LAB REPORT 18

Name ______________________________________________

Nerves and Reflexes Date ___________________ Section ____________________

Fill this table, summarizing your examination of a multipolar neuron model. Check off each structure as it is identified. For
Function, refer to a reference book or your textbook.
Identification Structure Function(s)
 Soma

 Nissl bodies
 Axon hillock
 Axon
 Schwann cells
 Nodes of Ranvier
 Collateral axon
 Telodendria
 Dendrite
 Gemmute

Record your data and interpretations of the reflexes tests. Be sure to indicate the function each may have.

Result
Reflex
Explanation/Discussion
Left Right

 Normal  Normal
 Hyperflexia  Hyperflexia
Patellar  Hypoflexia  Hypoflexia
 No response  No response

 Normal  Normal
 Hyperflexia  Hyperflexia
Triceps  Hypoflexia  Hypoflexia
 No response  No response

 Normal  Normal
 Hyperflexia  Babinski
Plantar  Hypoflexia response
 No response  No response

 Normal  Dilation
 Hyperflexia  Constriction
Pupillary  Hypoflexia  No response
 No response
Fill-in Fill-in
_____________________ 1 1. The soma forms a cone-shaed ___?____as it projects to form an axon.
2. ___?___ are small, distal branches of an axon.
_____________________ 2
3. Either Schwann cells or extensions of____?___ can form myelin sheaths.
_____________________ 3 4. The gaps between segments of myelin sheath are called ____?___.
_____________________ 4 5. A group of myelinated fibers may form a region of nerve tissue called
____?___ .
_____________________ 5
6. The ____?___neuron connects an efferent neuron to an efferent neuron.
_____________________ 6 7. A junction between two neurons, or between a neuron and an effector, is called
_____________________ 7 ____?___
8. A bundle of parallel neurons encased in fibrous connective tissue is called
_____________________ 8
as(in the PNS)
_____________________ 9 9. A bundle of parallel neurons in the CNS is called a(n)____?___
_____________________ 10 10. A muscle or gland that is regulated is by nerve input is termed a(n) )____?___
_____________________ 11 11. An action potential traveling down a myelinated axon travels)____?___faster
than in an myelinated axon.
_____________________ 12 12. Unmyelinated nerve tissue is called ____?___matter.
_____________________ 13 13. In infants, the ____?___response is normal when testing the plantar reflex.
_____________________ 14 14. When testing the plantar reflex in an adult, exyension of the toes may indicate
to the ____?___ somewhere along the reflex arc.
_____________________ 15
15. In the ____?___ reflex, a muscle contracts when ththe load increases.
_____________________ 16 16. The center of the patellar reflex is in the ____?___.
_____________________ 17 17. A stretch reflex involving the biceps brachii muscle causes____?___ of the
elbow biceps muscle is stretched.
_____________________ 18
18. In the triceps reflex demonstration, the triceps muscle muscle was the effector,
_____________________ 19 and more____?___ were the receptors.
_____________________ 20 19. If the Achilles (calcaneal) tendon is tapped, one would expect the ankle
20. When suddenly illuminated with a penlight, the pupil of the eye normally
(dilates/constricts).
Put in order
_____________________ 1 Put in order
_____________________ 2
Put these components of the reflex arc in the order in which nerve signals part
_____________________ 3
them
_____________________ 4
_____________________ 5 association neuron
effector
motor neuron
receptor
sensory neuron