What would be true for the nociceptors?

1. Nociceptors respond to extreme stimuli

2. All nociceptors are located in the skin

3. Nociceptors are involved in noise perception

4. Nociceptor pathways of conduction cannot be inhibited

Subtopic:  Synapse |

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During accommodation reflex for near vision in the eye there is:
1. increased sympathetic stimulation of iris smooth muscle
2. relaxation of ciliary muscles and lens becomes more spherical
3. increased parasympathetic stimulation leading to relaxation of the ciliary muscles
4. increased parasympathetic stimulation leading to contraction of ciliary muscles

Subtopic:  Huma Eye: Accommodation (OLD NCERT) |

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Cataract:
1. is abnormal curvature of cornea
2. is loss of elasticity of the lens
3. occurs often in children
4. involves increased opacity of the lens

Subtopic:  Human Eye (OLD NCERT) |
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A condition in which close objects appear clearly, but far ones don't is called as:
1. Hyperopia
2. Myopia
3. Presbyopia
4. Glaucoma

Subtopic:  Human Eye (OLD NCERT) |
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Identify the incorrect statement regarding rods and cones:
1. Rods are more sensitive to light than cones
2. There are more rods than cones in the retina
3. Cone vision provides higher acuity than rod vision
4. Rods are found primarily in the fovea while cones are more scattered throughout the retina

Subtopic:  Human Eye (OLD NCERT) |
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Branched protoplasmic extensions of a nerve cell that propagate the electrochemical stimulation received from other neural cells to the cell body, or soma, of the neuron are the:

1. axons 2. axon hillocks
3. axon collaterals 4. dendrites

Subtopic:  Nervous System |
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Nerve cells within the nervous system responsible for converting external stimuli from the organism's environment into internal electrical impulses are:

1. association

2. sensory

3. motor

4. interneurons

Subtopic:  Autonomic Nervous System (OLD NCERT) |
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In the CNS, myelin sheaths around neurons are formed by:

1. Schwann cells
2. microglia
3. astrocytes
4. oligodendrocytes

Subtopic:  Nervous System |
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The change in membrane potential that returns it to a negative value just after an action potential has changed the membrane potential to a positive value is called as:

1. depolarization 2. hyperpolarization
3. repolarization 4. overshoot
Subtopic:  Origin of Resting Membrane Potential | Action Potential |
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During the absolute refractory period along an axon membrane of a neuron, __________.
1. the potassium gates are open and K+ is diffusing down its concentration gradient
2. the sodium gates are closed and Na+ us diffusing down it concentration gradient
3. the neuron is unable to respond to a stimulus of any intensity
4. the membrane is most sensitive to stimuli

Subtopic:  Action Potential |

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