Use the figure below to answer the following question: What bone articulates on the structure labeled “2”? Picture6.jpg 

Match the following regional terms and common terms: A) Patellar B) Thoracic C) Brachial D) Gluteal E) Cephalic

When information is delivered within the CNS simultaneously by different parts of the neural pathway, the process is called ________ processing.

The part of the nervous system that conducts impulses from the CNS to the skeletal muscles is the ________ nervous system.

The location and arrangement of the arteries supplying the hippocampus make it particularly vulnerable to injury. How would memory be affected if the hippocampus suffered deterioration?

List any homeostatic roles of the hypothalamus (one point credit for each correct function 🙂

Using Figure BELOW, match the following: Picture2(1).jpg 

Reflexes are rapid, voluntary responses to stimuli that will produce the same effect every time.

An elderly woman, with extensive osteoarthritis of her left hip joint, entered the hospital to have a total hip joint replacement (prosthesis implantation). After surgery, her left hip had to be maintained in abduction to prevent dislocation of the prosthesis while healing was occurring. An abduction pillow was used to keep the legs apart, especially when lying on her side. Name the abductor muscles and describe the action of each that need to be strengthened in order to help maintain abduction.

Bob was injured in an automobile accident that severed the motor neurons innervating his quadriceps. Even though he has had extensive physical therapy, he is still suffering from muscle atrophy. Why is the therapy not working?