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BNNS501 TEST ONE PRACTICE TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
During the repolarisation stage of an action potential what occurs? - Ans:✔✔-Potassium channels open
and potassium exits the cell
The area of the cerebrum responsible for receiving information about touch is the? - Ans:✔✔-The
primary somatosensory area
What region of the brain interprets the meaning of speech? - Ans:✔✔-Wernickes area
What region of the brain produces speech? - Ans:✔✔-Brocas area
The nerves to the arm arise from the? - Ans:✔✔-Brachial plexus
The somatic nervous system controls? - Ans:✔✔-Skeletal muscle
What does the primary motor area do? - Ans:✔✔-It causes contraction of specific skeletal muscles on
the opposite side of the body
Proprioception is? - Ans:✔✔-Awareness of body position, equilibrium and movement of joints
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The pain that is felt in or just under the skin that overlies the stimulated organ is? - Ans:✔✔-Visceral Pain
Sensory pathways:
a) are efferent
b) are afferent
c) carry motor impulses
d) travel from the central nervous system to muscles or glands - Ans:✔✔-b) are afferent
Write the chemical symbols for:
Calcium
Potassium
Sodium
Chloride - Ans:✔✔-Calcium: Ca2+
Potassium: K+
Sodium: Na+
Chloride: Cl-
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
BNNS501 TEST ONE PRACTICE TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
During the repolarisation stage of an action potential what occurs? - Ans:✔✔-Potassium channels open
and potassium exits the cell
The area of the cerebrum responsible for receiving information about touch is the? - Ans:✔✔-The
primary somatosensory area
What region of the brain interprets the meaning of speech? - Ans:✔✔-Wernickes area
What region of the brain produces speech? - Ans:✔✔-Brocas area
The nerves to the arm arise from the? - Ans:✔✔-Brachial plexus
The somatic nervous system controls? - Ans:✔✔-Skeletal muscle
What does the primary motor area do? - Ans:✔✔-It causes contraction of specific skeletal muscles on
the opposite side of the body
Proprioception is? - Ans:✔✔-Awareness of body position, equilibrium and movement of joints
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, ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
The pain that is felt in or just under the skin that overlies the stimulated organ is? - Ans:✔✔-Visceral Pain
Sensory pathways:
a) are efferent
b) are afferent
c) carry motor impulses
d) travel from the central nervous system to muscles or glands - Ans:✔✔-b) are afferent
Write the chemical symbols for:
Calcium
Potassium
Sodium
Chloride - Ans:✔✔-Calcium: Ca2+
Potassium: K+
Sodium: Na+
Chloride: Cl-
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