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PSL 431 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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Lesion of the visual pathway


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- causes blindness




Cauda Equina: horse tail


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- spinal cord ends at about L2, so spinal nerves from lower levels of cord
extend downward through vertebral canal a ways before exiting through
vertebral foramina

,Sensory receptor for myotatic reflex


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- muscle spindle apparatus
- contains stretch-sensitive neuron terminals wrapped around intramural
muscle fibers
- activated when muscle spindle is lengthened
- provides CNS with moment-to-moment feedback regarding changes in
muscle length




The shortcut of fluid movement


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- scala vestibuli fluid movement against vestibular membrane displaces
fluid inside scala media
- causes displacement of the basilar membrane




M1, M3, or M5


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- M3 found on autonomic target tissues
- ACh
- muscarine
- Gq protein

,Visceral afferent neurons (VAN)


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- innervate the internal organs




Tonotopy


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pitch/frequency 'map' on a structure




Convergence


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- many descending axons make synaptic contact on each motor neuron
(directly and through interneurons)




Nociceptor AP firing


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- stimulus energy causes cation channels in bare nerve ending to open
- entry of Na+ depolarizes nerve ending
- if strong enough, V-gated Na+ channels are depolarized to threshold to
trigger an AP

, - as long as depolarization of nerve ending persists AP will continue to be
formed




Photopigments


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- two components:
1) opsin
2) retinal




Upward basilar membrane movement causes


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1) stereocilia bend toward tallest, opens m-gated K+ channels
2) endolymph K+ moves into hair cells
3) K+ influx = depolarization
4) opens voltage-gated Ca++ channels to increase release of vesicles with
NT
- can promote AP in postsynaptic neuron




Disc membranes


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- contain most proteins needed for phototransduction
- light absorbing photopigments that act like a GPCR

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