Information picked up by the body’s receptor called is termed:

Related Mcqs:

1. The cytoplasmic process that arise from the neuron cell body and carry impulses away cell body are termed:

   A. Pacinian corpuscles
   B. Nissl’s granules
   C. Axons
   D. Free nerve endings

2. Jim just barely avoided a head-on collision on a narrow road. with heart pounding, hands shaking, and body perspiring, Jim recognizes that these are signs of the body’s fight of the body’s fight-or-flight response, which is controlled by the:

   A. empathetic division of the peripheral nervous system
   B. parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
   C. somatic division of the peripheral nervous system
   D. sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system

3. Which sensory receptor is found in greatest numbers in the skin?

   A. Touch receptors
   B. Warmth receptors
   C. Pressure receptors
   D. Pain receptors

4. The efficiency of memory can be increased if we organize information so that the amount of information in each unit increases while the number of separate units decreases. This process is called _________________?

   A. chunking
   B. rehearsal
   C. encoding
   D. retrieval

5. The cells that serve as the building blocks of the body’s information processing system are called ____________?

   A. neurons
   B. neurotransmitters
   C. dendrites
   D. synapses

6. Receptor cells that are very sensitive to color are the _________________?

   A. rods
   B. bipolar cells
   C. cones
   D. ganglion cells

7. Which receptor cells most directly enable us to distinguish different wavelengths of light?

   A. rods
   B. cones
   C. bipolar cells
   D. feature detectors

8. A receptor may be a:

   A. Cell
   B. Neuron ending
   C. Receptor organ
   D. All of the above

9. Each receptor organ:

   A. Can receive all types of stimulus
   B. Can able to detect particular types of stimulus
   C. Can receive all types of stimuli but one at a time
   D. Receptor does not receive stimuli

10. Which of the following statements regarding the NMDA receptor is?

    A. The NMDA receptor is a particular subtype of glutamate receptor
    B. Sodium entry into cell is one of the triggers for the development of LTP
    C. NMDA-dependent LTP can only develop in a cell that has been depolarized and then receives a further input
    D. Experiments have show the blockade of the NMDA receptor by the drug AP5 prevents the development of LTP