Chapter 3A Quiz

Question 1

function of dendrites

Answer 1

receive information

Question 2

longest part of dendrite

Answer 2

axon

Question 3

part of neuron that transmits messages

Answer 3

axon

Question 4

sensory neurons

Answer 4

carry incoming information from the sensory receptors to the CNS

Question 5

motor neurons

Answer 5

carry outgoing information from the CNS to the muscles and glands

Question 6

interneurons

Answer 6

communicate internally and intervene between sensory inputs and motor outputs

Question 7

what causes an action potential

Answer 7

absolute treshold

Question 8

thresholds

Answer 8

the level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse

Question 9

all or none response

Answer 9

once action potential is released, the axon either fires or it doesn’t

Question 10

the junctions between neurons

Answer 10

synapse

Question 11

can cause muscular paralysis

Answer 11

acetylcholine (ACh)

Question 12

lack of serotonin causes

Answer 12

depression

Question 13

lack of dopamine causes

Answer 13

Parkinsons’ disease

Question 14

psychoactive drugs interfere with neural transmissions

Answer 14

at synapses

Question 15

antagonists

Answer 15

bind to its receptor and mimic its effects

Question 16

nervous system

Answer 16

the body’s speedy electrochemical communication network, consisting nerve cells of the periphral and central nervous systems

Question 17

peripheral nervous system

Answer 17

sensory & motor neurons that connect the CNS to the rest of the body

Question 18

central nervous system

Answer 18

brain and spinal cord

Question 19

relationship between motor neurons and periphral nervous system

Answer 19

Motor neurons carry outgoing information from the CNS to the peripheral NS muscles and glands .. tells muscles what to do

Question 20

Relationship between interneurons and central nervous system

Answer 20

Interneurons in the CNS communicate internally and intervene between the sensory inputs and motor outputs

Question 21

function of endocrine glands

Answer 21

secrete hormones, & etc.

Question 22

which effects last longer endocrine messages or neural messages

Answer 22

endocrine messages

Question 23

reversed

receive information

Answer 23

function of dendrites

Question 24

reversed

axon?

Answer 24

longest part of dendrite

Question 25

# reversed axon

Answer 25

part of neuron that transmits messages

Question 26

# reversed carry incoming information from the sensory receptors to the CNS

Answer 26

sensory neurons

Question 27

# reversed carry outgoing information from the CNS to the muscles and glands

Answer 27

motor neurons

Question 28

# reversed communicate internally and intervene between sensory inputs and motor outputs

Answer 28

interneurons

Question 29

# reversed absolute treshold

Answer 29

what causes an action potential

Question 30

# reversed the level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse

Answer 30

thresholds

Question 31

# reversed once action potential is released, the axon either fires or it doesn't

Answer 31

all or none response

Question 32

# reversed synapse

Answer 32

the junctions between neurons

Question 33

# reversed acetylcholine (ACh)

Answer 33

can cause muscular paralysis

Question 34

# reversed depression

Answer 34

lack of serotonin causes

Question 35

# reversed Parkinsons' disease

Answer 35

lack of dopamine causes

Question 36

# reversed at synapses

Answer 36

psychoactive drugs interfere with neural transmissions

Question 37

# reversed bind to its receptor and mimic its effects

Answer 37

antagonists

Question 38

# reversed the body's speedy electrochemical communication network, consisting nerve cells of the periphral and central nervous systems

Answer 38

nervous system

Question 39

# reversed sensory & motor neurons that connect the CNS to the rest of the body

Answer 39

peripheral nervous system

Question 40

# reversed brain and spinal cord

Answer 40

central nervous system

Question 41

# reversed Motor neurons carry outgoing information from the CNS to the peripheral NS muscles and glands .. tells muscles what to do

Answer 41

relationship between motor neurons and periphral nervous system

Question 42

# reversed Interneurons in the CNS communicate internally and intervene between the sensory inputs and motor outputs

Answer 42

Relationship between interneurons and central nervous system

Question 43

# reversed secrete hormones, & etc.

Answer 43

function of endocrine glands

Question 44

# reversed endocrine messages

Answer 44

which effects last longer endocrine messages or neural messages