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Nervous System Definitions Test

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of 19 available terms

7 Written Questions

6 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. fatty material that insulates axon and helps transmit impulses
  2. change of plarity of a veuron membrane causing a cell to be more positive on the ourside than the inside
  3. metabolic center of the neuron
  4. chemicals released by axonal terminals- pass 1 impulse into the next
  5. resting state of plasma membrane of a neuron where there are fewer positive ions on the surface than on the outside
  6. have a single process emerging from the cell body; process divides into a axon and dedrite brances

6 True/False Questions

  1. white matterconsists of dense collecions of mylated fibers in the CNS

          

  2. axonal terminalsterminal ends of axon that relaeses neurotransmitters

          

  3. nervesbundles of nerve fibers in the CNS

          

  4. multipolar neuronhave a single process emerging from the cell body; process divides into a axon and dedrite brances

          

  5. gangliasmall connections of cell bodies found in a few sites outside the CNS in PNS

          

  6. repolarizationchange of plarity of a veuron membrane causing a cell to be more positive on the ourside than the inside