have no impact on the stereocilia in their saccules. - Answer D
[Exam 7] Which is a correct statement about the vestibular system?
A) It responds to the movement in fluid and air.
B) It depends critically on an influx of both calcium and potassium.
C) It relies on stereocilia, some of which are found in the cochlea.
D) It detects acceleration via the four semicircular canals. - Answer B
[Exam 7] Dr. Scarlet was out for a jog. She noticed that she had started drifting towards the left
side of the path then she saw and smelled a foul puddle on the right edge of the path. She
correctly realized that her drifting was due to processing that occurred in her ___ and then her
recognition of the odor was due to her ___.
A) Olfactory bulb - orbitofrontal cortex
B) Primary olfactory cortex - orbitofrontal cortex
C) Orbitofrontal cortex - primary olfactory cortex
D) Olfactory bulb - primary olfactory cortex - Answer B
[Exam 7] Which is a correct statement either comparing or contrasting the visual and
somatosensory systems?
A) Both systems rely on a table or algorithm in the cerebral cortex to interpret the input.
B) They are both a part of the afferent nervous system in the peripheral nervous system.
C) They both use the same one of the two receptor designs.
D) The somatosensory system is more precise than the visual system. - Answer B
[Exam 7] Which is a correct statement about the blind spot?
A) There are cones but no rods present in this area.
B) The brain cannot interpret an image for this area.
C) There are not more cones than rods in this area.
D) It exists because the afferent neurons are positioned further from the lens than the rods. -
Answer C
, [Exam 7] Which is a correct statement about the sensory nervous system?
A) Inhibitory efferent neurons can prevent a stimulus' intensity from reaching the CNS.
B) When lateral inhibition occurs in an area, all afferent neurons in that area are inhibited.
C) The impact of each afferent neuron's second job is directly related to its first job's impact.
D) All three statements are correct - Answer D
[Exam 7] Phys Phab Jillian has borrowed the Magic Shrink Ray this week. She first changed the
size setting to "protein". She then entered her roommate's eye. Which is a correct statement
about Phys Phab Jillian's trip within the eye?
A) After passing the lens, she will encounter a cone before an afferent. neuron.
B) All three statements are correct
C) If she activates one of the larger photoreceptors, then her presence will be interpreted as a
shade of gray.
D) She might encounter a red, green, or yellow receptor. - Answer C
[Exam 7] Which is a correct statement about taste?
A) Agonists and antagonists cannot have a great impact.
B) All three statements are correct
C) Patients experiencing a dry mouth will have their ability to taste not be impacted.
D) Taste receptors are not limited to the mouth and throat areas. - Answer D
[Exam 7] In preparation for the marathon this Sunday, Carmen is planning out her ideal race-day
breakfast. She decides to create a plate with an omelet, bacon and a sweet cinnamon bagel.
Utilizing her physio knowledge, Carmen correctly states that
A) Neither statement is correct
B) The bacon will provide glutamate which can function as a neurotransmitter in the smallest
fluid compartment.
C) Both statements are correct
D) Each glucose from her bagel can be processed via glycolysis to produce a net of 4 ATPs. -
Answer A
[Exam 7] Dr. Chris P. Bacon is red-green color blind. Therefore, you correctly know that
A) Both statements are correct
B) He has fewer cones than an individual with typical color vision.
C) The response curves for two of his four cone types are not distinctly different from each
other.
