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← a&p ch 11 Test
5 Written Questions
5 Matching Questions
- Nodes of Ranvier
- Central process
- Axon hillock
- neuron function
- Visceral afferent fibers
- a Convey impulses from visceral organs
- b Entering the CNS
- c -neurons are highly irritable
- respond to adequate stimulus by generating an action potential (nerve impulse)
- impulse is the same regardless of stimulus - d - myelin sheath gaps btwn adjacent schwann cells
- sites where axon collateral can emerge - e Cone shaped area from which axon arises
5 Multiple Choice Questions
- - segmented protein lipoid sheath around most long or large diameter axons
- protect and electrically insulate the axon
- increase speed of nerve impulse transmission - Supporting cells
- astrocytes (CNS)
- microglia (CNS)
- ependymal cells (CNS)
- oligodendrocytes (CNS)
- satellite cells (PNS)
- Schwann cells (PNS) - open and close in response to changes in membrane potential
- Interpretation of sensory input
- Toward cell body (organelles to be degraded, signal molecules, viruses, and bacterial toxins
5 True/False Questions
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Somatic (voluntary) nervous system → Conscious control of skeletal muscles
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Axon function → -neurons are highly irritable
- respond to adequate stimulus by generating an action potential (nerve impulse)
- impulse is the same regardless of stimulus -
Peripheral nervous system (PNS) → -Paired spinal and cranial nerves
- carry messages to and from the CNS
- sensory (afferent) division
-motor (efferent) division -
Myelin sheath in CNS → - schwann cells wraps many times around the axon
- neurilemma
- nodes of ranvier
- concentric layers of Schwann cell membrane -
Neurons → Excitable cells that transmits electrical signals
Regenerate Test