WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT 1: REFLEXES
Submission Instructions
Please complete your answers to the lab questions on the attached form.
Post-Lab Questions
- What is the pupillary response of the right eye when a light was shone into the pupil?
- What is the consensual response? (The response of the left eye).
- What branch of the nervous system controls this response?
- Can this response be inhibited?
- Define what a reflex is.
- Name five essential components of a reflex arc.
WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT 2: TESTING CRANIAL NERVE FUNCTIONS
Result Tables
Table 2: Cranial Nerve Function Testing
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Post-Lab Questions
- What do your cranial nerve test results tell you?
- When might these tests be used in a clinical setting?
- What cranial nerve may not be functioning properly if a patient cannot detect taste on the anterior tongue?
- What cranial nerve may not be functioning properly if a patient can move his/her eyes medial, superior, and inferior, but not lateral?
WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT 3: TESTING TOUCH, TEMPERATURE, AND PAIN
Result Tables
Table 3: Blind Coin Differentiation
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Post-Lab Questions
- Describe the difference between the four US coins.
- Was the participant able to distinguish between these coins?
- Which coin was the easiest to identify by touch? Which was the most difficult to distinguish by touch?
- Why is the detection of temperature important to maintaining overall health?
- Did the participant notice any difference between the amounts of pain reception in the different areas tested?
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