exam 3 nerve tissue, brain

Question 1

the nervous system is primarily made of

Answer 1

nervous tissue

Question 2

the central nervous system contains the

Answer 2

brain and spinal cord

Question 3

what are two components of the sensory nervous system

Answer 3

somatic and visceral

Question 4

generally the nervous system is made up of ____ cells

Answer 4

2, neurons and glial cells

Question 5

label neuron components

Question 6

the neuron cell body houses both the

Answer 6

cytoplasm, and nucleus

Question 7

the brain and the spinal cord are apart of the

Answer 7

central nervous system

Question 8

dendrites branch off the

Answer 8

cell body

Question 9

the functional division of the nervous system that transmits information from the viscera to the central nervous system is the

Answer 9

visceral sensory division

Question 10

nervous tissue is made up of neurons and

Answer 10

glial cells

Question 11

the term anaxonic describes a neuron with

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no axon

Question 12

If a sensory neuron detects a painfully hot stimulus, it will send a signal to an interneuron in the CNS for processing. This may result in a motor neuron stimulating muscle contraction, moving the body away from the painful stimulus. What are the structural classifications of the three neurons in this example? (listed in the order they appear)

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unipolar, multipolar, multipolar

Question 13

free and bound ribosomes in a neuron are called either Nissan bodies or

Answer 13

chromatophilic

Question 14

dendrites transfer information ______ the cell body

Answer 14

toward

Question 15

which neurons have a single, short neuron process that emerges from the cell body and branches like a t

Answer 15

unipolar

Question 16

in a lab experiment, a neuron is observed conducting an electrical charge down a long process toward a target cell. what portion of the neuron is being observed

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axon

Question 17

If a(n) Blank______ detects a painful stimulus, it will send a signal to a(n) Blank______ in the CNS for processing. This may result in a(n) Blank______ stimulating muscle contraction, moving the body away from the painful stimulus.

Answer 17

sensory neuron, interneuron, motor neuron

Question 18

soma is another name for the _____ of a neuron

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cell body

Question 19

bipolar neurons have one axon and _____ dendrite

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one

Question 20

Pseudounipolar is another name for a(n) Blank______ neuron

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unipolar

Question 21

most motor neurons are

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multipolar

Question 22

a nerve fiber is sometimes called

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axon