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Blood could clot more quickly in an individual with

The diagram shows the somatotopic representation of body parts in the human primary somatosensory cortex. Touching which body part, on a person who is missing his right hand, is most likely to evoke a sensation of being touched on his right fingers (i.e., phantom sensation)?

For an ON-center ganglion cell, which stimulus on the cell’s receptive field would cause the highest rate of action potential firing? (In the figure, black fill indicates darkness, and white fill indicates light in the receptive field.)

The most important factor determining whether a receptor ion channel is inhibitory or excitatory is

The right gracile nucleus projects (i.e., sends action potentials) to the

The cone receptors are

What is the major difference between ON-center and OFF-center bipolar cells that explains their opposite responses to light increments?

Bonus question (1 point). How does acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (such as neostigmine) help alleviate the symptoms of myasthenia gravis?

The mechanism that accounts for light-induced hyperpolarization of photoreceptors is

Which sensory deficit(s) would a lesion restricted to the right side of the spinal cord produce?