Principles of Anatomy & Physiology; Ch. 12; The Nervous Tissue (Exam Prep)
What does the Autonomic Nervous System consist of?
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What are the 2 main divisions of the nervous system?
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What do somatic motor neurons do?
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The Somatic Nervous System Consists of ______
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What are the 2 branches of the motor part of the ANS?
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What is the order of the 3 basic functions of the Nervous System?
A
What is the purpose of a sensory receptor?
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Which subdivisions of the PNS control voluntary actions?
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What is the function of the ENS?
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Functions of the Nervous System ______________.
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How does the Nervous System carry out its functions ?
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What cells play a major role in support and nutrition of neurons?
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Name the 3 parts of a neuron.
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What part of the neuron is the receiving end ?
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The site of communication between two neurons or between a neuron and an effector cell is called_______________.
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Where does the axon conduct impulses ?
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What are the 2 main phase an action potential has?
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Axons are classified into 3 groups based on _____________.
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What does not generate or conduct nerve impulses?
A
What is the function of satellite cells?
C
What are the two types of neuroglia in the PNS?
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What is the function of the ependymal cells ?
C
Oligodendrocytes myelinated ______________, while Schwann cells myelinated _______________.
A
Schwann Cells produce myelin in the _____ and Oligodendrocytes produce myelin in the _____.
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What are the types of neuroglia in the Central Nervous System?
D
During the depolarizing phase voltage-gated ______ channels open allowing ______ to rush into the cell and make inside of the cell progressively more positive.
C
How are Neurons able to produce electrical signals ?
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The RMP of most neurons is _____ millivolts inside is negative.
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Graded potentials are _________ distance and Action potential are __________ distance.
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Lack of myelin gives ________ a gray appearance.
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Bundles of axons in the CNS are called __________.
B
Clusters of cell bodies in the PNS are called _________.
C
What is the cause of multiple sclerosis?
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A stimulus that is too weak to depolarize the membrane to threshold is called ____________.
C
Substances are synthesized or recycled in the neuron cell body with two systems called _________.
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A neuron's RMP is established by pumps and channels to create _____________
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A stimulus that is just strong enough to depolarize a membrane to threshold is called_________. a single action potential occurs.
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Neuroglia support neurons by __________________.
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A stimulus that depolarizes the membrane above and beyond the threshold causing several action potentials to occur is ___________.
A
The synaptic cleft is the gap between ___________ cells.
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