The speed that neural impulses travel is _____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Akhtar is watching a basketball game the neural impulses from his eyes will ultimately travel to his primary visual cortex, but first they must pass through the:

   A. amygdala
   B. hypothalamus
   C. thalamus
   D. pons

2. Sania just caught sight of a red hummingbird. The neural impulses from her eye will eventually travel to her occipital lobe, but first they must pass through:

   A. the hypothalamus
   B. hippocampus
   C. the reticular formation
   D. the thalamus

3. Sound vibrations in the ear create neural impulses received in which of the following cortex locations?

   A. temporal lobe
   B. occipital lobe
   C. parietal lobe
   D. frontal lobe

4. The local fire department sounds the 12 o’clock whistle. The process by which your ears convert the sound waves from the siren into neural impulses is an example of:

   A. Transduction
   B. Sensory adaptation
   C. Parallel processing
   D. Accommodation

5. The transduction of light energy into nerve impulses takes place in the _____________?

   A. iris
   B. retina
   C. lens
   D. optic nerve

6. Neurons generally cannot fire at rates exceeding 100 impulses per second. This maximum firing rate can be largely attributed to ____________?

   A. spatial summation
   B. relative refractory periods
   C. absolute refractory periods
   D. excitatory postsynaptic potentials

7. Auditory sensations are transformed from ‘air waves’ to nerve impulses by the _________________?

   A. vestibular system
   B. pinna
   C. round window
   D. cochlea

8. Which of the following is true of personal construct theory? 1: George Kelly developed personal construct theory to examine how individuals view the world. 2: Personal construct theory portrays people as victims of unconscious desires and impulses. 3: Personal construct theory does not try to locate the individual on the personality theorists, dimensions. 4: Kelly basically took the view that we are all artists.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 3 & 4
   C. 1 & 3
   D. 2 & 4

9. 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

10. The pathway of passage of impulses during a reflex action is:

    A. Reflex arc
    B. Reflex circuit
    C. Nerve impulse
    D. None of these