The primary visual cortex is also known by what other name, due to its grossly striated appearance?
Explanation
This question tests the knowledge of the anatomical terminology for the primary visual cortex. Its distinct layered structure gives it a striped, or striated, appearance, leading to the name 'striate cortex.'
Other questions
According to the classification of sensory receptors based on the stimuli they detect, which of the following detects physical or chemical damage occurring in the tissues?
What is the 'labeled line principle' in the context of sensory perception?
What is the maximum amplitude of most sensory receptor potentials, a level typically reached only at an extremely high intensity of sensory stimulus?
Which type of sensory receptor is known to adapt to extinction within a few hundredths of a second, making it a rapidly adapting receptor?
What are the two mechanisms responsible for the adaptation of the Pacinian corpuscle?
What is the primary difference between the function of slowly adapting (tonic) receptors and rapidly adapting (phasic) receptors?
According to the sensory nerve classification used by sensory physiologists, which group of fibers originates from the Golgi tendon organs and has an average diameter of approximately 16 micrometers?
What is the mechanism of transmitting signals of increasing strength by using progressively greater numbers of parallel fibers called?
In a neuronal pool, what is the term for the zone where an incoming fiber stimulates neurons but the stimulus is below the threshold required for excitation?
What type of neuronal circuit is characterized by an input signal spreading to an increasing number of neurons as it passes through successive orders of neurons in its path, as seen in the corticospinal pathway's control of skeletal muscles?
Which sensory system is composed of large myelinated nerve fibers that transmit signals to the brain at velocities of 30 to 110 m/sec?
Which sensation is transmitted by the anterolateral system but NOT by the dorsal column–medial lemniscal system?
Widespread bilateral excision of somatosensory area I causes the loss of which sensory judgment?
What is the term for the complex sensory deficit that occurs when the somatosensory association area is removed, causing a person to be oblivious to the opposite side of their body?
What are the two major types of pain, classified based on their onset time after a stimulus is applied?
Which chemical substance is suggested to be the agent most responsible for causing pain after tissue damage?
The fast-sharp pain pathway transmits signals to the spinal cord via which type of nerve fibers?
What is the name of the pain control system in the brain that can suppress the input of pain signals to the nervous system?
Pain from visceral organs is often felt in a remote part of the body surface. What is this phenomenon called?
At what temperature does the average person begin to perceive pain from heated skin, which is also the temperature at which tissues begin to be damaged?
What principle of optics describes the bending of light rays as they pass through an angulated interface between two media with different refractive indices?
A convex lens with a focal length of 0.5 meters has a refractive power of how many diopters?
In the human eye, which structure provides about two-thirds of the total 59 diopters of refractive power?
What is the condition called in which parallel light rays from distant objects are focused in front of the retina when the ciliary muscle is completely relaxed?
In the foveal region of the retina, which type of photoreceptor is almost exclusively present and has a structure that aids in acute and detailed vision?
What is the primary function of the black pigment melanin in the pigment layer of the retina?
Under dark conditions, what is the membrane potential of a rod photoreceptor, and why is it less negative than most other sensory receptors?
Which of the three types of color-sensitive cones in the human retina has a peak light absorbency at a wavelength of approximately 535 nanometers?
What is the primary function of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus?
In the analysis of visual information, which pathway is primarily concerned with analyzing the third-dimensional position, gross form, and motion of objects?
What type of sounds does the attenuation reflex, involving contraction of the stapedius and tensor tympani muscles, primarily reduce the conduction of?
What is the primary function of the organ of Corti?
The place principle for determining sound frequency states that high-frequency sounds cause maximum vibration at which location on the basilar membrane?
What is the approximate electrical potential of the endolymph in the scala media relative to the surrounding perilymph, known as the endocochlear potential?
Which of the five primary taste sensations is elicited by ionized salts, mainly by the sodium ion concentration?
On which type of tongue papillae are a large number of taste buds located in the walls of the troughs that form a V line on the posterior tongue?
Which cranial nerve transmits taste sensations from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue?
What is the name for the bipolar nerve cells derived from the central nervous system that act as the receptor cells for smell sensation?
In the central nervous system, which brain structure is considered part of a primitive olfactory system that subserves basic olfactory reflexes like salivation and emotional drives?
Which neurons in the spinal cord give rise to nerve fibers that leave via the anterior roots and directly innervate skeletal muscle fibers?
What are the two types of anterior motor neurons found in the spinal cord?
What is the primary function of the Golgi tendon organ?
The muscle stretch reflex is a monosynaptic pathway. What does this mean for the reflex signal?
When a stretch reflex excites one muscle, it simultaneously inhibits the antagonist muscle. What is this phenomenon called?
What is the primary role of the corticospinal (pyramidal) tract in motor control?
More than half of the entire primary motor cortex is concerned with controlling which two areas of the body?
Which functional area of the cerebellum, consisting of the flocculonodular lobes and adjacent parts of the vermis, is primarily concerned with controlling body equilibrium?
What is the term for the clinical sign of cerebellar disease where movements overshoot their intended mark, resulting in uncoordinated actions?
Parkinson's disease is primarily caused by the degeneration of dopamine-secreting neurons in which brain structure?