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6. What does the visceral motor system innervate?
- Skeletal muscle
- Smooth muscle, glands and cardiac muscle
- Cardiac muscle
- Fight or flight response
7. What forms the dorsal root ganglion?
- The perikarya of pseudounipolar afferent neurones
- The synapse between afferent and efferent neurones
- The perikarya of bipolar afferent neurones
- The perikarya of pseudounipolar efferent neurones
8. Where is the lateral horn found?
- Spinal column of thoracic vertebrae
- Spinal column of lumbar vertebrae
- All vertebrae
9. What is the role of the potassium-sodium pump?
- To repolarise the membrane
- To restore the membrane potential
- To restore the concentrations of the ions
- To depolarise the membrane
10. What increases the intensity of a stimulus?
- The number of neurones synapsing with the post synaptic membrane
- The frequency of action potentials
- The amplitude of action potentials
11. What are the layers (outside-in) of the spinal cord?
- Periosteum, Epidural space, Dura mater, Subdural space, Arachnoid mater, Sub arachnoid space, Pia mater
- Pia mater, Subarachnoid space, Arachnoid mater, Subdural space, Dura mater, Epidural space, Periosteum
- Periosteum, Subdural space, Dura mater, Epidural space, Arachnoid mater, Sub arachnoid space, Pia mater
- Periosteum, Periosteal Dura mater, Subdural space, Meningeal Dura mater, Arachnoid mater, Subarachnoid space, Pia mater
12. Which meningeal space contains the cerebral spinal fluid around the spinal cord?
- Epidural space
- Subdural space
- Subarachnoid space
13. What closes voltage gated sodium channels?
- Opening of potassium channels
- Depolarisation of the membrane
- Time
14. Where do spinal nerves emerge from?
- The vertebral foramen
- The intervertebral foramen
- The transverse foramen
15. Where is the cerebral spinal fluid produced?
- Choroid plexus
- Cisternae magna
- Epidural space
16. What neurones are found in the ventral ramus?
- Neurones supplying the ventral part of the body
- Afferent neurones only
- Efferent neurones only
17. What moves into the axon during an action potential?
- Sodium and Potassium ions
- Sodium ions
- Calcium ions
- Potassium ions
18. Which meningeal space is not normally present around the spinal cord?
- The subdural space
- The epidural space
- The subarachnoid space
19. What is the resting potential of an axon?
20. Where is Acetyl Choline used?
- Neuromuscular junction
- At a synapse
- Sensory-motor junction