Quiz 1-4

Question 0

All nervous tissue located outside of the CNS

Answer 0

Peripheral Nervous System

Question 1

This involves the brain and spinal cord

Answer 1

Central Nervous System

Question 2

The study of the psychological effects of brain damage

Answer 2

Neuropsychology

Question 3

The study of the behavior of different species as compared to humans

Answer 3

Comparative psychology

Question 4

Nerves that carry info AWAY FROM CNS

Answer 4

Efferent

Question 5

Nerves that carry info TOWARDS CNS

Answer 5

Afferent

Question 6

Constricted pupils, inhibited heart rate, constricted bronchi and stimulation of salivation are all effects of the:

Answer 6

Parasympathetic nervous system

Question 7

Cerebrospinal fluid is manufactured in the:

Answer 7

Choroid plexus

Question 8

In order for glucose, antibiotics, and some minerals to pass through the BBB:

Answer 8

They require a special chemical transporter

Question 9

Uncharged molecules like O2 and H2O are admitted through the BBB by:

Answer 9

Gaps in between the cells

Question 10

Bundles of cell bodies in CNS

Answer 10

Nuclei

Question 11

Bundles of axons in PNS

Answer 11

Nerves

Question 12

In the cross section of the spinal cord it can be noted that:

Answer 12

Sensory messages enter at the dorsal root and motor messages leave from the ventral root

Question 13

6 structures of the limbic system:

Answer 13

Amygdala, fornix, septum, hippocampus, cingulate cortex, mammillary body

Question 14

The two Iobes of the thalamus are connected by the

Answer 14

Massa intermedia

Question 15

Considered part of both the limbic system and the basal ganglia

Answer 15

Amygdala

Question 16

Charged particles

Answer 16

Ions

Question 17

Ions cannot pass through the cell membrane, except through special pores called

Answer 17

Ion channels

Question 18

In a neuron at rest, NA is located where?

Answer 18

Outside the cell

Question 19

In a neuron at rest, K is located mostly where?

Answer 19

Inside the cell

Question 20

For most neurons, negative resting potential is around:

Answer 20

-70mV

Question 21

What is Concentration gradient?

Answer 21

Unequal distribution of molecules

Question 22

What is electrostatic gradient?

Answer 22

Unequal distribution of electric charge

Question 23

These ion channels have a special protein called a receptor that binds to chemicals allowing the ion channel to open.

Answer 23

Ligand-gated

Question 24

When action potential reaches the terminal button what flows into the terminal button? What does it cause to fuse with the cell membrane?

Answer 24

C++,vesicles

Question 25

The two classes of receptors are:

Answer 25

G-protein linked and ligand-gated

Question 26

The two types of inhibition of action potential:

Answer 26

Presynaptic and postsynaptic

Question 27

These are located on the presynaptic membrane and bind to their own neuron’s NT molecules.

Answer 27

Autoreceptors

Question 28

Once a neurotransmitter has been released into the synapse and bound I its receptor, it can be removed by two mechanisms known as:

Answer 28

Reuptake and degradation of enzymes

Question 29

Norepinephrine is classified as a:

Answer 29

Monoamine NT

Question 30

The NT that is derived from tryptophan and other common foods is:

Answer 30

Serotonin

Question 31

The steps of the propagation of action potential:

Answer 31

1. Polarized (at rest)
2. Threshold
3. Depolarized (action potential)
4. Repolarized
5. Hyperpolarized
6. Polarized (resting potential)