Motor Learning Quiz

What is the primary function of the rods?

• Detecting color vision during the day.

• Detecting high light intensities for spatial acuity.

• Detecting low light intensities for night vision.

• Controlling the amount of light entering the eye.

what does the pain sensation depend on?

• speed

• age

• attention

• All of the above.

it is very important for specialists in acrobatic sports to use since it allows them to find their way in space during rapid rotations of their body

• central vision

• propriceptors

• peripheral vision

• vestibular receptors

When 2 different meanings give the same information this is called

• Redundancy

• Complementary.

• Conflict

• All of the above.

Which cells located in the epidermis are sensitive to light touch?

• Meissner corpuscles.

• Ruffini corpuscles.

• Merkel cells.

• Pacinian corpuscles.

The nervous system is made up of:

• Neurons and glial cells.

• Neurons and muscle cells.

• Neurons and blood cells.

• All of the above.

A rugby player perceives 1) pain in the shoulder and 2) the push from opposing players. What types of information do they use, respectively?

• 1st: proprioceptive information and 2nd: interoceptive information.

• 1st: exteroceptive information and 2nd: proprioceptive information.

• 1st: interoceptive information and 2nd: exteroceptive information.

• 1st: exteroceptive information and 2nd: interoceptive information.

Which statement is incorrect regarding the cerebral hemispheres?

• The two hemispheres are connected by the corpus callosum.

• Information transfer between the hemispheres occurs via axons.

• Each hemisphere is divided into five lobes.

• Each hemisphere controls the same side of the body.

Regarding the peripheral nervous system:

• The somatic nervous system is involuntary.

• The somatic nervous system is voluntary.

• The autonomic nervous system is voluntary.

• None of the above.

choose the correct statement

• The ventral horns contain the cell bodies of motor neurons that innervate muscles

• The dorsal horns contain the cell bodies of motor neurons that innervate muscles

• The dorsal horns contain motor fibers coming from the periphery

• The ventral horns contain sensory fibers coming from the periphery