14.2 True/False Questions
1) When you contract your Biceps brachii muscle, you are utilizing the somatic sensory portion of the nervous system.
2) Both the parasympathetic and sympathetic divisions are part of the somatic motor nervous division.
3) All of the special senses taste, smell, vision, hearing, and equilibrium are part of the afferent division of the peripheral nervous system.
4) Exteroceptors process information from visceral organs.
5) All of the following are exteroceptors: tactile corpuscles, lamellar corpuscles, and tactile epithelial cells.
6) Of the exteroceptors, only tactile corpuscles, lamellar corpuscles, and bulbous corpuscles are encapsulated.
7) The primary proprioceptors are muscle spindles, tendon organs, and joint kinesthetic receptors.
8) One of the largest branches of the sacral plexus is the sciatic nerve.
9) The accessory nerve (cranial nerve CN XI) contains fibers that assist the hypoglossal nerve (CN XII).
10) A dermatome is an area of skin that is innervated by the cutaneous branches from one spinal nerve pair.
11) Shingles is a latent viral infection in adults that involves both the nervous system and the cutaneous system.
12) The vagus nerve (CN X) is the only cranial nerve pair found inferior to the diaphragm.
13) A nerve plexus is formed by interconnected dorsal and ventral rami of spinal nerves.
14) The sequence of brachial plexus components from the spinal cord to the distal targets is as follows: roots, trunks, divisions, cords.
15) An interoceptor receives information from receptors in the skin, such as temperature, pressure, and pain.