Quiz 2 review

____ is to olfaction, as _____ is to touch

• anosmia, agnosia

• ipsilateral, contralateral

• smell, taste

• i don't know

the spinothalamic tract is part of which somatosensory system

• dorsolateral

• anterolateral

• olfactory

• gustatory

cranial nerves X, IX, VII project from which sensory tract?

• olfactory

• gustatory

• mechanoreceptors

• spinothalamic

A person wakes up and has lost their sense of smell, what is this called?

• agnosia

• hypoesthesia

• anosmia

• otomycosis

Out of the four papillae which one is the most numerous and does not contain tastebuds?

• Fungiform

• foliate

• circumvallate

• filiform

A bee lands on your hand and then flies away which mechanoreceptor is responsible for sending this information to the brain and which somatosensory tract is it apart of?

• merkels, anterolateral

• meissners, dorsolateral

• ruffinis, spinomesencephalic

• pacinan, dorsolateral

you are walking down the street barefoot and step on a piece of glass. The brain perceives this as pain. Which somatosensory tract is involved?

• dorsolateral

• muscle spindle

• meissners

• anterolateral, spinothalamic

All cell bodies of the somatosensory systems are located where?

• brainstem

• dorsal horn

• dorsal root ganglia

• thalamus

_____ link up similar neurons in the olfactory bulb.

tactile information is to ______, as emotional information is to ______ (two correct answers)

• dorsolateral, anterolateral

• pain, grip

• S1 in the parietal lobe, insular lobe

• nocioception, pressure