Unit XI The Nervous System: C.

Motor and Integrative Neurophysiology

117. Although the sympathetic nervous system is often 120. Which structure connects the hippocampus to the
activated in such a way that it leads to mass acti- limbic system?
vation of sympathetic responses throughout the A) Mamillothalamic tract
body, it can also be activated to produce relatively B) Fornix

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discrete responses. Which option is an example of a C) Anterior commissure
local or discrete sympathetic action? D) Medial forebrain bundle
A) Heating of a patch of skin causes a relatively E) Arcuate fasciculus
restricted vasodilation in the heated region
B) Food in the mouth causes salivation 121. A wide variety of neurotransmitters have been identified
C) Emptying of the bladder may cause reflexive emp- in the cell bodies and afferent synaptic terminals in the
tying of the bowel basal ganglia. A deficiency of which transmitter is typi-
D) Dust particles in the eye cause increased tear fluid cally associated with Parkinson’s disease?
release A) Norepinephrine
E) Bright light introduced into one eye B) Dopamine
C) Serotonin
118. An experimental drug is administered intravenously D) GABA
to six healthy volunteers. A unanimous finding in all E) Substance P
six volunteers is decreased induction of sleep. A de-
crease in production of which substance is most likely 122. The condition of athetosis results when which area of
in these volunteers after treatment with the experi- the brain is dysfunctional?
mental drug? A) Globus pallidus
A) Acetylcholine B) Substantia nigra
B) Dopamine C) Ventral anterior complex of the thalamus
C) Glutamate D) Putamen
D) Norepinephrine E) Purkinje cell layer of the cerebellum
E) Serotonin

119. A 10-year-old boy jumps off the porch and lands on

the balls of his feet. The increase in muscle tension
causes a sudden, complete relaxation of the affected
muscles. Which sensory receptor is most likely to
mediate this relaxation of muscles when tension is in-
creased?
A) Free nerve ending
B) Golgi tendon organ
C) Krause corpuscle
D) Muscle spindle
E) Pacinian corpuscle

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