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VETERINARY NEUROBIOLOGY 2008 - Quiz 5

Circle or fill in the correct answers below.

Quizzes are open-book but are to be done on your own.

Please hand in at the end of class on 4/18/08. Thanks.

1. The fasciculus cuneatus is closer to the midline of the spinal cord than the fasciculus gracilus.

a) True b) False

2. The ____________________ plays an important role in orienting the eyes and head toward a potentially harmful somatosensory stimulus. (This is from the Anterolateral System handout that can be found in my 4/4/08 message).

a) spinothalamic tract b) fasciculus cuneatus c) spinotectal tract

d) spinoreticular tract

3. The _________________ is a pit in the central retina that is associated with a very high density of cones and excellent visual acuity.

4. The image of a sheep brain mysteriously appears in the dorsal left quadrant of the visual field. Light from that image will project onto the _______________ quadrant of the retinal field of a given eye.

a) dorsal right b) ventral left c) ventral right

d) dorsal left

5. The organ of Corti sits atop ____________________.

a) the tectorial membrane b) the tympanic membrane c) Reissner's membrane

d) the basilar membrane

6. The cell bodies of the sensory neurons that carry information from the auditory hair cells to the central nervous system are located in the ______________________ ganglion.