What are the afferent and efferent limbs for the pupillary light reflex?

Q: what is the implication of gravity and inertia on the vestibular system, particularly in the…

A: In the body vestibular system is found as the major system, which plays a vital role in balancing…

Q: What is the afferent pathway?

A: The afferent pathway is the signals derive from external stimuli which inform the brain what they…

Q: How do descending pathways modulate sensation?

A: The modulation of pain by a electrical brain stimulation results from the activation of descending…

Q: What are Ascending Neural Pathways in Sensory Systems?

A: The nervous system is the physiological system that is involved in the coordination of the body and…

Q: Discuss the Ascending Neural Pathways in Sensory Systems?

A: The nervous system comprises the brain, nerves and spinal cord. The nerves are responsible for…

Q: What is one agonist & one antagonist for hallucis extension?

A: The locomotion of the body and movement of different parts in the body is controlled by the…

Q: Which way is the SENSORY information carried in the nervous sytem?

A: Nervous system definition is the system of nerve cells, or neurons , and supporting structures (such…

Q: What is Local Afferent Input?

A: Movements in the body can be divided into voluntary and involuntary movements. Voluntary movements…

Q: What are the three levels of sensory integration?

A: Sensory integration is an innate neurobiological process that refers to the integration and…

Q: What are sensoryreceptors?

A: The nervous system of the body functions in interpreting sensory information, and in maintaining the…

Q: Give Effect of head position on otolith organ of the utricle?

A: The displacements and the accelerations of the head ( tilting and other transitional movements) are…

Q: What are the General Principles Sensory Receptors?

A: The neuron is formed of dendrites and axon. The dendrites are projection-like structures that…

Q: How are neurones in the eye different to other neurones?

A: The word neurons and neurons both having the same meaning. Neuron cells make the nervous system and…

Q: With which type of equilibrium are the maculae associated?

A: The otolith organ comprises of two designs: saccule and utricle. They contain a projecting edge…

Q: How Interoceptors receive stimuli ?

A: The afferent neurons, also called sensory neurons, convert sensory stimuli into graded or action…

Q: How do A-beta fibers inhibit pain and cause pain?

A: A-beta nerve fibers are myelinated, are of intermediate size, and are the fastest sensory…

Q: What are the semi-circular canals of the vestibular involved in?

A: Semi Circular Canal respond to rotational movements i.e. Angular Acceleration. Movements of the head…

Q: How does a gustatory cell stimulate a sensory neuron?

A: Gustatory cells are taste cells of the body present in the taste bud's central position and are…

Q: Which somatic sensory receptors are encapsulated?

A: The modified endings of the nerve cells or neurons present within the joints, skeletal muscles and…

Q: What are the structures of the vestibular apparatus, and where are they located?

A: According to the question, we have to mention the structures of the vestibular apparatus and in…

Q: Why would reading for a long time lead to “eye fatigue,” whereaslooking at something distant is…

A: The eye is hollow, spherical visualizing organ of about 2.5 centimeters. It provides the ability to…

Q: How does the Meissner corpuscle and pacinian corpuscle affect the two point discrimination on the…

A: Meissner's corpuscles and Pacinian corpuscles are specialised receptors responsible for relaying the…

Q: What is one agonist & one antagonist for hallucis flexion?

A: Agonist is the chemical which binds to the receptor and then activate the receptor in order to…

Q: Where do most second-order somatosensory neuronssynapse with third-order neurons?

A: Neurons synapse with each other for the conduction of signal or impulse.

Q: What are sensoryreceptors?

A: Tissue is a group of cells which are similar in structure and work together to carry out a specific…

Q: What are the differences between the parvocellular and magnocellular systems?

A: The parvocellular pathways (P pathways) and magnocellular (M pathway) are very significant pathways…

Q: What activities occur in the visual association area?

A: Association area is the area that coordinates the sensory and motor areas of various senses like…

Q: What is the role of the ciliary muscles?

A: Ciliary muscles are part of eye in humans. Eye is a type of sensory organ that collects visual…

Q: area of the brain is the optic cup attached? DISCUSS.

A: During embryonic eye growth, the outer wall of the bulb of the optic vesicles hardens and…

Q: Diagram a hypothetical reflex arc to explain the pupillary reflex observed when a penlight is shined…

A: Photopupillary reflex can be defined as a reflex that controls the diameter of the pupil, in…

Q: What is the role of an association area? Where are theylocated in reference to the primary sensory…

A: The brain is a powerful organ that controls all the functions of the body. The brain is enclosed in…